肖肃主编的《英语综合高级教程》以《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》和《高校英语专业八级考试大纲》为准绳，以英语专业高年级的培养目标和教学原则为指导，充分体现了外语教学始终要“夯实基础、拓宽视野、提升思考、强化表达”这一理念。

本教程有上、下两册，按主题分为十四个单元。每一单元分两个小节，每一小节由两篇课文构成，这两个小节在语体上独立，在主题上相互联系，有利于学生系统学习语言。

本书为《英语综合高级教程》下册，为英语专业本科高年级阶段的精读教材，也可作为非英语专业学生、英语爱好者达到四级、六级水平后，进一步提高英语语言能力、发展言语能力的精读教材。

肖肃主编的《英语综合高级教程(下册)》是“国家精晶课程”的依托教材，由四川外语学院组织编写。《英语综合高级教程(下册)》是英语专业本科高年级阶段的精读教材，也可作为非英语专业学生、英语爱好者达到四级、六级水平后，进一步提高英语语言能力、发展言语能力的精读教材。

《英语综合高级教程(下册)》特点：

·注重引导学生养成语篇鉴赏以及批判性思维能力。

·注重灵活运用词汇短语。设置词汇短语填空练习、派生词汇练习、释义练习、修辞手段识别练习等。

·根据TEM-8考试特点，设置有人丈知识练习和校对练习。

·Text One为示范性话语材料，供教师学生课堂分析讨论。Text Two为学生独立学习之用。题材、体裁、难易程度与Text One基本一致，便于学生模仿学习，建构相应话语，形成相应图式。

Unit One Language 1

Section A Text One You Are What You Say 1

       Text Two The Story of Human Language 12

Section B Text One The World of Doublespeak 21

     Text Two Sexism and Language 33

Unit Two Society 42

Section A Text One The Cost of Starting Families First 42

     Text Two Balding, Wrinkled, and Stoned 52

Section B Text One What Makes New Yorkers Tick 61

     Text Two Looking for a Few Good Snitches 70

Unit Three Economy 79

Section A Text One Unretired: Retirees are Back, Looking for Work 79

     Text Two Tex-mix 91

Section B Text One All change, No change 101

     Text Two Dahn Yoga: Body, Brain and Wallet 112

Unit Four Philosophy 122

Section A Text One A Definition of Philosophy 122

     Text Two Against Happiness 132

Section B Text One In Praise of Idleness 141

     Text Two An Apology for Idlers 150

Unit Five Chinese Culture 159

Section A Text One A Chinese Philosopher 159

     Text Two The Spirit of the Chinese People 169

Section B Text One Confucianism in China 177

     Text Two Ancestor Worship 187

Unit Six Politics and Military Affairs 195

Section A Text One The Other Side of the Coin: Reading the Politics of the 2008 Financial Tsunami 195

     Text Two The Third Race 207

Section B Text One Conflict Without Victory: The Iran-Iraq War 216

     Text Two Henry Kissinger Jewish Immigrant Experience in the Cold War 227

Unit Seven International Relations 238

Section A Text One The Psychology of Power and Weakness 238

     Text Two US Primacy in the International System 250

Section B Text One International Relations after the Cold War 261

     Text Two East Asia: A Region of Focus and Transformation 275