《21世紀大學英語視聽說教程（第4冊）》網絡版英語為大學英語的教和學開辟了全新的教學模式和教學理念。該教程的網絡學習系統采用國外先進的技術，共由6大塊組成，分別為：后臺管理系統；教學系統；題庫系統；資源庫系統；課件庫系統；討論答題系統等，它的第一大亮點是教師引領式和學生自主式學習相結合。網絡教學平臺為師生提供了無限的教和學的空間。該網絡系統可以裝載在windows系統下的任何一臺電腦上，既可用于局域網，也可用于廣域網，使教師和學生可以不受時間、地點的限制進行教和學。
《普通高等教育“十一五”國家級規劃教材：21世紀大學英語視聽說教程（第4冊）》的另一亮點是可視內容特別多。為便于學生學習，我們將可視內容制成兩張多媒體光盤，并委托國外專業機構采用先進的技術制成，操作便捷，功能齊全。學生打開多媒體光盤可以跟讀、模仿，可以扮演其中的角色以及可以做錄音和錄音保存等等，多媒體光盤為學習創設了一個真實的英語學習環境，學生將自己完全融人其中，從中體會到學習英語的樂趣。
《21世紀大學英語視聽說教程（第4冊）》模擬各種真實場景、讓你接觸“真實的英語”、提高你表達自己思想的能力、引進國外先進的網絡系統，實施網上教學互動、網絡教學平臺為師生提供了無限的教和學的空間。
Unit 1 Great People
Part One Communication Skills Talking about Past Events
Part Two Theme-related Activities
Part Three Listening Strategy Anticipating Information
Part Four Extensive Listening
Unit 2 Manners
Part One Communication Skills Talking about the Future
Part Two Theme-related Activities
Part Three Listening Strategy Recognizing Paraphrasing
Part Four Extensive Listening
Unit 3 Creative Thinking
Part One Communication Skills Checking and Indicating Understanding
Part Two Theme-related Activities
Part Three Listening Strategy Recognizing Different Points of View
Part Four Extensive Listening
Unit 4 Education
Part One Commumcation Skills Inquiring about and Expressing Preference ~
Part Two Theme-related Activities
Part Three Listening Strategy Drawing a Conclusion
Part Four Extensive Listening
Unit 5 Reading for Life
Part One Communication Skills Inquiring about and Expressing Intention ，
Part Two Theme-related Activities
Part Three Listening Strategy Recognizing Supporting Details
Part Four Extensive Listening
Unit 6 Emotional Intelligence
Part One Communication Skills Asking for and Reporting Information
Part Two Theme-related Activities
Part Three Listening Strategy Understanding News Reports （1）
Part Four Extensive Listening
Unit 7 Business Management
Part One Communication Skills Asking for and Offering a Promise
Part Two Theme-related Activities
Part Three Listening Strategy Understanding News Reports （2）
Part Four Extensive Listening
Unit 8 Interpersonal Relationship
Part One Communication Skills Asking for and Giving Permission
Part Two Theme-related Activities
Part Three Listening Strategy Understanding News Reports （3）
Part Four Extensive Listening
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The traditional role of the Chinese teacher is defined as one who fosters ethics， impartsknowledge and skills， and unravels puzzles. However， this traditional good teacher ideal need ssome change for today's education in China. We need an "inspiring teacher" for the country'sgrowing generation.
Instead of "unravelling puzzles"， as the ancient Chinese put it， an inspiring teacher should seek to "puzzle" and "baffle" his students， filling their minds with questions that they themselves wish to answer. We live in an information age， where we are inundated with tons of information from all kinds of sources， all of which need to be processed. So an inspiring teacher should alsocultivate students' abilities to process huge swathes of information. This is the first step in learning the ability to tell truth from falsehood， which is a must for problem-solving in contemporary society. Moreover， an inspiring teacher should encourage his students to have dreams and to strive to make those dreams come true. He should fuel their aspirations for truth， not just their self is hambition.
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