刘俊花、郭卫、张艳丽、赵继云主编的《应用英语教程(附光盘2公共基础课系列教材全国电力高职高专十二五规划教材)》课文题型设计旨在将教学内容与教学法一‘任务驱动教学法”有效融合在一起，突出“任务驱动”原则，即在阅读过程中，教师引导学生带着任务对课文进行逐段或逐部分学习、探讨。“一段或一部分一任务”使学生在较短的时间内获得成就感和学习的乐趣，激发他们对下一步学习任务的渴望和兴趣，从而避免了传统课文编排模式下学生因课文太长、任务太重而兴趣寡然或放弃学习现象的发生。

刘俊花、郭卫、张艳丽、赵继云主编的《应用英语教程(附光盘2公共基础课系列教材全国电力高职高专十二五规划教材)》为全国电力高职高专“十二五”规划教材(公共基础课系列教材)。

本套教材共分为3册，每册由学生用书及相配套的学爿指导组成，各册分别有相应的听力、课文及课后生词录音光盘和相应的教学课件，本书为第2册。本套教材借鉴任务驱动法(Task．driven method)的思路，依据高职高争院校学生特点，注重听、说、读、写、译各种能力的培养；选材难度适中，融知识性、趣味性、实用性于一体，同时具有鲜明时代感；力求改变传统教学模式，即变讲授模式为讨论互动教学模式，突出学生主体特征，激发学习兴趣，调动学习积极性，使学生易获成就感，从而消除厌学情绪。

《应用英语教程(附光盘2公共基础课系列教材全国电力高职高专十二五规划教材)》可作为各类高职高专院校公共英语课教材，也可作为相关在职人员的培训教材及自学用书。

Module 1 Fame and Fortune

 Part A Listening Activities

 Part B Reading Activities

Text 1 Fortune and Fame of Unfortunate Names

Text 2 Does Justice also Serve the Rich and Famous?

 Part C Further Development 

 Useful Words & Expressions

Module 2 Fashion

 Part A Listening Activities

 Part B Reading Activities

Text 1 Nude: Is the Hot Fashion Color Racist?

Text 2 Eco-Chic Fashion Preserves Biodiversity

 Part C Further Development

 Useful Words & Expressions

Module 3 Communication

 Part A Listening Activities

 Part B Reading Activities 

Text 1 Easier Communication for English Speakers

Text 2 How Did I Learn to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years?

 Part C Further Development

 Useful Words & Expressions

Module 4 Happiness

 Part A Listening Activities 

 Part B Reading Activities

Text 1 Happiness

Text 2 I Just Want to Be Happy

 Part C Further Development

 Useful Words & Expressions

Module 5 Memory

 Part A Listening Activities

 Part B Reading Activities

Text 1 How to Improve Your Memory

Text 2 Imagining the Future Invokes Your Memory

 Part C Further Development

 Useful Words & Expressions

Module 6 Cities

 Part A Listening Activities

 Part B Reading Activities

Text 1 Most Cities Unprepared for Coming Population Boom

Text 2 China's City of the Future Rises on a Wasteland

 Part C Further Development

 Useful Words & Expressions

Module 7 Invention and Technology

 Part A Listening Activities

 Part B Reading Activities

Text 1 3-D at Home

Text 2 The History of Science and Technology

 Part C Further Development

 Useful Words & Expressions

Module 8 Travel and Tourism

 Part A Listening Activities

 Part B Reading Activities

Text 1 Ecotourism

Text 2 Travel When You're Young

 Part C Further Development

 Useful Words & Expressions

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