该教材是西安培华学院高质量人才培养“英才培育”计划项目之一,共计四册,旨在通过系统的训练,帮助学生掌握英语基本词汇、熟练语法应用,并提升其阅读与写作技能;使其了解和掌握中西方文化,并学会批判性分析和对比,提升文化自信;有效融入课程思政要素,润物细无声,育人铸魂;提供的语料库为学生个性化和自主学习提供帮助。
第一册教材以教育、科技、环境、健康和生活方式、社会和文化为主题,共设置五个单元,每个单元包括Text A和Text B两篇文章,分五个部分:Part One为主题文章学习部分;Part Two为语法部分;Part Three为阅读技巧;Part Four为写作技巧;Part Five为语料库。Part One按照课前、课中、课后任务模式编排。“课前”包括词汇学习和课文阅读部分,旨在引导学生课前自主预习和进行学习效果自测。“课中”包括以课文内容为依托的主题辨认、构词法学习以及词汇练习。“课后”包括对课文内容中的文化元素、文化差异以及思政元素的凝练以及课文缩写。这样的教学组织在西安培华学院“英才培育”计划中经过一年的实践,取得了优异成效,深受师生好评。
1 Education
A Learning for a Digital World
A UNESCO and China are working together to advance quality education in Belt and Road countries
B The Single Biggest Fix for Inequality at Elite Colleges
2 Technology
A The Double-Edged Sword of Information Technology: Innovation and Challenges
B How AI Is Changing Our Everyday Lives
3 Environment
A Saving Endangered Animals Will Help Save Us, Too
B The Science Is Clear: Sustainable Development and Climate Action Are Inseparable
4 Health and Lifestyle
A Who Stole Our Sleep? Waking up to the issues of late bedtimes
B 5 Ways to Reduce Your Stress This Year
5 Society and Culture
A Can You Self-Identify as a Generation? Is it only your age that ma Gen-Z?
B "Hoof Beats": How Hors of Human History
Appendix 四、六级词汇与拓展
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