《文化透视英语教程》讲述了:与国内现有的同类教材相比,本教材还具有以下三个特点:1.全部教材采用原文,如需适当压缩改写,也力图保持“原汁原味”。说、读、写材料,均选自各种文化语境,兼顾不同风格,既多样又在专题之下相互配合,有利于学生大量接触和积累准确的语言知识。2.切入英语文化的各个层面、各个情景,在更广的语境中提高学生的语言理解能力和运用能力,将听、说、读、写、译五项技能有机地结合在一起,进行综合训练。这样,可弥补过分侧重语言点讲授法的不足。3.深入英语文化,将焦点放在中外文化的差异上,不仅便于学习地道的英语,而且有益于开拓视野,启发思路。这套教材兼为文化读本,每个单元都有精练的文化知识介绍。此外,与课文配套的练习强调互动,促使学生在学习的各个阶段参与教学活动。

unit 1 the concept of globalization
close reading globalization's misguided assumptions
further reading the truth about globalization
writing, is globalization a positive development for the world community?
unit 2 global warming
close reading vanishing alaska
further reading after doctrine: making policy amid uncertainty and nescience
writing activities is the threat of global warming real?
unit 3 world peace
close reading strategies for world peace: the view of the un secretai~y-general
further reading women waging peace
writing peace in our time
unit 4 aqing in developed countries
close reading me