《新编英语**教程学生用书2》采用启发式教学模式，在教学的不同环节，引导学生开展不同的活动，以培养学生独立工作、独立思考的能力。例如，在每单元的课文前有课前思考题、查找有关信息等活动；课文后的理解题除了针对课文大意和细节的提问外，更有推理性的问题，以启迪学生进行深入思考；对课文的篇章结构，也启发学生自己进行分析。

Unit1 Text 1 Happiness
Text 2 Stripping Down to Bare Happiness
Unit2 Text 1 The American Dilemma
Text 2 American Individualism
Unit3 Text 1 Violence as an American Tradition
Text2 A Mirror to Man
Unit4 Text 1 Night Walker
Text2 Visible Man
Unit5 Text 1 "1 Have Here in My Hand ..."
Text 2 Beep Beep
Unit6 Text 1 The Iks
Text 2 Shooting an Elephant
Unit7 Text 1 A Modest Proposal (Part One)
Text 2 A Modest Proposal (Part Two)
Unit8 Text 1 The New Science
Text 2 Evolution of the Knowledge Worker
Unit9 Text 1 Birth of a Forsyte
Text 2 The Resident Meets His Assistant
Unit10 Text 1 My Wood
Text 2 Depths on the Surface
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