外教社全面贯彻教育部关于《大学英语课程教学要求》的精神,策划推出适合各高校师生选用的大学英语提高阶段实用型选修课系列教材,包括语言技能类、应用类、语言文化类和专业英语类等课程。
《感悟中国》主要取材于国内外报刊杂志中有关中国社会和文化的介绍性文章,以具有中国特色的文化现象为主线,通过阅读和课堂讨论,消除学生在向外国友人介绍中国文化时经常出现的语言障碍。

Dumplings arc made by wrappinga dough around meat and vcg-etables. In the past, people ate dumplings only on festive occasions: now they have become common |are in the home. and several brands of frozen dumplings arc awtilable in stores. Itowever. it is still the custom in the north to make and eat dumplings on the eve of Spring Festival. During this time it is common to hear people say. "Dumplings are the best to cat. "
Laobian's Dumplings' are distinctive for their fried meat and variety of vegetable stuffing. They can bc found at the 160-year-old Laobian's Dumplings Shop in Shenyang. a large city in northeast China. This kind of dumplings is called "Old Bian" because the shop's founder was Hian Fu. During that time Bian Fu tried his best to improve the stuffing sofhat his dumplings were out of the ordinary. Because the meat is fried before it is mixed with the vegetables, Laobian's Dumplings are easier to cook than other kinds of dumplings.
随着中国改革开放步伐的加快,随着中国经济进一步地融入世界.世界已经越来越感受到中国的存往,各国人民也越来越想了解中国。但是目前的大学英语教学还仍然基本停留在基础阶段的教学,主干教材仍然以学习语言基础知以和西方文化为主,结果造成大学生毕业时仍然感到从中学到大学学了十年的英语,但却还是无法和外国人进行深层次的交流。当然,他们经过十年的英语学习,实际上已经掌握了一般的交流所需要的英语词语、结构和表达方式,但是到了和外国人交流时(口头或笔头).他们却感到想说的说不出,想写写不出。那么问题到底出在哪里呢?根据我们的观察和调查,我们的大学生在和国外友人交流的过程中,遇到的主要问题是外同人真正想向中国学生了解的是有有关中国的文化、中国的风俗、中国的经济、中国的政治体制、中国的历史、中国的风光等等。可是有关这些中国特有的内容的英文材料在我们的大学和中学教材中却很少出观。这才是“哑巴英语”的关键所在。本教材的编写正是为了适应**和社会对大学生英语能力的受求,为了改变上述现象而编写的。

Unit 1 Chinese Food
Text The Joy of Jiaozi
Supplementary Reading A Foreigner Encounters Chinese Food Culture
Unit 2 Attitudes Towards Time
Text The Mystery of Time
Supplementary Reading Then and Now
Unit 3 Emotional Health
Text Tui Na and Your Emotional Health Supplementary Reading Stressed? Traditional Chinese Medicine
May Help You
Unit 4 Chinese Concept of "Face"
Text Chinese Concept of "Face"
Supplementary Reading Keep Your Face in Place
Unit 5 Chinese Festivals
Text The Spring Festival
Supplementary Reading The Mid-Autumn Festival
Unit 6 Traveling in China
Text Heavenly Hangzhou
Supplementary Reading Mount Huangshan
Unit 7 The Five Elements of the Chinese Universe
Text The Five Elements
Supplementary Reading Zhen Wu
Unit 8 Music
Text Bone Flutes Rewrite China's Music History
Supplementary Reading Enjoy the Music, Learn About China,
Unit 9 The Chinese Language
Text Language Shapes Your Thinking
Supplementary Reading The Chinese Language
Unit 10 Man and Animals
Text What the Chinese Zodiac Holds for You
Supplementary Reading The Story of the Monkey
Unit 11 Leisure Activities
Text Martial Arts and Chinese Culture
Supplementary Reading Traditional Chinese Operas
Unit 12 Happy Moments
Text Chin's Thirty-three Happy Moments
Supplementary Reading, Chin's Thirty-three Happy Moments (Continued)
Appendix Key to the Exercises

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