《新视野大学英语》(第二版)系列教材是普通高等教育“十一五”**级规划教材。本教材在保持**版优势的基础上,依据《大学英语课程教学要求》的精神及大学英语教学的发展方向,对整体结构和内容进行了全面完善和提高。作为一套与现代信息技术相结合的立体化大学英语教材,《新视野大学英语》(第二版)通过课本、光盘、网络等不同载体的有机结合,为新形势下的大学英语教学提供多层次、多渠道、立体化的服务。
先进的教学理念:教材编写充分考虑教学过程,注重教学内容、教学模式、教学方法及教学手段的创新,遵循分类指导和因材施教的原则,倡导课堂教学与自主学习相结合,提高语言能力,培养学习策略。
完备的教材体系:系列教材包含1-4级,每级有《读写教程》、《听说教程》、《泛读教程》、《快速阅读》和《综合训练》。各教程自成一体,又相互联系,在巩固和强化专项能力的同时提高学生的语言综合应用能力。
丰富的主题内容:教材内容以主题为线索,涉及文化交流、道德情感、信息技术、科学教育、社会焦点等各个方面,选材注重信息性、趣味性、时代感和文化内涵,有助于开拓视野,培养人文素质和文化意识。
多样的活动设计:教材针对

Unit1
Section A
Text:Love Without Limitations
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Scanning
Text:The Framework for Love
Exercises
Unit2
Section A
Text:Iron and the Effects of Exercise
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Facts or Opinions
Text:Does Exercise Have Unexpected Benefits?
Exercises
Unit3
Section A
Text:Where Principles Come First
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Making Predictions
Text:CulturaI Differences in Western and
Japanese Decision-Making
Exercises
Unit4
Section A
Text:Five Famous Symbols of American Culture
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Appreciating Figurative Language
Text:Engelbreit’S the Name,Cute is My Game
Exercises
Unit5
Section A
Text:GracefuI Hands
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Understanding Idiomatic Expressions
Text:Decisions of the Heart
Exercises
Unit6
Section A
Text:How to Prepare for Earthquakes
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Skimming
Text:Changes in the Balance of Nature
Exercises
Unit7
Section A
Text:Bill Gates
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Identifying the Writer’S Purpose
Text:Martin Luther King
Exercises
Unit8
Section A
Text:Legal and Moral Implications of Cloning
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Identifying the Writer’S Purpose
Unit9
Section A
Text:Premarital Agreements
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Predicting the Writer’S Ideas
Text:Is the Traditional Family Structure at Risk?
Exercises
Unit10
Section A
Text:The Challenging Friend l Didn’t Know
Exercises
Section B
Reading Skills:Denotation and Connotation
Text:The Meeting of Two Old Friends
Exercises
Appendix Glossary
《新视野大学英语》在线教学系统使用指南