《大学英语》系列教材的再修订,以《大学英语课程教学要求(试行)》为依据,历经三年调研,汲取全国百所高校师生的建议和意见,旨在发扬我国大学英语教学的优良传统,推广成功经验,为新时期人才培养再作贡献。
融合传统与现代教学理念:强调打好扎实语言基本功,突出综合应用能力的提高;
发挥综合优势,完善原有体系:大幅度、全方位修订《精读》、《泛读》、《听力》、预备级《泛读》、预备级《听力》,重编《快读阅读》、预备级《精读》,删繁就简《语法与练习》;
调整起点,充实优化素材:1800词起点(预备级1300词);选材全面完备,经典性与现代性、文学性与科普性**匹配;
革新练习,五种技能并重:阅读材料丰富多彩,听力训练形式多样,词汇练习注重复现,语法操练循序渐进,翻译训练实用全面,口语活动精彩纷呈,写作训练由浅入深,四、六级口、笔试中学生常犯的语言错误讲解分析精辟实用;
辅以现代教育技术手段,充分满足教学需要:同步推出与纸质教材配套的���子教案和学生学习光盘,帮助教师构建新型的课堂教学模式,为学生创造自主式、交互式的学习环境。

UNIT 1 An Investigation
PART A Listening Activities
A Conversation A Good Observer
PART B Speaking Activities
Pair Work
PART C Listen and Relax
A Poem
PART D Further Listening
A Story A Real Life Story
A Conversation Solving a Crime
PART E Home Listening
Conversation l Dealing with a Cr/me
Conversation 2 Reporting an Incident
UNIT 2 Sightseeing
PART A Listening Activities
A Monologue A Tour of Washington D.C
PART B Speaking Activities
1.Pair Work
2.Communicative Function:Describing Places
PART C Listen and Relax
A Song
PART D Further Listening
Passage 1 The Library of Congress
Passage 2 The Statue ofLiberty
PART E Home Listening
Passage 1 Midnight Ride
Passage 2 Moscow—the Most Expensive City in the World
UNIT 3 An Inquiry
PART A Listening Activities
A Conversation Job Application
PART B Speaking Activities
Pair Work
PART C Listen and Relax
Jokes
PART D Further Listening
A Passage A Career Counseling Office
A Conversation I Sure Hope That I Can Work Here
PART E Home Listening
Conversation 1 A Job Interview
Conversation 2 A Survey
UNIT 4 Health
PART A Listening Activities
A Forum Mercy Killing
PART B S peaking Activities
1. Pair Work
2. Communicative Function: Talking Abou Health and Health-related Issues
PART C Listen and Relax
Epigrams
PART D Further Listening
A Passage Organ Transplants
A Conversation Bird Flu Outbreak in Hong Kong
PART E Home Listening
Passage 1 Health Issues in Our Century
Passage 2 Valuable Tips in Hair Care
UNIT 5 Viewpoint
PART A Listening Activities
A Passage Tipping
PART B Speaking Activities
Pair Work
PART C Listen and Relax
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UNIT 6 Culture
UNIT 7 Non-ethical Experiments
UNIT 8 Social Problems
UNIT 9 Use of Technology
UNIT 10 Luck
TEST1
TEST2
APPENDIX Home Listening:Tapescripts & Key to the Exercises