內容大鋼
本教材共分8個主題單元,每個主題單元包括3篇和大學英語四、六級考試真題相似長度和難度的文章。其中Passage 1和Passage 2為教師上課選擇主講的課文,而Passage 3可以安排學生課後自主練習。每篇文章后附有相關的文化背景知識註釋。
單元主題下的3篇文章都配有相應的兩種類型的練習,其中Passage 1、Passdge 2和Passage 3的第1個練習都是大學英語四、六級考試中的題型——配對題。Passage l的第2個練習是段落翻譯題;Passage 2的第2個練習為選詞填空題;而Passage 3的第2個練習則為寫作題。如此,一個單元的配套練習已涵蓋大學英語四、六級考試中絕大部分題型。
本教材部分文章和練習題具有明確的思想政治教育導向,每單元均包含思政元素,方便教師進行「課程思政」設計。
本教材提供文后練習的參考答案、答案解析、難句及語言點講解,內容豐富,可供教師和學生上課使用,也可供學生自主學習時使用。
本教材可以滿足不同層次學生的閱讀需求,各高校可按照自己學生的水平和教學進度選擇性地使用本教材。
目錄
Unit 1 Harmony in Diversity
Passage1 China Presents Blueprint for More Global Harmony
Passage2 A Happy International Marriage, Japanese-Egyptian Style
Passage3 China Seeks Harmony Among Humans and Nature
Unit 2 Animals
Passage1 The Future of Pets
Passage2 Eating Skippy: Why Australia Has a Problem with Kangaroo Meat
Passage3 What Cecil the Lion Means to Zimbabwe
Unit 3 Sportsmanship
Passage1 Sports Foster Friendship
Passage2 The Handshake-- It's All About Respect
Passage3 Why I Hate the Super Bowl
Unit 4 Volunteering
Passage1 China's Volunteers lmpress in Roles Around the Globe
Passage2 Volunteerism in the US
Passage3 Volunteering in Countryside China
Unit 5 Chinese Values
Passage1 China's Common Prosperity Offersa Development Path for the World
Passage2 Telling China's "Small Stories" Beautifully
Passage3 Why China Will Be Able to Achieve Goal of "New Quality Productive Forces"
Unit 6 Tourism
Passage1 Preparing for a Rise of Chinese Tourists and Their Global Impact
Passage2 Tourism Provides New Lease of Life inSichuan Province
Passage3 Ice and Snow Tourism in Northeastern China
Unit 7 Social Justice
Passage1 More ThanaGame
Passage2 Can Bias Be Eliminated from Algorithms?
Passage3 Emoji Feminism
Unit 8 Food and Health
Passage1 I Love You, but You Love Meat
Passage2 East or West, Homemade Food Is Best-- Celebrating the Spring Festival with Diverse Culinary Flavors
Passage3 Food and Mood