作为“人文英语”系列教材之一的《综合英语》面向高等学校英语本科专业学生编写,用以代替传统课程体系中的“基础英语”和“**英语”。本教材立足于“学科性”与“人文性”、并基于“内容-语言融合”理念编写而成,以体系化的人文知识学习和对世界的人文探索促进学生英语语言能力的提高。本教材共6册,每册12个单元,每个单元是一个相对独立的知识领域,涉及社会、民族、历史、商业、交际、艺术、哲学、信仰、政治、科技、教育、环境等12个领域。本教材以立体教材呈现,分纸质本和云端数据库两个部分。

Unit 1 History 1 Text A Introduction to the Third Edition of The History of Africa 3 Text B Discovery in Mexican Cave May Drastically Change the Known Timeline of Humans’ Arrival to the Americas 14 Unit 2 Art 21 Text A Distinctive Functions of Artistic Representation 23 Text B The Function of African Music in African Culture 34 Unit 3 Philosophy 65 Text A The Meaning of Life: Questions and Answers 67 Text B Lives of Meaning and Significance 79 Unit 4 Race and Nation 87 Text A Ethnic American Literature as Voice of Ethnic Culture 89 Text B The Importance of Irish Tales in Western European Literature 100 Unit 5 Society 108 Text A Consequences of Social Class 110 Text B Sociological Models of Social Class 123 Unit 6 Communication 131 Text A The History of Communication 133 Text B The Breadth of the Communication Field 144 Unit 7 Education 152 Text A The Nature and Development of the Taxonomy 154 Text B Learning by Degrees 165 Unit 8 Nature and Environment 172 Text A Silent Spring 174 Text B Restoring for Natural Authenticity 186 Unit 9 Business 194 Text A Cashless Society: A Huge Threat to Our Freedom 196 Text B A Brief Journey Through Payments & Ledgers 208 Unit 10 Belief and Culture 216 Text A Daoism 218 Text B Early Christianity 231 Unit 11 Politics 240 Text A Which Europe Now? 242 Text B The Future of the European Union: How to Save Europe 254