本书为高等师范院校英语专业综合英语教材第三册,供二年级学生**学期使用。全书共16课,外加2套复习题。现就本书的编写特点作如下说明:
(一)课文(TEXT)。本册教材中的课文以论说文为主,选文均出自文章高手,语言流畅优美,观点新颖独到,题材十分广泛,内容富有时代气息,且读起来琅琅上口,易于模仿。文中的论点并非一定全面、正确,但它们给人启迪、令人思考,较适合经过一年专门训练,在语言基本功、知识面和独立思考能力方面都有了较大提高的二年级学生。
(二)词汇表(WORD LIST)。本表所列的单词属于《大纲》规定的V级以上的词汇范围。学生可通过各课的词汇练习,以及书后的总词汇表不断扩大自己的词汇量。
(三)学与练(STUDY AND PRACTICE)。这部分包括问答题、讨论题、会话、词汇填空和句子转换等五项练习。前三项利用课文内容加强学生的口头表达能力。其中会话部分不但含与课文内容有一定联系的示范对话,还配有部分特定功能意念的其他表达法及会话练习;后两项旨在操练课文中出现的部分常用词汇和结构。词汇填空练习中的动词应注意其所给时态和语态的变化。句子转换练习项中有些会有几个可以接受的

Unit 1 TEXT: Mistaken Ideas about College
FUNCTION:Calming and Reassuring Someone
WORD STUDY:concern,sophisticated,bother,discover
GRAMMAR:Nouns
Unit 2 TEXT: Life in Death
FUNCTION:Giving Reasons
WORD STUDY:flatter,passionate,artistic,survey
GRAMMAR:The Passive Voice
Unit 3 TEXT: If I Were 21
FUNCTION:Saying You Intend to Do Something
WORD STUDY:incline,invent,boast,derive
GRAMMAR:The Subjunctive Mood
Unit 4 TEXT: Double Vision
FUNCTION:Refusing to Do Something
WORD STUDY:survive,comprehend,negotiate,absorb
GRAMMAR:The Infinitive
Unit 5 TEXT: A Roomful of Roses
FUNCTION:Saying Someone Is Obliged to Do Something
WORD STUDY:realize,dread,dare,dream
GRAMMAR:Some Ways of Expressing Future Time
Unit 6 TEXT: Some Economic Laws
FUNCTION:Saying You Are Displeased or Angry
WORD STUDY:substitute,relate,adjust,available
GRAMMAR:Conditional Clauses
Unit 7 TEXT: To What Good End?
FUNCTION:Saying You Remember
WORD STUDY:approve,contrast,rob,originality
GRAMMAR:Ellipsis
Unit 8 TEXT: The Helplessness that Triggers Tears
FUNCTION:Saying You Are Relieved
WORD STUDY:decorative,promise,miss,horrify
GRAMMAR:Absolute Clauses
Quiz One(1-8)
Unit 9 TEXT: Miss May
FUNCTION:Saying What You Think Is Impossible
WORD STUDY:nourish,record,prevail,consolidate
GRAMMAR:Determiners
Unit 10 TEXT:We Are All Scientists
FUNCTION:Saying You Are Willing to Do Something
WORD STUDY:verify,establish,offer,examine
GRAMMAR:Postponement
Unit 11 TEXT:Humor
FUNCTION:Saying You Are Able to Do Something
WORD STUDY:communicate,expect,cultivate,divert
GRAMMAR:Degrees of Likelihood
Unit 12 TEXT:Logic
FUNCTION:"Showing You Are Listening
WORD STUDY:conform,comply,warn,judge
GRAMM/AR:Adjectives
Unit 13 TEXT:A Fable for Tomorrow
FUNCTION:Saying You Are Pessimistic
WORD STUDY:complain,hide,delight,prosperous
GRAMMAR:Inversion
Unit 14 TEXT:Watch Your Language!
FUNCTION:Saying You Have Forgotten
WORD STUDY:depend,empty,describe,misery
GRAMMAR:There-existential Sentences
Unit 15 TEXT:The Young in Hair
FUNCTION:Saying Someone Must Not Do Sometthing
WORD STUDY:disgust,threaten,view,attach
GRAMMAR:Comparative Constructions
Unit 16 TEXT:The Woods in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
WORD STUDY:mention,anticipate,compel,cause
Quiz Two(9-16)
GLOSSARY