《大学体验英语》系列教材之《听说教程》（第三版）1~4册在保留了第二版教材的编写理念、编写框架和编写理念、编写框架和编写特色的基础上，为适应多模态语言输入和英语视听技能训练的要求，丰富在相同主题下的语言表达方式和内容，提高学习过程中的趣味性和针对性，在各个单元中增添了“视”的内容。
《“十二五”普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材：大学体验英语听说教程4（教学参考书?第3版）》主要特点：
1.注重实用表达能力的培养，在语言基础训练中加大听力和口语的学习内容，加强实用阅读、实用会话、实用写作的训练，培养学习者英语综合运用能力和在涉外交际中的实用表达能力。
2.注重教材的可操练性：选文短小精悍，生动有趣，便于听、说、读、写、译的训练；练习设计层层深入，通过训练达到学懂、会用的教学目的。
3.强调以人为本，突出“个性化”学习：注重课堂教学与课外自主学习相结合，注重学习者在整个学习过程中自主学习的引导，强调学习者在体验语言的立体化环境中获得语言知识。
4.重视文化知识的学习，培养“跨文化意识”：提供大量真实的图片、富有时代感的文字材料以及英语国家丰富的文化背景，开拓学习者的视野。
5.立体化教材为英语学习提供全方位服务：文字版、网络版、电子教案以及多媒体学习课件等提供了立体、互动的英语学习环境。
《大学体验英语》自2002年出版以来，经历了创新开拓、融入教学、收获体验的10年历程，从“十五”到“十一五”再到“十二五”，已经成为中国大学英语学习和教学的主流教材。伴随着学生英语学习的成功、教师职业的发展，“体验式英语教学”已经成为当代中国英语教学思想和方法的重要代表。《大学体验英语》提倡把英语作为人生体验去教、去学、去使用，而不只是作为纯粹的知识来教、来学，这不仅更加契合“90后”大学生的英语水平和对语言的认知特点，也满足了国家对培养创新型人才的切实要求。
围绕贯彻《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要（2010-2020年）》，全面提升教学质量，培养创新型人才，教育部即将推出新一轮的大学英语教学改革。面对新的改革形势，我们启动了《大学体验英语》（第三版）的修订工作。修订的主要目标是在坚持英语学习工具性的同时，更好地突出人文性、强化素质教育；在加强听说、加强表达、加强实用的基础上，进一步提升大学生的英语语言能力、跨文化交流能力，强化英语综合应用能力的培养；完善和体现新的教学思想，倡导以“体验”为核心的启发式、参与式等教学方法，帮助学生通过“参与、愉晚、共鸣”的过程，获得外语学习的良性体验，引领中国大学英语课堂教学模式的改革。
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Unit 1 Identity
I live the life of Dane…
Unit 2 Personality
The importance of being honest
Unit 3 Lifestyle
Live smart， live well， live large！
Unit 4 Family
The age of "superwoman" is dead.
Unit 5 Health and Diet
Let's get into shape！
Review 1 Units 1-5
Unit 6 Travel
Explore， dream and discover！
Unit 7 Language
The magic of language
Unit 8 Examination
What's wrong with standardized tests?
Unit 9 Entertainment
I walked in beside George Clooney.
Unit 10 Work
Plan your career.
Review 2 Units 6-10
Unit 11 Technology
Can we switch off our mobile phones?
Unit 12 Nationality
So much richness in trying new things！
Unit 13 News
Pictures of 2006
Unit 14 Disaster
Every disaster can be turned into an opportunity.
Unit 15 Great Minds
Great minds think alike！
Review 3 Units 11-15
Extension
Mrs. White： What do you think is the most sensible choice for a woman in this new century? Should she return to being a housewife or combine career and family?
Daisy： I think it is rewarding for a woman to have her own career or something else to do outside the home. Nowadays， many women are highly educated and they have enormous earning potential.
Mrs. White： I think "being a full-time housewife" is a wise choice in this competitive world. After all， there is an increasing need for one parent to hold down the fort and take care of the kids.
Daisy： Nowadays， many women are as capable as men. Why should they， instead of their husbands， quit their career for family?
Mrs. White： In fact young women today are increasingly putting their personal happiness before a big salary or high-powered career. Many women even prefer to be called "home managers".
Daisy： Of course there is nothing new about women giving up their careers to look after children， but dropping out of the workforce means a progressive reduction in work experience， perhaps the loss of a promotion， so her social status falls. She will completely lose her identity.
Mrs. White： But children are young for such a very short time， careers can wait. Once the child has grown up， that time can never be returned. And for a mother， I think， watching her children grow up is the greatest pleasure ever in the world. It's understandable that women crave a work-life balance. Anyway， the age of the "superwoman"， who wants to be the world's best mother， wife and boss， is dead.
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