《博雅英语》1-4册是大学英语立体化网络化系列教材的最新部分，融合听说读写译，体现并引领全国大学英语教材改革的发展方向。教材将人文素养与科技素养结合，中西文化中的经典与时代相结合，选材上分为八个主题板块：语言与文学、历史与文明、哲学与人生、建筑与艺术、法治与民主、经济与社会、人与自然、科技与教育。每个主题单元都由四个板块构成：视听导入、从读到写、从读到说、跨文化交流，以听读促写、以听读促说、以英汉互译促跨文化学习及中国文化传播，融合听说读写各种语言技能，促进综合语言应用能力的养成。
Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE…1
Part One Lead-in…2
Section 1 Listening The Chinese Language…2
Section 2 Watching The Hours…2
Part Two Reading and Writing…2
Text A The Mark on the Wall…3
Part Three Reading and Speaking…9
Text B In Theory: the Death of Literature…9
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…13
Passage A 甲骨文的发现…13
Passage B Formal and Substantive Universals of
Languages …15
Unit 2 HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION…18
Part One Lead-in…19
Section 1 Listening Cultural Diversity and Assimilation in
America: a Failure?…19
Section 2 Watching Ancient Egypt…19
Part Two Reading and Writing…19
Text A On History…20
Part Three Reading and Speaking…26
Text B Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted…26
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…30
Passage A 丝绸之路与文化交流…30
Passage B The Process of Civilisation…32
Unit 3 PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE…34
Part One Lead-in…35
Section 1 Listening Problems of Philosophy…35
Section 2 Watching Zeno Paradox…35
Part Two Reading and Writing…35
Text A What Philosophy Is For…36
Part Three Reading and Speaking…42
Text B Meaning in Life…42
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…46
Passage A 中国哲学的线索…46
Passage B What Is Enlightenment?…47
Unit 4 MUSIC AND THE SOCIAL WORLD…51
Part One Lead-in…52
Section 1 Listening Preference for Familiar or
Unfamiliar Sounds? …52
Section 2 Watching Arches in Music and Architecture…52
Part Two Reading and Writing…53
Text A Why Premieres?…53
Part Three Reading and Speaking…60
Text B Music and the Social World…60
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…64
Passage A 中国古代音乐的文化内涵…64
Passage B The Musical Legacies of Antiquity…65
Unit 5 DEMOCRACY AND LAW…69
Part One Lead-in…70
Section 1 Listening Rawls and His Theory of Justice…70
Section 2 Watching Introduction to Political Philosophy…70
Part Two Reading and Writing…71
Text A Two Principles of Justice…71
Part Three Reading and Speaking…77
Text B Equality, Liberty and Democracy…78
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…82
Passage A “仁”和“礼”…82
Passage B On Liberty…83
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