《大学基础英语教程》（高职高专版）系列教材是按照教育部高等教育司颁布的《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》（试行）（以下简称《基本要求》），由厦门大学外文学院及部分高职高专院校具有丰富教学经验的教师编写的。本教材以高职高专近几年来学生入学和在学的实际英语水平为依据，注重培养学生听、说、读、写、译的综合能力，强调“循序渐进，由易而难”的原则。教材以当代英语常见的语体和文体为主，所选篇章来自英美新近的出版物，题材广泛，内容新颖，时代气息浓厚，且语言规范，融实用性、知识性和趣味性于一体。

At ten minutes I owe you an explanation: "The freeway exit was closed. I had to go four miles out of my way. " After twenty minutes I have to make a full and serious apology. After forty minutes I'd better not show up at all.
That sort of thing——so formally observed and never explicitly stateddrives people from other cultures crazy. Anthropologists list the toughest things to cope with in a foreign land. Second only to language is the way we deal with time.
Now psychologists look at our view of time another way. They go into several countries and measure the pace of life. They measure the accuracy of bank clocks and how fast city dwellers walk. They time transactions in banks and post offices. They see how long people take to answer questions.
Japanese keep the fastest pace. Americans are a close second. Italians and Indonesians are at the bottom of the list. Italians give long answers to your questions. Indonesians don't give a fig （毫不在乎）about setting their bank clocks.
Among American cities, Boston and Kansas City are fastest. New York is up there, of course, but we keep a faster pace here in Houston. California's "laid-back" reputation is deserved. The slowest pace of all is kept in Los Angeles.
Finally, we look at heart disease. That's tricky, because other factors are involved. Our heart's greatest enemy is tobacco. But heart disease also correlates with the pace we keep. Smokers who drive themselves are really asking for it.
Now it's 4:55. I'm strolling, unhurried, toward our 4:30 meeting. 《大学基础英语教程》（高职高专版）系列教材是按照教育部高等教育司颁布的《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》（试行）（以下简称《基本要求》），由厦门大学外文学院及部分高职高专院校具有丰富教学经验的教师编写的。本教材以高职高专近几年来学生入学和在学的实际英语水平为依据，注重培养学生听、说、读、写、译的综合能力，强调“循序渐进，由易而难”的原则。教材以当代英语常见的语体和文体为主，所选篇章来自英美新近的出版物，题材广泛，内容新颖，时代气息浓厚，且语言规范，融实用性、知识性和趣味性于一体。
本系列教材由主干教程《大学基础英语教程》1～3册、《英语综合进阶练习》1～3册以及《教师用书》1～3册组成。
《大学基础英语教程》共分三册，每册包含12个单元。采用每一单元设一主题的形式，每单元由两篇文章Text A和Text B组成。内容涉及当代生活的各个方面，学生可以将语言学习贯穿在了解和探讨现实生活各种问题的过程中，既能较扎实地掌握基本语言技能，提高语言应用能力，又可增进对中西文化的了解。
**册词汇起点为1，200个词。在学完**册和第二册后，要求学生的英语水平达到《基本要求》规定的B级要求。学完第三册后，要求学生的英语水平达到《基本要求》规定的A级要求。
本系列教材配备的多媒体光盘包含每单元的听力、对话及主要课文的内容等。
《英语综合进阶练习》与主干教程相互呼应，相互补充，且又互不重复，目的在于使学生更进一步巩固和掌握主干教程中所学到的各种语言知识。本套练习形式多样，涵盖阅读理解、词汇、翻译、语法等综合训练，每单元的*后还配备两篇快速阅读课文，既便于教师在课堂上教学，又便于学生课后自学。

Unit 1 Health
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 Teenagers' Suicide
Passage 2 How Much Exercise do You Need？
Language Practice
Fast Reading
Youth
Laugh

Unit 2 Psychology
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 ODD and Its Treatment
Passage 2 MIT's Open Course Ware Project
Language Practice
Fast Reading
You Are How You Wait: Queue Psychology
"Computer-literate" or "People-literate"？

Unit 3 Pace of Life
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 Right Minded
Passage 2 Is Work Taking over Your Life？
Language Practice
Fast Reading
Pace of Life
TV Talk Shows-Trash or Treasure

Unit 4 Value
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 The Value of Time
Passage 2 Success
Language Practice
Fast Reading
Success in the United States
Hurricane Strike

Unit 5 Art
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 Black Earth
Passage 2 Lion Dance
Language Practice
Fast Reading
Rebel for All Seasons
American Recreation

Unit 6 Terrorism
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 Take Care, America
Passage 2 What Counts for a Modern State？
Language Practice
Fast Reading
The Worst Scare of My Life
Paying the Price

Unit 7 Addiction
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 Alcohol Drinking
Passage 2 Animal Products-based Diet
Language Practice
Fast Reading
Young Computer "Hackers".
Tips on Fish Raising

Unit 8 Music
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 Music Style
Passage 2 Beauty Contests in America
Language Practice
Fast Reading
Mozart Makes the Brain Hum
Tinpan Alley

Unit 9 Medicine
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 Modern Surgery
Passage 2 Credit Cards
Language Practice
Fast Reading
A New Doctors' Dilemma
How Love Heals（治愈）

Unit 10 Famous People
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 Richard Nixon
Passage 2 The People in the News Studio
Language Practice
Fast Reading
Marco Polo
How Children Develop Their Speaking Ability

Unit 11 New Generation
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 "Gentle People"
Passage 2 Children: Is Living with Parents Advisable？
Language Practice
Fast Reading
Job Market for Teenagers
Phatic Communication

Unit 12 Advertising
Read ＆ Explore
Passage 1 On-liners Move Off-line
Passage 2 Student-teacher Relationships in America
Language Practice
Fast Reading
Should Doctors Be Allowed to Advertise？
Protection For Consumers in USA
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