《基础英语教程》是根据《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》，结合21世纪对外语人才的多元需求，以课改后的新课标为起点而编写的。目的是夯实基础，全面发展，拓宽知识，提升素质。本册为第二册，选文以科技、人文、生活、英美文化、世界文明为主，材料新颖、内容健康、语言地道、启发性强。

《基础英语教程》是高等学校英语专业综合英语教材，全套共四册。本册为第二册，选文以科技、人文、生活、英美文化、世界文明为主，材料新颖、内容健康、语言地道、启发性强。

本册共12个单元，每个单元由四大部分组成：阅读理解(含Pre—reading Tasks、Text、Notes to the Text、Comprehension Tasks)、语言能力(含词法、句法)、技能训练、拓展练习(含Further Work、Learning to Leam、Self Assessment)。通过本册的学习和训练，力求使学生在知识、技能、文化、情感、策略五个方面获得进步和提高。

Unit 1

 Text: Alienation and the Internet

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading: Technology Rewrites the Book

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Reasoning and Analyzing ( I ) : Analyze Compound Words

 Self-Assessment

Unit 2

 Text: Do You Speak Body Language

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading :The "Eyes" Have It: The Fundamentals of Eye Contact

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Reasoning and Analyzing ( II ) : Translating

 Self-Assessment

Unit 3

 Text: The Battle against Beauty and Truth 

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading : For the Pennsylvania Dutch, a Long Tradition Fades

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Creating Structure for Input and Output ( I ) : Summarizing

 Self-Assessment

Unit 4

 Text: The Design of Your Life

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading: Design -- the Next Frontier

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Creating Structure for Input and Output ( II ) : Highlighting

 Self-Assessment

Unit 5

 Text: Using a Discipline System to Promote Learning

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading: Teacher and Students Scale the Heights

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Creating Structure for Input and Output ( III ) : Taking Notes

 Self-Assessment

Unit 6

 Text: The Bloody Crossroads of Grammar and Politics

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading: People Who Become Words

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( I ) : Using Mime and Gesture

 Self-Assessment

Unit 7

 Text: Reconsidering Lear

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading : Denise Mina and the Rise of Scottish Detective Fiction

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( II ) : Getting Help

 Self-Assessment

Unit 8

 Text: Three Hours of Fear and Hope

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading : Emergency Landing Televised on JetBlue Flight

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn : Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( III ) : Selecting the Topic

 Self-Assessment

Unit 9

 Text: Where Marie Antoinette Played, Before the Deluge

 Linguistic Competence

  Skill Development

  Supplementary Reading : Heritage Survives a Complicated Past in Lviv, Ukraine

  Further Work

  Learning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( IV ) : Switching to Chinese

  Self-Assessment

Unit 10

 Text: In Sickness, in Health

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading: My Miraculous Family

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( V ) : Coining Words

 Self-Assessment

Unit 11

 Text: Contemporary American Graffiti

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading: Style, Technique, and Cultural Piracy: Never Bite the Hand that Feeds You

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( VI ) : Adjusting or Approximating the Message

 Self-Assessment

Unit 12

 Text: Lifeline

 Linguistic Competence

 Skill Development

 Supplementary Reading : What Pilots can Teach Hospitals about Patient Safety

 Further Work

 Learning to Learn: Overcoming Limitations in Speaking and Writing ( VII ) : Using a Circumlocution or Synonym

 Self-Assessment

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