本教程是依据《教学要求》编写的一本大学英语教材，主要适用于全国各高等院校艺术、体育类学生，民族地区学生和其他一些大学入学时英语基础相对薄弱的非英语专业大学生，旨在使学生通过本教材的系统学习，在英语语言知识、应用技能、学习策略和跨文化交际方面能够达到《教学要求》中规定的高等学校非英语专业本科毕业生应达到的基本要求。

编写原则与教材特色

本教材专门为全国各高校艺术、体育类学生，民族地区学生和其他一些大学入学时英语基础相对薄弱的非英语专业大学生编写，编写体例、课文选材、练习设计等均体现了较强的针对性。

与国内其他优秀教材相比，本教材依据目标学生实际情况，教材编写不求大而全，突出其简约而实用的特点，各册既各有侧重，又有机相连。

本教材以《大学英语课程教学要求》为依据，重点培养学生英语综合应用能力，使学生通过本教材的学习，做到学有所用，学以致用，以用促学，学用统一。

本教材不仅注重激发学生学习兴趣，培养学生外语技能，更加注重学生综合人文素养的提升和积极人生观与价值观的培养，在潜移默化中，启迪思想，陶冶情操。

Unit One  Foreign Language Learning

     Text A Learn a Foreign Language

     Text B 5 Great Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language

     Grammar in Focus Tense

Unit Two  College Life

     Text A What to Expect from College Life

     Text B College Talk

     Grammar in Focus The Voice

Unit Three Love and Friendship

     Text A Unconditional Love

     Text B The Story of Kyle

     Grammar in Focus Modal Verbs

Unit Four  Lifestyle and Health

     Text A Small Changes Yield Big Benefits

     Text B Easy Ways to Lose Weight

     Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs: Infinitives

Test One

Unit Five  Sports and Sportsmanship

     Text A She Was Not Born to Walk

     Text B My Olympic Story

     Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs: Participles

Unit Six   Success against Adversity

     Text A A Tale of Two Hands

     Text B A Violin with Three Strings

     Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs: Gerunds

Unit Seven Art and Architecture

     Text A An Impossible Bridge

     Text B The Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of Architecture

     Grammar in Focus The Comparative Degree

     Text A The Two Roads

     Text B Run through the Rain

     Grammar in Focus Conjunctions and Clauses

Test Two

Unit Nine  Speaking in Public

     Text A Welcoming Remarks by Bill Gates

     Text B The Queen' s Speech on Diana' s Death

     Grammar in Focus Attributive Clauses

Unit Ten   Moral Values

     Text A The Praying Hands

     Text B Moral Values in America

     Grammar in Focus Reference and Concord

Unit Eleven Cultural Differences

     Text A American Customs and Etiquette

     Text B Chinese Business Culture and Etiquette

     Grammar in Focus The Subjunctive Mood

     Text A How Do Men and Women Think Differently?

     Text B How Do Men and Women Speak Differently?

     Grammar in Focus Inversion

Test Three

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