改编自牛津大学出版社原版教材,单元结构和练习设计环环相扣,层层递进,以英语听说所需的各项基本技能贯穿始终,以口语任务产出为导向;该课程基于混合式教学理论和翻转课堂教学方式,体现了信息化时代下,英语教学的新趋势;通过此课程的学习,学生可学到原汁原味的地道语言,培养跨文化交际能力及批判性思维,并拓展国际视野。
此外,此套教程特邀国内一线教学专家添加了语言技能微课讲解,并针对单元主题,增加了体现中西文化对比的中国文化听力素材,增补了生动、有趣、多样的听力和口语练习(增补后的内容稍后会陆续添加)。
UNIT 1 Business 2
Q: What makes a good leader?
Unit Video: Model CEO
Note-taking Skill: Using a chart to organize notes about main ideas
Listening 1: Best of Both Worlds?
Listening Skill: Listening for main ideas
Listening 2: Myths of Effective Leadership
Vocabulary Skill: Understanding meaning from context
Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives
Pronunciation: Syllable stress
Speaking Skill: Checking for understanding
Unit Assignment: Give a presentation on how to be an effective leader
UNIT 2 Behavioral Science
Q: How does appearance affect our success?
Listening 1: A Perfect Mess
Listening Skill: Identifying details
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes using a T-chart
Listening 2: The Changing Business Dress Code
Unit Video: Benefits to Being Messy
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary
Grammar: Subjunctive for suggestions
Pronunciation: Unstressed syllables
Speaking Skill: Confirming understanding
Unit Assignment: Role-play
UNIT 3 Developmental Psychology
Q: When does a child become an adult?
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes using key words and phrases
Listening 1: Making the Right Decision
Listening Skill: Making predictions
Listening 2: Growing Up Quickly
Unit Video: Millennials
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary
Grammar: Phrasal verbs
Pronunciation: Sentence stress
Speaking Skill: Giving a presentation
Unit Assignment: Give a presentation to a group
UNIT 4 Fine Arts
Q: Why do people do things by hand?
Listening 1: Quilting’s New Popularity
Listening Skill: Making inferences
Note-taking Skill: Using a split page to take notes and create questions
Listening 2: A Different Path in Life
Unit Video: Guitars Handmade from the Bones of New York
Vocabulary Skill: Word forms
Grammar: Present perfect and present perfect continuous
Pronunciation: Basic intonation patterns
Speaking Skill: Avoiding answering questions
Unit Assignment: Present a business plan
UNIT 5 Nutrition
Q: How has science changed the food we eat?
Unit Video: The Science of Taste
Note-taking Skill: Editing notes after a lecture
Listening 1: Food Additives Linked to Hyperactivity in Kids
Listening Skill: Understanding bias in a presentation
Listening 2: The “Flavr Savr” Tomato
Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes and suffixes
Grammar: Comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs
Pronunciation: Other common intonation patterns
Speaking Skill: Expressing interest during a conversation
Unit Assignment: Take part in a debate
UNIT 6 Education
Q: Is one road to success better than another?
Note-taking Skill: Comparing and contrasting notes on multiple topics
Listening 1: Changing Ways to Climb the Ladder
Listening Skill: Listening for contrasting ideas
Listening 2: Life Experience Before College
Unit Video: Interns in New York
Vocabulary Skill: Using the dictionary: formal and informal words
Grammar: Simple, compound, and complex sentences
Pronunciation: Highlighted words
Speaking Skill: Changing the topic
Unit Assignment: Reach a group decision
UNIT 7 Anthropology
Q: How can accidental discoveries affect our lives?
Unit Video: Post-It Note Inventor
Listening 1: The Power of Serendipity
Listening Skill: Listening for signal words and phrases
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on details
Listening 2: Against All Odds, Twin Girls Reunited
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations with prepositions
Grammar: Indirect speech
Pronunciation: Linked words with vowels
Speaking Skill: Using questions to maintain listener interest
Unit Assignment: Tell a story
UNIT 8 Social Psychology
Q: Is athletic competition good for children?
Listening 1: Training Chinese Athletes
Listening Skill: Listening for causes and effects
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on causes and effects
Listening 2: Until It Hurts Discusses Youth Sports Obsession
Unit Video: Children in Sports
Vocabulary Skill: Idioms
Grammar: Uses of real conditionals
Pronunciation: Thought groups
Speaking Skill: Adding to another speaker’s comments
Unit Assignment: Share opinions about sportsmanship