本教材自2015年由高等教育出版社出版以来，在全国高校得到广泛使用，受到好评，并于2021年获评“2020年山东省普通高等教育一流教材”。为了更好地服务国家发展战略，满足新时代外语人才培养的需要，我们对教材进行了修订，调整了单元框架结构，更新了部分单元主题和课文，修订并增补了相关练习题。 此次修订以对比中外文化、开阔国际视野、增强文化自信、讲好中国故事为宗旨，从教学实际出发，兼顾英语的工具性和人文性，在培养英语阅读能力的同时，帮助学生通过理解、领悟、吸收、鉴赏、评价和探究等阅读活动，分析文化现象，品鉴中外文化，达到丰富思想、训练思维、培养跨文化能力的目的，从而进一步提升综合素养，提高用英文讲述中国故事的能力。

前辅文
UNIT 1 Festival Celebration
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A Digging Up the Roots of Holiday Traditions: Chinese New Year
   Text B Brave New Christmas
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Reading for Knowledge
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
UNIT 2 Parenting Styles
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A Practice Makes Perfect! Meet the Demanding "Tiger Mothers"
   Text B America's Four Parenting Cultures
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Reading for Pleasure
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
UNIT 3 Teaching Innovation
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A China Ramps Up Tech Education in a Bid to Catch Up on Artificial Intelligence
   Text B Are College Campuses Obsolete?
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Selective Reading
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
UNIT 4 Fast Food
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A The Rise of Panda Express
   Text B How McDonald's Changed the Way We Eat in Britain
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Critical Reading
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
UNIT 5 Table Manners
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A The Yum Cha Rules You Need to Know
   Text B How to Use Utensils at a Formal Dinner: Tips for Surviving a Formal Dinner Party
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Avoiding Inner Speech
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
UNIT 6 Film Stars
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A Bruce Lee
   Text B Audrey Hepburn: Why the Fuss?
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Avoiding Vocalization
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
UNIT 7 Special Numbers
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A The Lucky Number Eight
   Text B The Origin of Friday the 13th as an Unlucky Day
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Avoiding Too Many Eye Fixations
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
UNIT 8 Love Story
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A Liang-Zhu, More Than Just a Love Story
   Text B Romeo and Juliet: Not the Greatest Love Story
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Avoiding Habitual Regression
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
UNIT 9 Life Styles
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A More Chinese Choose "Zero Waste" Lifestyle
   Text B Minimalism Movement Takes Hold in Consumer-Driven U.S.
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Tolerating Unfamiliar Words
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
UNIT 10 New Generations
  • Exploring the Topic
  • Understanding the Text
   Text A Young Chinese: A Red Generation Confident in Themselves and Their Country
   Text B Are Millennials Really the "Me" Generation?
  • Improving Reading Ability
   Avoiding Mental Translation
  • Enhancing Cultural Awareness
  • Taking a Global Perspective
  • Telling Chinese Stories
  • Assessing Your Learning
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