新编综合英语

Unit 1 Personal Development

Reading 1 The Pleasures of Ignorance

Reading 2 Why I Hate Mathematics?

Unit 2 Power of Nature

Reading 1 Understanding the Oil Spill' s Psychic Toll

Reading 2 Nature Could Heal Your Mind and Body

Unit 3 Women

Reading 1 The Feminine Mystique

Reading 2 Shakespeare's Sister

Unit 4 Belief

Reading 1 Why We Need the Puritans?

Reading 2 The Literary Influence of the Bible

Unit 5 Health

Reading 1 The American Obesity Crisis： Is "No" to Carbs the Answer?

Reading 2 Is the Recession Making Americans Fatter?

Unit 6 Teacher Education

Reading 1 Preparing Teachers for Classroom Management： the Teacher Educator's Role

Reading 2 Do Your Students Care Whether You Care About Them?

Unit 7 Astrology

Reading 1 Signs for Love， a Very Brief Introduction to Astrology

Reading 2 Find Your Uniqueness--Zodiac Signs

Unit 8 Natural Beauty

Reading 1 The Forest and the Steppe

Reading 2 A Season for Hymning and Hawing

Unit 9 Family

Reading 1 A Brave Battle Against Leukaemia and a Mother's Promise

Reading 2 The Magic of the Family Meal

Unit 10 Science and Life

Reading 1 The Winds of Change

Reading 2 Denmark's Wind of Change

Unit 11 History and Future

Reading 1 Human Evolution at the Crossroads： Genetics， Cybernetics Complicate Forecast for Species

Reading 2 The Future of Evolution： What Will We Become?

Unit 12 Optimism

Reading 1 Act Like an Optimist， Improve Your Health

Reading 2 Self-Control： When Optimism Is Self-Defeating?

《新编综合英语》5～8册供英语专业高年级使用。每册12个单元，每个单元同样由两篇课文组成，处理方法与前4册大同小异。各大板块以-ing结尾的词命名，如图示建构（Schema Building）、篇章理解（Text Understanding）、信息检索（In—formation Surfing）、语言构建（Language Building）等。“图示建构”与前4册中的“准备”活动功能相似；“信息检索”是让学生查阅信息，锻炼查找资料、获取和筛选信息的能力；课文的理解和语言学习活动主要集中在“篇章理解”和“语言建构”部分，包括词汇、语法、修辞、篇章分析等活动，同时兼顾“说”、“写”技能。此外，5～8册还设有补充阅读（Extras for Further Reading），提供主要阅读书目、网址等，为学生自学和研究提供帮助。高级阶段4册的最大特色是辟有“教师意识”专栏，针对师范院校和其他高校师范方向的学生以及综合性大学和理工科大学英语专业有志从事教师工作的学生的需要，每个单元（少数为两个单元）围绕一个教师职业知识点或技能，诸如如何提问、如何设计完形填空题、如何设置任务、如何反馈意见等，介绍相关理论并设计活动，让学生在掌握概念的基础上通过完成活动逐步积累师范知识技能，培养教师职业意识和能力。