《博雅英語》1-4冊是大學英語立體化網絡化系列教材的最新部分，融合聽說讀寫譯，體現并引領全國大學英語教材改革的發(fā)展方向。教材將人文素養(yǎng)與科技素養(yǎng)結合，中西文化中的經典與時代相結合，選材上分為八個主題板塊：語言與文學、歷史與文明、哲學與人生、建筑與藝術、法治與民主、經濟與社會、人與自然、科技與教育。每個主題單元都由四個板塊構成：視聽導入、從讀到寫、從讀到說、跨文化交流，以聽讀促寫、以聽讀促說、以英漢互譯促跨文化學習及中國文化傳播，融合聽說讀寫各種語言技能，促進綜合語言應用能力的養(yǎng)成。
Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE…1
Part One Lead-in…2
Section 1 Listening The Chinese Language…2
Section 2 Watching The Hours…2
Part Two Reading and Writing…2
Text A The Mark on the Wall…3
Part Three Reading and Speaking…9
Text B In Theory: the Death of Literature…9
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…13
Passage A 甲骨文的發(fā)現…13
Passage B Formal and Substantive Universals of
Languages …15
Unit 2 HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION…18
Part One Lead-in…19
Section 1 Listening Cultural Diversity and Assimilation in
America: a Failure?…19
Section 2 Watching Ancient Egypt…19
Part Two Reading and Writing…19
Text A On History…20
Part Three Reading and Speaking…26
Text B Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted…26
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…30
Passage A 絲綢之路與文化交流…30
Passage B The Process of Civilisation…32
Unit 3 PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE…34
Part One Lead-in…35
Section 1 Listening Problems of Philosophy…35
Section 2 Watching Zeno Paradox…35
Part Two Reading and Writing…35
Text A What Philosophy Is For…36
Part Three Reading and Speaking…42
Text B Meaning in Life…42
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…46
Passage A 中國哲學的線索…46
Passage B What Is Enlightenment?…47
Unit 4 MUSIC AND THE SOCIAL WORLD…51
Part One Lead-in…52
Section 1 Listening Preference for Familiar or
Unfamiliar Sounds? …52
Section 2 Watching Arches in Music and Architecture…52
Part Two Reading and Writing…53
Text A Why Premieres?…53
Part Three Reading and Speaking…60
Text B Music and the Social World…60
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…64
Passage A 中國古代音樂的文化內涵…64
Passage B The Musical Legacies of Antiquity…65
Unit 5 DEMOCRACY AND LAW…69
Part One Lead-in…70
Section 1 Listening Rawls and His Theory of Justice…70
Section 2 Watching Introduction to Political Philosophy…70
Part Two Reading and Writing…71
Text A Two Principles of Justice…71
Part Three Reading and Speaking…77
Text B Equality, Liberty and Democracy…78
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…82
Passage A “仁”和“禮”…82
Passage B On Liberty…83
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