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 Social Psychology 2
Q : What are you interested in?
Listening: Are You Interested in History?
Building Vocabulary: Collocations for hobbies and interests
Unit Video: Tate Modern Museum
Grammar: Simple present of be; Simple present of other verbs
Pronunciation: Simple present third-person -s / -es
Speaking Skill: Keeping a conversation going
Note-taking Skill: Writing important words
Unit Assignment: Interview and introduce a classmate
UNIT 2 Education
Q : What makes a good school?
Unit Video: Japanese Schools
Listening: Let’s Take a Tour
Listening Skill: Listening for examples
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on examples
Building Vocabulary: Using the dictionary: antonyms
Grammar: Adjectives; Adverbs + adjectives
Pronunciation: Sentence stress
Speaking Skill: Giving opinions
Unit Assignment: Plan a perfect school
UNIT 3 Cultural Studies 36
Q : How do you choose your food?
Unit Video: Locavores
Listening: Lifestyles and Food Choices
Building Vocabulary: Prefixes and suffixes
Pronunciation: Stressed syllables
Listening Skill: Listening for reasons
Grammar: Verbs + gerunds or infinitives
Unit Assignment: Design a survey and interview a classmate
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on an interview
Skill Review: Giving opinions
UNIT 4 Sociology 52
Q : What makes something fun?
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on reasons
Listening: Why Do You Come to the Park?
Skill Review: Listening for reasons
Building Vocabulary: Collocations with do, play, and go
Unit Video: The High Line
Grammar: Subject and object pronouns
Pronunciation: Reduced pronouns
Speaking Skill: Agreeing and disagreeing
Unit Assignment: Have a group discussion about fun places in your area
UNIT 5 Architecture
Q : What makes a good home?
Listening 1: How Do You Like Your Home?
Listening Skill: Listening for opinions
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on pros and cons
Listening 2: Housing Problems, Housing Solutions
Unit Video: Recycled Homes
Building Vocabulary: Compound nouns
Pronunciation: Stress in compound nouns
Grammar: Prepositions of location
Unit Assignment: Design a home and give a presentation
Skill Review: Agreeing and disagreeing
UNIT 6 Health Sciences
Q : What do you do to stay healthy?
Listening 1: Health Watch
Listening Skill: Listening for frequency
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes in a chart
Listening 2: How Often Do You Work Out?
Unit Video: Using Supplements to Stay Healthy
Building Vocabulary: Adjectives ending in -ed
Grammar: Modals can and should
Pronunciation: Stressing important words
Speaking Skill: Asking for repetition
Unit Assignment: Make and discuss a health survey
UNIT 7 Urban Planning
Q : What makes a city special?
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes in an informal outline
Listening 1: Travel Talk
Skill Review: Listening for frequency
Listening 2: Making Positive Changes
Unit Video: Dubai, Inc
Building Vocabulary: Using the dictionary: word families
Grammar: Past of be; Simple past affirmative statements
Pronunciation: -ed endings
Speaking Skill: Using open questions
Unit Assignment: Give a presentation about a special city
UNIT 8 Developmental Psychology
Q : What are the most important events in someone’s life?
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes in a timeline
Listening 1: Henrietta Leavitt: Understanding the Stars
Listening Skill: Listening for sequence
Listening 2: Naguib Mahfouz: A Successful Writer
Unit Video: Young Genius Goes to College
Building Vocabulary: Phrases with get
Grammar: Simple past with regular and irregular verbs
Pronunciation: Numbers with -teen and -ty
Unit Assignment: Interview a classmate and give a presentation
Skill Review: Using open questions