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本书为《教学参考书》第4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 5

   IV. Class Presentation 6

      Listening & Speaking 7

      Reading & Writing 115

       TextA: The Washwoman 115

       Grammar Review: The Attributive Clause (1)  38

       Practical Writing: Memos 411

       Text B:A Good Name 46

       Practical Reading 65

       Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Denotations 67

Unit 2 69

    I. Objectives 70

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 70

   III. Background Information 73

   IV. Class Presentation 75

      Listening & Speaking 76

      Reading & Writing 85

       TextA:lWas Deceived! 85

       Grammar Review: The Attributive Clause (2) 111

       Practical Writing: Sales Letters 113

       Text B: Words from the Heart 120

       Practical Reading 133

       Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Figurative Language(l) 137

Unit 3 139

   I. Objectives 140

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 140

  III. Background Information 143

   IV. Class Presentation 147

     Listening & Speaking 148

     Reading & Writing 157

      Text A: The New Frontier of Beauty 157

      Grammar Review: The Noun Clause 184

      Practical Writing; Order Letters 187

      Text B: Stevie Wonder: Sunshine in the Shadow 190

      Practical Reading 208

      Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Figurative Language (2) 211

Unit 4 213

    I. Objectives 214

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 214

   III. Background Information 217

   IV. Class Presentation 220

     Listening & Speaking 220

     Reading & Writing 229

       Text A: More Than a Scholarship 229

       Grammar Review: The Appositive Clause 252

       Practical Writing: Confirmation Letters 254

       Text B: Somebody Cared 256

       Practical Reading 278

       Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Idiomatic Expressions

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Chinese Version of Texts A and B (Units 1-4) 283

Key and Tapescript for Workbook (4) (Units 1-4) 295

Unit 5 313

    I. Objectives 314

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 314

   III. Background Information 317

   IV. Class Presentation 318

     Listening & Speaking 319

     Reading & Writing 327

       Text A: Room for the Future 327

       Grammar Review: Adverbial Clauses of Time, Space and Manner 356

       Practical Writing: Verification Letters 359

       Text B: The Day I Flunked Out of Law School 362

       Practical Reading. 381

       Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Abstracts 384

Unit 6 387

    I. Objectives 388

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 388

   III. Background Information 391

   IV. Class Presentation 397

     Listening & Speaking 397

     Reading & Writing 405

       Text A: How to Sell Anybody Anything in Five Minutes or Less 405

       Grammar Review: Adverbial Clauses of Condition, Concession and Cause 428

       Practical Writing: Resignati.on Le.tters 430

       Text B: Better Late Than Never 434

       Practical Reading 450

       Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Prefaces and Forewords 454

Unit 7 457

    I. Objectives 458

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 458

   III. Background Information 461

   IV. Class Presentation 462

     Listening & Speaking 463

     Reading & Writing 471

       Text A: Charles Drew:Blood Bank Pioneer 471

       Grammar Review: Adverbial Clauses of Result, Purpose and Comparison 493

       Practical Writing: Adjustment Letters 495

       Text B: Pioneer in Architecture: Julia Morgan 1872-1957 498

       Practical Reading 5118

       Basic Reading Skills: Understanding School Introductions 521

Unit 8 523

    I. Objectives 524

   II. Suggested Teaching Plan 524

   III. Background Information 527

   IV. Class Presentation 530

      Listening & Speaking 530

      Reading & Writing 539

       Text A: Tourist Attractions and Entertainment 539

       Grammar Review:The Uses of "As" 565

       Practical Writing: Abstracts 567

       Text B: The Taj Mahal 570

       Practical Reading 586

       Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Instructions for Product Use and Maintenance 589

Chinese Version of Texts A and B (Units 5-8) 591

Key and Tapescript for Workbook (4) (Units 5-8) 603