《综合教程》基础阶段共分四册，本册为其中第二册，供英语专业一年级第二学期使用。

本册所有的课文都选自第一手英文资料，除原文偏长需要删节以及个别冷僻词语需要替换外，一律保持原文的风貌，尽最大可能给学生提供原汁原味的英语语言素材。本册课文内容广泛，涉及家庭生活、伦理道德、文化教育、社会问题、环境问题和政治问题等一系列课题，使学生在学习英语的同时，扩展个人视野，提高人文素养。同时，本册课文体裁多样，包括小说、散文、日记、回忆录、演讲和短剧等多种形式，旨在帮助学生逐步熟悉各种不同体裁的语言形式和文体风格。

UNIT 1

TEXT Ⅰ "We've Been Hit!"

TEXT Ⅱ Rethinking Skyscrapers

UNIT 2

TEXT Ⅰ The Virtues of Growing Older

TEXT Ⅱ Closing the Gap

UNIT 3

TEXT Ⅰ My Stroke of Luck

TEXT Ⅱ A New Attitude to Gratitude

UNIT 4

TEXT Ⅰ Cultural Encounters

TEXT Ