編寫原則與教材特色本教材專門為全國各高校藝術、體育類學生，民族地區(qū)學生和其他一些大學入學時英語基礎相對薄弱的非英語專業(yè)大學生編寫，編寫體例、課文選材、練習設計等均體現(xiàn)了較強的針對性。
與國內(nèi)其他優(yōu)秀教材相比，本教材依據(jù)目標學生實際情況，教材編寫不求大而全，突出其簡約而實用的特點，各冊既各有側重，又有機相連。
本教材以《大學英語課程教學要求》為依據(jù)，重點培養(yǎng)學生英語綜合應用能力，使學生通過本教材的學習，做到學有所用，學以致用，以用促學，學用統(tǒng)一。
本教材不僅注重激發(fā)學生學習興趣，培養(yǎng)學生外語技能，更加注重學生綜合人文素養(yǎng)的提升和積極人生觀與價值觀的培養(yǎng)，在潛移默化中，啟迪思想，陶冶情操。
本教程是依據(jù)《教學要求》編寫的一本大學英語教材，主要適用于全國各高等院校藝術、體育類學生，民族地區(qū)學生和其他一些大學入學時英語基礎相對薄弱的非英語專業(yè)大學生，旨在使學生通過本教材的系統(tǒng)學習，在英語語言知識、應用技能、學習策略和跨文化交際方面能夠達到《教學要求》中規(guī)定的高等學校非英語專業(yè)本科畢業(yè)生應達到的基本要求。
Unit One Foreign Language Learning
Text A Learn a Foreign Language
Text B 5 Great Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language
Grammar in Focus Tense
Unit Two College Life
Text A What to Expect from College Life
Text B College Talk
Grammar in Focus The Voice
Unit Three Love and Friendship
Text A Unconditional Love
Text B The Story of Kyle
Grammar in Focus Modal Verbs
Unit Four Lifestyle and Health
Text A Small Changes Yield Big Benefits
Text B Easy Ways to Lose Weight
Unit One Foreign Language Learning
Text A Learn a Foreign Language
Text B 5 Great Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language
Grammar in Focus Tense
Unit Two College Life
Text A What to Expect from College Life
Text B College Talk
Grammar in Focus The Voice
Unit Three Love and Friendship
Text A Unconditional Love
Text B The Story of Kyle
Grammar in Focus Modal Verbs
Unit Four Lifestyle and Health
Text A Small Changes Yield Big Benefits
Text B Easy Ways to Lose Weight
Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs: Infinitives
Test One
Unit Five Sports and Sportsmanship
Text A She Was Not Born to Walk
Text B My Olympic Story
Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs: Participles
Unit Six Success against Adversity
Text A A Tale of Two Hands
Text B A Violin with Three Strings
Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs: Gerunds
Unit Seven Art and Architecture
Text A An Impossible Bridge
Text B The Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of Architecture
Grammar in Focus The Comparative Degree
Text A The Two Roads
Text B Run through the Rain
Grammar in Focus Conjunctions and Clauses
Test Two
Unit Nine Speaking in Public
Text A Welcoming Remarks by Bill Gates
Text B The Queen' s Speech on Diana' s Death
Grammar in Focus Attributive Clauses
Unit Ten Moral Values
Text A The Praying Hands
Text B Moral Values in America
Grammar in Focus Reference and Concord
Unit Eleven Cultural Differences
Text A American Customs and Etiquette
Text B Chinese Business Culture and Etiquette
Grammar in Focus The Subjunctive Mood
Text A How Do Men and Women Think Differently?
Text B How Do Men and Women Speak Differently?
Grammar in Focus Inversion
Test Three
Glossary
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