外教社在2002年初對中國12000名大學(xué)非英語專業(yè)學(xué)生進(jìn)行廣泛的調(diào)研,了解當(dāng)今中國大學(xué)生感興趣的閱讀話題,通過這次可能是迄今為止該類項(xiàng)目在中國境內(nèi)大規(guī)模的調(diào)研,篩選出了120個話題。以此為基礎(chǔ),外教社在2002年7月推出了一套全新理念指導(dǎo)下適合中國大學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)的《大學(xué)英語創(chuàng)意閱讀》。全套書共6冊,每學(xué)期一冊;配有教師用書。
注重世界不同文化的對比,以喚起學(xué)生的本土文化意識、全球意識和跨文化交流意識;練習(xí)設(shè)計(jì)形式多樣,以生動、有趣并富有挑戰(zhàn)性的練習(xí)項(xiàng)目讓學(xué)生學(xué)會如何更好地使用英語;一改以往在課文后利用詞表形式羅列單詞的傳統(tǒng)方式,而設(shè)計(jì)為通過練習(xí),使學(xué)生掌握詞匯用法、記憶單詞;著重培養(yǎng)學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)的主觀能動性,使學(xué)生從被動閱讀轉(zhuǎn)為主動獵取語言素材之外的多種信息,旨在讓學(xué)生創(chuàng)造性地使用英語,培養(yǎng)他們的創(chuàng)造性。
Unit 1 How to Be a Success ful Language Learner:The Good Language Learner
Unit 2 Intellectual Property:Piracy in the 21st Century
Unit 3 Using in formation Found on the Web:Checking IS Believing
Unit 4 Long Life Part 1:Staying Alive Part 1
Unit 5 Long Life Part 2 Staying Alive Part 2
Unit 6 Youth,Beauty and Health:Young People's Perceptions of Health
Unit 7 Netiquette:Syaing the Right Things in Emails
Unit 8 Making Money:An Ordinary Millionaire
Unit 9 Geically Modified Food:Feeding or Poisoning the World?
Unit 10 The Introducion of the Euro:A New Curency Reigns in Euroland
Unit 11 English Words:The Biggest Vocabulary in the World
Unit 12 Sick Buldings:What Makes a Bukding Sick?
Unit 13 Pop Music:the Beatles-A Biography
Unit 14 Assessing PerFormance:Examiations-Frightening or Fair?
Unit 15 The Liunx Story:Liunx:Torvalds
Unit 16 The Oyympic Games
Unit 17 On-line Rmace:The prrfect On-line Romace?
Unit 18 Lasers:Light Swords
Unit 19 Spoken and Written Language:Four Professors and an Email Exchange
Unit 20 Personal Identification:VeriChips