《大學(xué)英語》是一套以全方位、立體化培養(yǎng)學(xué)生各項英語語言基礎(chǔ)能力為編寫目的的教材，是專業(yè)用途英語的最新嘗試，適用于高等院校中外合作項目的本科生英語教學(xué)，也可用于有出國需求的碩士生參考用書或作為普通高校大學(xué)英語教學(xué)輔助用書。
《大學(xué)英語》共上下兩冊。本書為上冊，課文內(nèi)容以人文性話題為主，側(cè)重學(xué)生的聽、說能力的培養(yǎng)，同時補充英國文化常識，鞏固語法知識。本書內(nèi)容共有16個單元，分別圍繞生活態(tài)度、人生哲理、工作倫理、心理教育、經(jīng)典回顧、健康知識、語言變遷、社會熱點八個大學(xué)生感興趣的話題展開，使學(xué)生在學(xué)習(xí)語言的同時，獲得人文素養(yǎng)的提升。
每個單元主體內(nèi)容包括五大板塊：文化之旅、綜合閱讀、口語交際、語法知識、寫作練習(xí)。每個單元的教學(xué)內(nèi)容可在一周的教學(xué)時間內(nèi)完成。
李銀玲，女，碩士，山東農(nóng)業(yè)大學(xué)外國語學(xué)院，講師。研究方向為二語習(xí)得、口譯、外語教育心理學(xué)。1994年畢業(yè)于天津外國語學(xué)院應(yīng)用英語系，2004年畢業(yè)于曲阜師范大學(xué)獲碩士學(xué)位。近五年內(nèi)為英語專業(yè)本科生開設(shè)《英語教學(xué)理論與實踐》、《綜合英語》、《口譯》、《英語美文誦讀》、《英語演講與辯論》等課程。多年來一直承擔(dān)中英班《綜合英語》的教學(xué)，教學(xué)成績得到師生一致認(rèn)可，多次被選為外國語學(xué)院優(yōu) 秀黨員。
2016年7月赴英國德比大學(xué)參加教師教育培訓(xùn)。2016年參加知識產(chǎn)權(quán)出版社專利翻譯師培訓(xùn)，多次參加外研社和外教社暑期教師培訓(xùn)。近五年發(fā)表論文3篇，其中論文《中小學(xué)教師自我評價探析》發(fā)表在中文核心期刊《當(dāng)代教育科學(xué)》2016年第10期。主持或參與課題六項，2016年山東省軟科學(xué)項目獲省優(yōu) 秀成果二等獎，位次第四。2017年主持山東農(nóng)業(yè)大學(xué)優(yōu)勢研究領(lǐng)域培育項目《農(nóng)業(yè)專業(yè)用途英語教材建設(shè)案例研究---以<大學(xué)英語-中外國際合作辦學(xué)適用>為例》。
Unit 1 The Role of Humour 1
Section One Culture Smart 1
A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom 1
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 2
The Role of Humour 2
Notes 3
Vocabulary 4
Exercises 5
Section Three Speaking Practice 7
Section Four Grammar 8
Sentence Structure 8
Section Five Writing Practice 8
Letter 8
Unit 2 Two Ways of Looking at Life 10
Section One Culture Smart 10
The English Character 10
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 11
Two Ways of Looking at Life 11
Notes 13
Vocabulary 13
Exercises 14
Section Three Speaking Practice 16
Section Four Grammar 17
Basic Sentence Patterns 17
Section Five Writing Practice 17
Cover letter 17
Unit 3 I Wish You Bad Luck 19
Section One Culture Smart 19
Constitutional Monarchy 19
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 20
I Wish You Bad Luck 20
Notes 22
Vocabulary 23
Exercises 25
Section Three Speaking Practice 27
Section Four Grammar 27
Subject-Verb Concord 27
Section Five Writing Practice 28
Of cial Letter 28
Unit 4 Why Don’t People Do What’s Good for Them? 29
Section One Culture Smart 29
The British Parliament 29
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 30
Why Don’t People Do What’s Good for Them? 30
Notes 31
Vocabulary 32
Exercises 33
Section Three Speaking Practice 35
Section Four Grammar 35
Countable Nouns 35
Section Five Writing Practice 36
E-mail 36
Unit 5 Why Not 38
Section One Culture Smart 38
The British Educational System 38
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 39
Why Not 39
Notes 41
Vocabulary 41
Exercises 42
Section Three Speaking Practice 44
Section Four Grammar 44
Uncountable Noun 44
Section Five Writing Practice 45
Verbal Noti cation 45
Unit 6 Work-life Balance 47
Section One Culture Smart 47
The British Press 47
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 48
Work-life Balance 48
Notes 50
Vocabulary 50
Exercises 52
Section Three Speaking Practice 53
Section Four Grammar 54
Article 54
Section Five Writing Practice 55
Written Notice 55
Unit 7 When Homework is Useless 56
Section One Culture Smart 56
The British Economy 56
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 57
When Homework is Useless 57
Notes 59
Vocabulary 60
Exercises 61
Section Three Speaking Practice 63
Section Four Grammar 63
