本系列教材面向高等学校英语本科专业学生编写,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。系列教材共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��、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。

Unit1 History 1 Text A The Importance of History (Excerpts) 3 Text B What Is History? (Excerpts) 13 Unit2 Art 20 Text A On Art and Artists (Excerpts) 22 Text B What Is Art? 35 Unit3 Science and Technology 43 Text A New Concepts as Historical Markers 45 Text B James Watt and the Steam Engine 57 Unit4 Philosophy 64 Text A An Introduction to Philosophy 66 Text B What Use Is Philosophy? 77 Unit5 Race and Nation 82 Text A The Forming of Races and Ethnic Groups 84 Text B A Detailed List of Human Races 94 Unit6 Society 101 Text A Man and Society 103 Text B The Rationalization of Society 114 Unit7 Communication 120 Text A Light, Fire and Smoke as Emergency Communication Signals 122 Text B Birth of a Language 134 Unit8 Education 140 Text A Confucius’ Educational Thoughts 142 Text B Aristotle’s Educational Thoughts 154 Unit9 Nature and Environment 162 Text A Healing the Divide: Breaking the Boundaries Between Humans and Nature 164 Text B Nature 174 Unit10 Business 179 Text A What Is Money? 181 Text B The Long Arc Behind Bill Gates’ Wealth (Excerpts) 192 Unit11 Belief and Culture 199 Text A The Four Dimensions of Religion (Excerpts) 201 Text B The Major World Religions and Their Beliefs 213 Unit12 Politics 220 Text A What Is Politics? 222 Text B The General Mechanism of Political Development 234