介绍
“新世纪大学英语系列教材”是我国普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材,是根据教育部高等教育司颁发的《大学英语课程教学要求》编写的。《视听说教程》是系列教材中的一个分册,配合《综合教程》和系列教材中的其他教程,引导学习者实现《大学英语课程教学要求》所规定的教学目标。
本册为第六册,是《视听说教程》前五册的后续课程。
全书构成如下:
每个单元分为 Lesson A 和 Lesson B,上课两周,每周一课。
Lesson A 有四节,每一节有若干课堂交际活动,分别用 A、B、C……表示。1. Vocabulary Focus
2. Listening
3. Speaking
4. Optional Listening
Lesson B 是录像片段
这一部分完全采用授权的电视节目,围绕本单元同一题材展开,每一节目时间不长,一般在五分钟以内, Lesson B也有四节。
1. Before You Watch
2. While You Watch
3. After You Watch
4. Communication
目录
Unit 1 School and Beyond
The college experience; improving the quality of education
Describing the first year of college
Practicing interviewing phrases and skills
Lesson A School life
Lesson B Education —— boys vs. girls?
Unit 2 Who Art You?
Memory, cognition, and personality
Describing the mind and memory
Expanding on a topic
Lesson A Memory and the mind
Lesson B Developing intelligence
Unit 3 Contemporary Issues
Current trends; resolving conflicts
Illegal downloading
Expressing an opinion
Lesson A In the city
Lesson B Conflict resolution
Unit 4 Happy Days
Outlooks and impressions
Expressing feelings and opinions
Keeping a conversation going
Lesson A What makes you happy?
Lesson B Global gaming
Unit 5 In Other Words
Language and gender
Describing language abilities
Talking about charts and data
Lesson A Total immersion
Lesson B Baby talk
Unit 6 The Wold Awaits You
Trips and journeys
Describing travel destinations: words that end in -less
Using polite language
Lesson A On the road
Lesson B Destination Chile
Unit 7 Ordinary People,Extraordinary Lives
Aspirations, risks, and dreams
Discussing and describing a sequence of events
Making a presentation to a group using presentation phrases
Lesson A Follow your dream!
Lesson B Student activists
Unit 8 Our Changing World
The future of our world
Discussing the future
Describing benefits and supporting points and giving support to
main points
Lesson A Looking to the future
Lesson B A million-dollar idea