Pronouns and Referencing 63
Section Five Writing Practice 64
Memorandum 64
Unit 8 The Child, the Tablet and the Developing Mind 65
Section One Culture Smart 65
The British Sports & Games 65
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 66
The Child, the Tablet and the Developing Mind 66
Notes 68
Vocabulary 68
Exercises 69
Section Three Speaking Practice 71
Section Four Grammar 71
Present Tense 71
Section Five Writing Practice 72
Curriculum Vitae 72
Unit 9 Voice of Courage 74
Section One Culture Smart 74
The British Music 74
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 75
Voice of Courage 75
Notes 77
Vocabulary 77
Exercises 79
Section Three Speaking Practice 81
Section Four Grammar 81
Past Tense 81
Section Five Writing Practice 82
Poster 82
Unit 10 Silent Spring 83
Section One Culture Smart 83
The British Legal System 83
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 84
Silent Spring 84
Notes 85
Vocabulary 86
Exercises 87
Section Three Speaking Practice 89
Section Four Grammar 89
Future Tense 89
Section Five Writing Practice 90
Leave 90
Unit 11 Six Simple Changes You Can Make to Prevent Breast Cancer 92
Section One Culture Smart 92
The British Welfare System 92
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 93
Six Simple Changes You Can Make to Prevent Breast Cancer 93
Notes 95
Vocabulary 95
Exercises 96
Section Three Speaking Practice 98
Section Four Grammar 99
The Passive Voice 99
Section Five Writing Practice 99
Letter of Invitation 99
Unit 12 Everything You Need to Know about Influenza 101
Section One Culture Smart 101
Leisure Time for Britons 101
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 102
Everything You Need to Know about In uenza 102
Notes 104
Vocabulary 104
Exercises 105
Section Three Speaking Practice 107
Section Four Grammar 108
Modal Verb 108
Section Five Writing Practice 108
Letter of Acceptance 108
Unit 13 Lost for Words 110
Section One Culture Smart 110
The British Holidays & Festivals 110
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 111
Lost for Words 111
Notes 113
Vocabulary 113
Exercises 114
Section Three Speaking Practice 116
Section Four Grammar 117
Subjunctive Mood 117
Section Five Writing Practice 117
Letter of Complaint 117
Unit 14 The Benefits of Being Bilingual 119
Section One Culture Smart 119
The British Literature (1) 119
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 120
The Bene ts of Being Bilingual 120
Notes 122
Vocabulary 122
Exercises 124
Section Three Speaking Practice 125
Section Four Grammar 126
In nitive 126
Section Five Writing Practice 127
Letter of Congratulation 127
Unit 15 Why It’s Awesome to be Awkward 128
Section One Culture Smart 128
The British Literature (2) 128
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 129
Why It’s Awesome to be Awkward 129
Notes 131
Vocabulary 131
Exercises 132
Section Three Speaking Practice 134
Section Four Grammar 135
-ing Participle 135
Section Five Writing Practice 135
Letter of Apology 135
Unit 16 Life’s Third Act 137
Section One Culture Smart 137
Food and Drinks in the U K 137
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 138
Life’s Third Act 138
Notes 140
Vocabulary 140
Exercises 141
Section Three Speaking Practice 143
Section Four Grammar 144
-ed Participle 144
Section Five Writing Practice 144
Thank-you Letter 144
References 146
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