本教材为学术英语综合课程的配套教材，注重对学生综合学术素养的培养。使用本教材的教师可以根据自己所在院校学生的水平和学时安排，以教材内容为依托，量身定制教学大纲，设计相应的教学活动；也可以灵活、有效地利用教材本身设计的各种任务，开展“以学为中心”互动性较强的教学活动。比如文献纵览后的口述报告，可以课前分配给学生准备，结合讲课进度让学生在课堂上完成口述报告，然后对其进行点评，同时鼓励学生提问互动。这样既可以让学生练习用英语做学术报告，提升其公众演讲和发言的信心和能力，也可以提高学生在课堂教学中的参与度。

Unit 1 Classical Wisdom
Part I Lead-in
Part Ⅱ A Panorama in Literature
Source 1 Socrates on Teaching: Looking Back to Move Education Forward
Source 2 Traditional Chinese Philosophies and Contemporary Leadership
Source 3 Hippocrates and Genomic Medicine
Source 4 Chinese Traditional Thought and Practice: Lessons for an Ecological Economics Worldview
Part Ⅲ EAP Skill
Part Ⅳ EAP Expressions
Unit 2 New Media
Part I Lead-in
Part Ⅱ A Panorama in Literature
Source 1 The Evolution of Media
Source 2 The Internet, Digital Media, and Media Convergence
Source 3 What the Rise of TikTok Says About Generation Z
Part Ⅲ EAP Skill
Part Ⅳ EAP Expressions
Unit 7 Business Models
Part I Lead-in
Part Ⅱ A Panorama in Literature
Source 1 Why Business Models Matter
Source 2 The Concept and Frameworks of Digital Business Models
Source 3 Understanding Sustainable Business Model: A Framework and a Case Study of the Bike-Sharing Industry
Source 4 Slicing the Cake Without Baking It: Opportunistic Platform Entry Strategies in Digital Markets
Source 5 The Role of Live Streaming in Building Consumer Trust and Engagement with Social Commerce Sellers
Part Ⅲ EAP Skill
Part Ⅳ EAP Expressions
Unit 8 Space Exploration
Part I Lead-in
Part Ⅱ A Panorama in Literature
Source 1 Space Exploration
Source 2 Space Station Biomining Experiment Demonstrates Rare Earth Element Extraction in Microgravity and Mars Gravity
Source 3 China's Touch on the Moon
Source 4 The Future of Spaceflight—from Orbital Vacations to Humans on Mars
Source 5 Removing Space Junk
Part Ⅲ EAP Skill
Part Ⅳ EAP Expressions
Unit 9 National Power
Part I Lead-in
Part Ⅱ A Panorama in Literature
Source 1 Soft-Power, Culturalism and Developing Economies: The Case of Global Ibsen
Source 2 Traditional Chinese Philosophies and Contemporary Leadership
Source 3 Poverty Eradication in a Carbon Constrained World
Source 4 Power Transition Theory Revisited: When Rising China Meets Dissatisfied United States
Source 5 Hybrid Strategies: The American Experience
Part Ⅲ EAP Skill
Part Ⅳ EAP Expressions
Unit 10 Human Destiny
Part I Lead-in
Part Ⅱ A Panorama in Literature
Source 1 The Future of Humanity
Source 2 Modeling Infectious Disease Dynamics in the Complex Landscape of Global Health
Source 3 Climate Change and Global Food Systems
Source 4 The Demography of Families: A Review of Patterns and Change
Part Ⅲ EAP Skill
Part Ⅳ EAP Expressions