该套教材包括《读写译》和《视听说》,均有学生用书和教师用书,并配有mp3录音。该套教材由经验丰富的一线授课教师所编写,内容丰富,题材新颖,每个单元围绕反映实际生活的主题而展开。练习设计合理,编写得当,课前课后练习相互呼应,均围绕主题而展开。强调以学习者为中心,以培养学习者的实际英语运用能力为目标,以实用性和可操作性为原则,趣味性和知识性相结合。整套书体系完善,可帮助教师自如使用,并为学生创造良好的学习环境,提高学生参与学习的兴趣和动机,培养学生使用英语的信心,全方位提高学生的语言水平。
本书共有12个单元,每个单元可安排4—6学时。其主题分别是:研究生教育;生活方式与健康;食品危机;职业;生命科学;幸福;个人成长;成功与失败;企业文化;教育与性别;公共安全;人与自然。每个单元包括阅读、写作、翻译技巧及补充阅读四大板块。
Unit 1 Graduate Education
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: A Personal Reflection: Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Success
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Business Letters: Principles & Layout
Part Three: Translation Tips
直译与意译
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Grad School or the Real World? Pros and Cons for Students at a Crossroads
Unit 2 Lifestyle and Health
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: The Working Couch Potato: How to Get out of the Sedentary Rut Unit 1 Graduate Education
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: A Personal Reflection: Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Success
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Business Letters: Principles & Layout
Part Three: Translation Tips
直译与意译
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Grad School or the Real World? Pros and Cons for Students at a Crossroads
Unit 2 Lifestyle and Health
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: The Working Couch Potato: How to Get out of the Sedentary Rut
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Memo Writing: Forms & Tips
Part Three: Translation Tips
增译法和减译法
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
People Spend Too Much Time Sitting
Unit 3 Food Crisis
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: Act Now, Eat Later
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Advertisements: Types, Contents & Linguistic Features
Part Three: Translation Tips
词义引申
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
World Food Crisis Turns Rice into Gold
Unit 4 Careers
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: Travel Tips: Get More out of Business Trips by Applying Project-management Skills
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Summary Writing
Part Three: Translation Tips
翻译的对等
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
When Job-Hunting: Dress for Success
Unit 5 Life Science
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: The Secrets of Anti-aging Genes
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Invitation
Part Three: Translation Tips
语序调整法
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Best Anti-aging Trick? Start Eating Less
Unit 6 Happiness
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: The Secrets of Living Rich
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Rrsume Writing: Forms & Principles
Part Three: Translation Tips
分译法与合译法
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Finding Happiness at Work
Unit 7 Personal Development
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: Managing Your Time
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Letter Writing: Envelop Addressing, Salutations &
Complimentary Closes
Part Three: Translation Tips
词义的选择
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Beating Procrastination
Unit 8 Success and Failure
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: Noel Ruane --Founder of the Freemont Group
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Name Cards
Part Three: Translation Tips
英汉语否定的比较与翻译
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Jobless, and Selling Himself the Old-fashioned Way
Unit 9 Corporate Culture
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: Uncovering a Company's Corporate Culture: a Critical
Task for Job-seekers
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Email Writing: Forms, Writing Tips & Etiquettes
Part Three: Translation Tips
专有名词的翻译
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Building a "Googley" Workforce
Unit 10 Education and Gender
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: Girls are Becoming as Good as Boys at Mathematics and are Still Better at Reading
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Notes & Notices
Part Three: Translation Tips
语态转换法
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Boys' and Girls' Brains are Different: Gender Differences in
Language Appear Biological
Unit II Public Security
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: Security Research is Gaining Importance
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Cover Letters: Forms & Principles
Part Three: Translation Tips
科技英语翻译
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Airport Security Technology Lags Years after 9/11
Unit 12 Man and Nature
Part One: Reading
Pre-reading Activities
Text: How Progress Makes Us Sick
Post-reading Activities
Part Two: Writing
Recommendation Letters: Types & Formats
Part Three: Translation Tips
词性转换
Part Four: Supplementary Reading
Be Worried, Be Very Worried