本系列教材内容从特定文化点切入，注重培养学生的跨文化交际能力和批判性思维能力，为学生开拓国际化的视野。单元题材围绕学生感兴趣的学校生活、职场工作等方面，每个单元按话题和难度设计了多种学习任务，以达到培养学生用英语交流“准确、得体”的目的。教材选材较为新颖，生词量适中，练习丰富多样，可供不同层次的师生选择使用；教学活动设计合理，适合英语专业小班授课。通过学习，不少学生的自主学习、合作学习和创新学习的能力有了大幅提高。教材中精心设计的电子课件也较为出色。课件图文搭配合理、言简意赅、结构清晰、操作简便、内容丰富，是电子课件中的精品。
Unit 1 Going to College
Text A College-A New Experience
Text B Never Too Old to Live Your Dream
Time For Fun
Unit 2 Music
Text A Rock and Roll
Text B The First American Music
Time For Fun
Unit 3 Developing a Positive Attitude，
Text A Attitude Is Everything
Text B Developing a Positive Attitude
Time For Fun
Unit 4 Making a Good Impression
Text A The First Four Minutes
Text B Table Manners and Customs
Time For Fun
Unit 5 Community and Society
Text A Community Service
Text B People on the Move
Time For Fun
Unit 6 Working
Text A Working Hard or Hardly Working9
Text B Working for Fun and Profit
Time For Fun
Unit 7 Realizing Our Dreams
Text A The Birth of a Dream
Text B Believing in Ourselves to Realize Our Dreams
Time For Fun
Unit 8 Our Parents
Text A My Father
Text B Love Can Last Forever
Time For Fun
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