《综合英语教程》一至四册问世已三年有余。在此期间，全国相继有近30个省市的近百所综合性大学和师范院校将其作为英语专业基础阶段的主干教材。三年多的实践表明，该教材基本上达到了编写者的初衷，为英语专业基础阶段的学生提供了全面的语言交际能力训练。参加**的教师和学生对我们的教材提出了许多宝贵意见，他们的关心和支持是我们成功的基础，也是对我们编写者的鞭策，促使我们去进一步探索中**阶段英语教学的新思路和新手段。
从《综合英语教程》第四册付梓起，我们就一直在思考，英语专业的学生学完一至四册后还需要什么？中**阶段的学生用什么方法才能巩固和继续提高语言交际能力?我们发现，学完一至四册教材的学生，绝大部分已经在英语听说读写方面具备了相当的水平，他们已经不再满足于成天围着一篇课文打转转的教学方式，他们迫切希望能够在更加广阔的天地里自由翱翔。因此，如何为这些学生创造出既能培养语言能力，又能锻炼思辨能力的训练环境是摆在编者面前*迫切的课题。为此，我们用了将近两年的时间，在中国和美国两地，系统地研究了国内外外语教学的理论和实践，分析了我们学生的特点，得出了初步的结论，《综合英语教程》的第五册和第六册就是这

Subject 1 Family Matters
UNIT ONE
Listening and speaking activities
Interview 1 A Happy Family
Interview 2 Relationship
Reading for fun
A Thankful Woman and Mother
UNIT TWO
Reading Parents and Children
Passage A The Parent Trap
Passage B The Family
Passage G Critiquing American Families
UNIT THREE
Reading for research
A Different Stance
Research project
In Search of "The Good Family"
Subject 2 Dressing the part Fashion and Popular Culture
UNIT FOUR
Listening and speaking activities
Listening 1 My Favorite Oscar Dresses
Listening 2 Mr Ties and His Prepster Stripes
Reading for fun
The Five Most Stylish Geniuses of All Time
Hey, Einstein, Where'd You Get That Tux?
Hats Off！
UNIT FIVE
Reading
Barbie Dolls and US Fashion Culture
UNIT SIX
Reading for research
Clothes and Popular Culture
Research project
In Search of "The Traditional Clothes"
Subject 3 American Residential Architecture
UNIT SEVEN
Listening and speaking activities
HOUSC Show
What do You do if You Want to Build a House?
Reading for fun
Views on Architecture
UNIT EIGHT
Reading American Housing，Present
Passage A A House of Ideals and Realities
Passage B Birds of a Feather Flock Togethe。
Passage C Settings and Technologies
Passage D Tradition in Novelty
UNIT NINE
Readi ng for research
A Gallery of the Early American House
Critiquing architecture
Research project
Create Your Magazine
Subject4 Science and~echnologg
UNIT TEN
Listening and speaking activities
Opportunities and Challenges of the Intemet
Nanotechnology?
Reading for fun
Information Exchange
Ten Top Science Stories of 2001
UNIT ELEVEN
Reading
Passage A More on Nanotechnology
Passage B Biotechnology
UNIT TWELVE
Reading for research
Science VS Pseudo-science
Research project
Create Your Magazine

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