此套教材圍繞學生校園生活和關(guān)注議題展開，充分調(diào)動學生學習積極性，為教師進行體驗式教學打下良好基礎(chǔ)。內(nèi)容結(jié)構(gòu)合理，從易到難，語言點和習題緊密結(jié)合。語言操練以階梯設(shè)計為主，同時考慮學習者的不同學習風格，練習設(shè)計多樣化，為不同風格的學習者提供學習平臺。
教材編寫原則注意學生的認知規(guī)律，注重綜合演練，情景模擬，貼近生活原貌，便于學生學而用之。第三版修訂中借鑒了新的口語資料， 增加了中國文化版塊， 以求增強學習者跨文化交際的能力。
齊乃政，北京大學外國語學院副教授、碩士生導師。從事英語教學40多年，講授精讀、高級口語、翻譯、美國文學等課程30多年。出版多部教材和譯著，多次獲得優(yōu)秀教師獎。
CONTENTS
1 Career Choice
1.1 Dream Job
1.2 Tomorrow’s Jobs
1.3 Dreams Come True
1.4 Chinese Culture
2 Value Your Time
2.1 Common Misconceptions
2.2 Steps for Goal Setting
2.3 Keep Your Goals in Sight
3 The Art of Communicating
3.1 Listening in Communicating
3.2 The Art of Communicating
3.3 Case Study
4 To Be a Public Speaker
4.1 Rate Yourself as a Speaker
4.2 An Effective Emcee
4.3 End Your Presentation
5 Bidding for Connections
5.1 Friendship
5.2 The Beauties of Friendship
5.3 Making Friends
5.4 Chinese Culture
6 Conflict Resolution
6.1 Conflict Management
6.2 Steps to Managing Conflict
6.3 Resolution Tips
7 Customs
7.1 The Dinner Party
7.2 Customs
7.3 Festival Time
8 Community Life
8.1 Why Do Community Family Life Services Exist?
8.2 Community Life
8.3 DIY
8.4 Chinese Culture
9 Transportation and Environment
9.1 Underinvestment
9.2 Transportation and Pollution
9.3 Fun
9.4 Chinese Culture
10 Famous Cities
10．1 Famous Cities
10．2 The Best, Worst Places to Live
10．3 Favorite Places
11 Computer Crimes
11．1 Computer Virus
11．2 New Threat
11．3 News Report
11.4 Chinese Culture
12 People and Nature
12．1 Life on Earth and Ocean Stories
12．2 Aging
12．3 Water
13 Life or Death
13．1 Survival
13．2 Near Death
13．3 Critical Issues
14 To Reduce Pollution
14．1 Pollution Control
14．2 Earth Day
14．3 Love Our Earth
15 Animal Protection
15．1 Loss
15．2 Gardens and Wild Life
15．3 Protect,Protect,and Protect
15. 4 Chinese Culture
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