全书分15章节编写，是《新编基础英语教程辅导》（第二册）相对应的学生用书。本书供学生使用，内含文章翻译题、听力填词题、中英文段落互译、文章赏析、口语练习、角色扮演等，还有词性变换的讲解和举例等。本书依据高等学校英语教学大纲英语专业的要求组织和收集材料。全书以任务教学为核心，以现代教学技术为平台，采用文字、图片、音频等多种语言呈现方式，展开听、说、读、写、译等一系列活动。同时配有专项技能发展训练模块，由理论到实践做相辅相成，强调学生实际语言技能的培养。本教材可作为大学本科生英语专业一二年级的学生使用。
Unit 1 Beauty and Fashion
Lead-in
Text A The Enigma of Beauty
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Is Lady Gaga a Fashion Icon?
Unit 2 Education
Lead-in
Text A Why Students Cheat?
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B College Is Still Worth the Expense!
Unit 3 Social Justice
Lead-in
Text A Shame
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Legislation Won't Close Gender Gap in Sciences
Unit 4 Environment
Lead-in
Text A Slow-motion Tragedy for Marine Life
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B "Dumb Plastic" Is Killing Our Seas
Unit 5 Soul and Spirit
Lead-in
Text A Who Owns the Mountains?
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Carpe Diem
Unit 6 Low-Carbon Life
Lead-in
Text A Expo Encourages a Low-Carbon Diet
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Carbon and Life
Unit 7 Power of Words
Lead-in
Text A When the Going Gets Tough， the Tough Crack Wise
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Embracing New Languages and Cultures
Unit 8 Global Warming
Lead-in
Text A Obama's Speech to the Copenhagen
Climate Summit
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text O Warming Is Real． Now What?
Unit 9 Team Work
Lead-in
Text A Walking the Teamwork Tightrope
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B On Making Friends
Unit 10 Internet and Networks
Lead-in
Text A Does the Internet Make You Dumber?
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Networks of Trust
Unit 11 Transportation
Lead-in
Text A Reinventing the Wheels： the Automotive
Efficiency Revolution
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Balancing Cheap Cars， Pricey Gas and the
Environment
Unit 12 Psychological Maturity
Lead-in
Text A Bombs Bursting in Air
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B How to Develop True Self-Esteem and Respect
for Other People
Unit 13 Dinosaurs
Lead-in
Text A What Killed the Dinosaurs?
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Are Movies Science?
Unit 14 Entertainment
Lead-in
Text A Reality TV： Why Are We Still Watching?
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Susan Boyle： A Dream Come True
Unit 15 Love and Relationship
Lead-in
Text A The Story of an Hour
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Cat in the Rain
Vocabulary
Bibliography
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