《新世纪基础英语》是针对成人编写的零起点教材,共四级,每级含学生用书、教师用书、录音磁带和多媒体自学光盘,是一套为满足新时期继续教育需要而编写的立体化英语教材。
★ 注重打好基本功:从字母、语音开始,各项内容一次呈现,循环操练,帮助学习者打下扎实的基础。
★ 内容层次循序渐进:根据成人学习英语的特点设计难度梯级,每一级分别提供不同的内容输入,配以专项练习,帮助学习者逐级提高英语水平。
★ 编排结构严谨周密:每单元包括课文、对话、语法、写作、补充阅读等板块,充分考虑知识的系统性和对学习者能力的全面培养,为学习者短时间内掌握英语助一臂之力 。
★ 现代化、立体化教学手段的运用:教材配有磁带和多媒体光盘,可以满足各种学习需要,激发学习兴趣,提升学习效果。
Unit 1 People around you
Text A Look carefully and learn
Dialogue Keep in touch
Text B Bill Gates
Grammar 1.Present and past contznuous tenses
2.Auxiliary verbs
Unit 2 Around the world
Text A Englandand Britain
Dialogue We want to go to Spain
Text B Impressions of the British
Grammar The comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs
Unit 3 Life stories
Text A Excuses
Dialogue A birthday gift
Text B "Whatever you need"
Grammar Word formation
Unit 4 News and media
Text A Surviving a plane crash
Dialogue What a mess!
Text B Dzfferent types of media
Grammar Types of sentences
Unit 5 Dealing with money
Text A Money and the meaning of life
Dialogue Making ends meet
Text B The history of money
Grammar Present perfect tense
Unit 6 Words and stories
Text A The dumbest of grammas in the world
Dialogue Seeingeye to eye
Text B Where are the words from
Grammar Modal verbs—can, may, must
Unit 7 Fairy stories
Text A The eagle and the beetle
Dialogue Themoral of a fable
Text B Walking in the woods
Grammar When—clause and ifclause
Unit 8 Social matters
Text A FBI teams up with business to fight cyber crime
Dialogue A chaton line
Text B Goodintentions arentenoug
Grammar Restrictive attributive clause
Unit 9 Science and future
Text A Why we must venture into space
Dialogue A difficult job to do
Text B How computers came about
Grammar Expressions of simple future tense: "will" and "be going to"
Unit 10 Customs
Text A A national holiday
Dialogue Dinner invitation
Text B April Fools Day
Grammar Passivevoice
Unit 11 Dilemmas
Text A A working woman s dilemma
Dialogue A students dilemma
Text B The prisoner s dilemma: a fable
Grammar Directand indirect speeches
Unit 12 Cultural difference
Text A Walls
Dialogue Italian food
Text B What are good mannersl
Grammar Present and past participles
Appendix:Glossary
Useful Expressions
Proper Names
Irregular Verbs