文化透视英语教程

Unit 1 Voices from the Family

Close Reading The Belated Father

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Only Daughter

Ⅱ.I Want a Wife

Listening My Father

Writing Her Secrets

Unit 2 The House Divided

Close Reading The Antislavery Movement

Further Reading

Ⅰ.A Nation Divided

Ⅱ.Slave Life

Listening Uncle Toms Cabin Stirs the Nation

Writing The House Divided

Unit 3 Things to Be Remembered

Close Reading God in the Doorway

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Shades of Black

I1. Salvation

Listening A Child Remembering Christmas Eve

Writing Julia

Unit 4 English as a Second Language

Close Reading Laughing in English

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Mother Tongue

Ⅱ.English as a Second Language

Listening Teaching ESL Students

Writing The Function of a Language Teacher

Unit 5 Life in the City

Close Reading The Sounds of the City

Further Reading

Ⅰ.New York

Ⅱ.Cornered

Listening City Life

Writing Washington，D.C.

Unit 6 Good and Bad Maanners

Close Reading Eye Contact

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Desperately Seeking Mobile Phone Manners

Ⅱ.Discipline

Listening Cell Phone Addiction

Writing Minding Manners

Unit 7 Travel and Culture

Close Reading The End of the Road

Further Reading

Ⅰ.A Suitcases Sojourns and Other Stories

Ⅱ.The Tip-off on Tipping

Listening Acquaint Yourself with Scandinavian Customs

Writing Dont Let Your Business Deal Get Lost in the Translation

Unit 8 Bill Gates and His Empire

Close Reading Bill Gates. the Henry Ford of the PC Industry

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Judge Orders Microsoft Split in 2

Ⅱ.Theyre Trying to Change the Rules

Listening Anecdotes of Bill Gates

Writing Gates and Software

Unit 9 Growing Up

Close Reading Shame

Further Reading

Ⅰ.The Sanctuary of School

Ⅱ.Big White

Listening Concerns Among American Teens

WritingTheme for English B

Unit 10 Math and Gender

Close Reading When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is a Waste of Time

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Whos Afraid of Math，and Why?

Ⅱ.School，Girls，and the Information Age

Listening Girls Are Less Smart

Writing Women Stop for Directions

Unit 11 The Homeless

Close Reading The Face of Homelessness： An Official Report

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Homeless Families

Ⅱ.Janice

Listening Cindy

Writing Homeless Children

Unit 12 Health Issues

Close Reading Fear of Dearth

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Exercise and Fitness

Ⅱ.Never Get Sick in July

Listening Walking

Writing Exercising for Maximum Weight Loss

Unit 13 Television Culture

Close Reading Why We Really Watch Made-for-TV Movies

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Americans Embrace Television Culture

Ⅱ.Television，the Drug of the Nation

Listening Audience Responses

Writing A Wider Range of Choices on TV

Unit 14 On Reading

Close Reading The Future of Reading

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Moon on a Silver Spoon

Ⅱ.Books Oft Have Such a Charm

Listening Reading in the Electronic Age

WritingSurvival

Unit 15 Stereotyping

Close Reading The Medias Image of Arabs

Further Reading

Ⅰ.Dont Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgements

Ⅱ.Fighting Stereotypes

Listening Medias Prejudices of Race

Writing In Africa，Men Hold Hands

Unit 16 Native Americans

Close Reading Leaving Home for Carlisle Indian School

Further Reading

Ⅰ.The Changing World of American Indians

Ⅱ.Indian Lands Lost

Listening Laura Tohe (of the Navajo Tribe)

Writing Native American Art

《文化透视英语教程(1)》为中美专家合作编写，是一套缜密切入英美文化各个层面，培养英语运用能力的有机教程。此套教材的教学基本理念是：把学术焦点放在中西文化的表里差异中，以培养准确、纯正的英语，从而生动无碍地掌握语言技能。与国内现有同类教材相比，本套教材有以下特点：全部文章采用英文原文，力图保持原汁原味；切入英语文化的各个层面、各个情景，以期在更大的语境中提高学生的语言理解和运用能力；进入英语文化，将焦点放在中外文化的差异上，并配有互动式练习。本套教材不仅适用于高校英语专业学生，也适用于入学时英语水平较高的非英语专业英语，以及有一定英语基础而准备出国深造的英语学习者。

《文化透视英语教程》是一套以英美文化为切入点的英语综合技能训练教程。 该教程采用单元式教学，每个单元围绕一个文化专题，所选的课文往往从不同的角度、在不同的层面上对同一专题展开讨论。 每个单元包含了(Close Reading，Further Reading，Listening和Writing四大部分。 Close Reading以训练学生的阅读理解能力为目标，并配有一定数量的有关词汇、语法和句型的练习。 Further Reading的第一篇则从另外一个角度对同一文化专题展开探讨，可作为泛读材料或供教师在课堂上组织对该文化专题讨论时使用；第二篇则可作为训练学生快速阅读能力的教材。 Listening含有一篇听力材料和一部推荐电影。部分听力材料选自美国人对某一文化专题进行讨论时的录音。推荐的电影除了内容梗概外，还有配套的讨论题，可以作为视听说训练的材料。 Writing含有一篇阅读材料和配套的写作练习。遵照循序渐进的原则，写作练习设置为从单句到段落，再到整篇短文的写作训练。 本套教程共含6册，每册各有16个单元，《文化透视英语教程(1)》为第一册。