秦秀白等编著的《综合教程》是“新世纪大学英语系列教材”中的主干教程，是根据教育部高等教育司颁发的《大学英语课程教学要求》(以下简称《课程要求》编写的。我们希望本教程的l—4册能帮助同学们在中学英语学习的基础上，进一步完善和提高“听”、“说”、“读”、“写”、“译”诸方面的基本技能，并协同《视听说教程》、《阅读教程》、《快速阅读》和《写作教程》全面实现《课程要求》规定的“一般要求”的教学目标；我们也希望同学们能够通过各种教学活动体验并学会如何自主学习英语。

Unit One Man and Nature

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Listen and Respond

Read and Explore

 TextA Man in the Realm of Nature

 Text B Extinctions, Past and Present

Optional Classroom Activities

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Enjoy English

Unit Two Man and Technology

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Listen and Respond

Read and Explore

 Text A Technology and Happiness

 Text B Who to Blame, Technology or the Person Who Uses it?

Optional Classroom Activities

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Enjoy English

Unit Three Knowledge and Knowledge Transfer

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Listen and Respond

Read and Explore

 Text A The Rainbow of Knowledge

 Text B Barriers to Knowledge Transfer

Optional Classroom Activities

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Unit Four Work and Career

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Listen and Respond

Read and Explore

 Text A Work, Labor, and Play

 Text B Choosing an Occupation or Career

Optional Classroom Activities

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Enjoy English

Practice Test Ⅰ(Units 1-4)

Unit Five Fame and Success

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Listen and Respond

Read and Explore

 Text A Fame

 Text B The Right Kind of Success

Optional Classroom Activities

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Enjoy English

Unit Six Attitudes to Life

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Listen and Respond

Read and Explore

 Text A Two Truths to Live By

 Text B LetYourselfGo!

Optional Classroom Activities

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Unit Seven Lifestyles

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Listen and Respond

Read and Explore

 Text A Stripping Down to Bare Happiness

 Text B My Frugal Life

Optional Classroom Activities

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Enjoy English

Unit Eight Literary Appreciation

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Listen and Respond

Read and Explore

 Text A The Storyofan Hour

 Text B One Thin Dime

Optional Classroom Activities

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Enjoy English

Practice Test Ⅱ(Units 5-8)

Appendix ⅠScripts and Key to Practice Test Ⅰ

Appendix ⅡScripts and Key to Practice Test Ⅱ

Appendix Ⅲ Glossary