本書共十五單元,三部分:第一部分為課堂教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì);第二部分有四至五篇相關(guān)題材的短文;第三部分所選課文長度超過第一部分課文,內(nèi)容是相關(guān)題材的深化或補(bǔ)充。
Unit 1 Education
Text Ⅰ: Bachelor's Degree: Has It Lost Its Edge and Its Value?
Text Ⅱ: The “Idea of a University” Today
Unit 2 Body Language
Text Ⅰ: TheSecret Language of Barrier Signals
Text Ⅱ: Using Body Language
Unit 3 Animals
Text Ⅰ: What Is Animal Welfare?
Text Ⅱ: Bird Brains
Unit 4 History
Text Ⅰ: Models for Understanding History
Text Ⅱ: History as Conspiracy
Un it 5 Language
Text Ⅰ: Vocabulary Change
Text Ⅱ: Some Notes on Gender-Neutral Language
Reading Skill: Scanning
Unit 6 Space
Text Ⅰ: Giant Leaps: Top Milestones of Human Spaceflight
Text Ⅱ: Mars Exploration
Unit 7 Women
Text T: Women in Education, Sports and Media
Text Ⅱ: Women in Science
Unit 8 Cities
Text Ⅰ:The Unforgettable Hong Kong
Text Ⅱ: Urbanization and Cities
Unit 9 Cross-Cultural Communication
Text Ⅰ: Cross-Cultural Differences in How People Communicate
Text I1: Cultural Intelligence
Unit 10 Environment
Text Ⅰ: Climate Change
Text Ⅱ: China's Green heap Forward
Reading Skill: Drawing Inferences
Unit 11 Evolution,
Text Ⅰ: Introduction: Evolution
Text Ⅱ: Evolution vs. Creation-A Contentious Debate
Unit 12 Transportation
Text Ⅰ: Sustainable Urban Transportation: Initiatives in Canada
Text Ⅱ: An Electric Boost for Bicyclists
Unit 13 Time
Text Ⅰ: The Calendar
Text Ⅱ: A Brief History of Clock
Unit 14 Television
Text Ⅰ: How Reality TV Works
Text Ⅱ: Television: The Cyclops That Eats Books
Unit 15 Poetry