本书为《21世纪大学实用英语》系列教材(第2版)《教学参考书》第1册。全书共8个单元，每个单元根据《综合教程》的相关内容配以教法推荐、背景知识、课文译文、课文逐段详解及相应例句(全部例句均配中文译文)、练习答案。另外还附有《综合练习》中的练习答案和录音原文。供使用《21世纪大学实用英语》(第2版)教材的教师作教学参考。

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本书为《教学参考书》第1册，共8个单元，每个单元根据《综合教程》的相关内容配备教法推荐、作者介绍、背景知识、课文详解、练习答案以及《综合练习》中的练习卷答案和录音原文等。同时，本书在版式设计上有所改革，将学生用书的内容完整地融入教学参考书，课文讲解引入了“左学右教”的方式，以方便教师教学。本书另配有电子教案。

Unit 1 1

    I. Objectives 2

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 2

   III. Background Information 6

   IV. Class Presentation 9

     Listening & Speaking 9

     Reading & Writing 17

       Text A: College-- A Transition Point in My Life 18

       Grammar Review: Countable and Uncountable Nouns 38

       Practical Writing: Registration Forms 40

       Text B: What I Hope to Gain from,a College Education 44

       Practical Reading 58

       Basic Reading Skills: Topic Sentence(!) 60

Unit 2 63

    I. Objectives 64

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 64

   III. Background Information 67

   IV. Class Presentation 70

     Listening & Speaking 70

     Reading & Writing 79

       TextA: He Helped the Blind 80

       Grammar Review: Adjectives and Adverbs: the Comparative Degree and the Superlative Degree 99

       Practical Writing: Book Order Forms 102

       Text B: Don't Eat the Tomatoes; They're Poisonous! 106

       Practical Reading 119

       Basic Reading Skills: Telling the Difference Between the

       General Idea and Degails 121

Unit 3 122

    I. Objectives 123

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 123

   III. Background Information 126

   IV. Class Presentation 128

     Listening & Speaking 128

     Reading & Writing 135

       Text A: Thanks, Morn, for All You Have Done 136

       Grammar Review: Model Verbs 155

       Practical Writing: Application Forms 1160

       Text B: His Life's Work 166

       Practical Reading 181

       Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Signal Words (1) 183

Unit 4 185

    I. Objectives 186

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 186

   III. Background Information 190

   IV. Class Presentation 193

     Listening & Speaking 193

     Reading & Writing 200

       Text A: Run Like the Wind 201

       Grammar Review: Sentence Patterns 217

       Practical Writing: Business/Name Cards 219

       Text B: Exercise: What Can It Do for You? 224

       Practical Reading 237

       Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Signal Words (2) 239

Chinese Version of Texts A and B (Units- 1-4) 241

Key and Tapescript for Workbook (1) (Units 1-4) 249

Unit 5 261

    I. Objectives 262

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 262

   III. Background Information 266

   IV. Class Presentation 267

     Listening & Speaking 267

     Reading & Writing 275

      Text A: The Treasure in the Orchard 276

      Grammar Review: Verb Tenses (1) 297

      Practical Writing: Greeting Cards 300

      Text B: The Golden Carambola Tree 302

      Practical Reading 3115

      Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Signal Words (3) 317

Unit 6 319

    I. Objectives 320

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 320

   III. Background Information 324

   IV. Class Presentation 327

     Listening & Speaking 327

     Reading & Writing 335

      Text A: Tracking Down My Dream 3316

      Grammar Review: Verb Tenses (2) 355

      Practical Writing: Thank-you Notes, 358

      Text B: From Crutches to a World-class Runner 3611

      Practical Reading 373

      Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Signal Words (4) 375

Unit 7 377

    I. Objectives 378

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 378

   III. Background Information 381

   IV. Class Presentation 383

     Listening & Speaking 383

     Reading & Writing 391

      TextA:The Smile 392

      Grammar Review: Verb:Tenses (3) 413

      Practical Writing: Notes of Congratulation 416

      Text B: Blameless 420

      Practical Reading 436

      Basic Reading Skills: Topic Sentence (2) 439

Unit 8 441

    I. Objectives: 442

   II. Suggested TeachingPlan 442

   III. Background Information 446

   IV. Class Presentation 449

     Listening & Speaking 449

     Reading & Writing 457

      Text A: Learning to Learn 458

       Grammar Review: Verb'Tenses (.4) 484

       Practical Writing: Notices 486

      Text B: Maintaining Progress in Your English Studies 490

       Practical Reading 506

       Basic Reading Skills: Topic Sentence (3) 508

Chinese Version of Texts A and B (Units 5-8) 510

Key and Tapescript for Workbook (1) (Units 5-8) 519