本书教学生通过语境学习英语语言,书中将英语语法学习与美国文化语境结合起来,按循序渐进的原则安排语法点,每个语法点以图表方式解释其形式、用途、语序、主语、相关结构等。本册话题包括宠物、老年生活、改善生活、婚礼、健康等。
lesson 1
GRAMMAR The Simple Present Tense;Frequency Words
CONTEXT Pets and Other Animals
READING Americans and Their Pets
READING Dog Wallkers
READING Guide Dogs
REAKING Search and Rescue Dogs
REAKING Marianne and Sparky
lesson 2
GRAMMAR The Present Continuous Tense;Aciton and Nonaction Verbs;The Futurd Tense
CONTEXT Getting Older
READING Rtirement Living
READING Life After Retirement
READING The Graying of America
lesson 3
GRAMMAR Habitual Past with Used To;The Simple Past Tense
CONTEXT Working Towards a Better Life
READING Equal Rights for All
READING George Dawson-Life Is So Good
lesson 4
GRAMMAR Possessive Forms;Object Pronouns;Reflexive Pronouns;Questions
CONTEXT Weddings
READING A Tradittional American Wedding
READING New Wedding Trends
READING Economizing on a Wedding
READING Questions and Answers About an American Wedding
lesson 5
GRAMMAR Singualr and Plural;Count and Noncount Nouns;There+Be;Quantity Words
CONTEXT Thanksgiving,Pilgrims,and American Indians
READING A Typical Thandsgiving
READING The Origin of Thanksgiving
READING Recipe for Turkdy Strffing
READING Taking the Land from the Native Americans
READING Code Talkers
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lesson 14
Appendices