本教程力图修正大学英语教学中重读避写或读写训练内容脱节和程式化的倾向，着力培养学生处理大量书面英文信息的能力。本教程的最大特点就是读写并连、并重，学生的阅读内容已是写作练习的主题内容，阅读过程的信息输入和处理成了锻炼语言写作应用能力的基础。这样，学生通过一定强度的篇章阅读提高了阅读能力，锻炼了英文思维能力，形成思想文化建构，并在每单元写作指导和步骤提示的引导下完成写作任务，直接促进英文篇章表达能力的提高。

本教程由10个单元组成，可供每周2课时1个学期使用，教师也可以根据学生水平选择单元使用。每单元由词汇学习、阅读理解、写作练习、写作任务4个部分组成。

Unit 1 College Pressures

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Unit 2 Education and Discipline

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Unit 3 Workers

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Unit 4 Reflection of an Elitist

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Unit 5 The Family out of Favor

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Unit 6 Friends, Good Friendsmand Such Good Friends.

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Unit 7 The Art of Loving

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Unit 8 Dolly Is a Clonemand No Longer Alone

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Unit 9 The Warming of the World

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Unit 10 The Language of Oppression

PART I VOCABULARY: GUESSING AND EXPANSION

PART II CRITICAL READING

PART III TOWARD WRITING

PART IV WRITING TASK

Appendix 1 Revision Profile

Appendix 2 Key to the Exercises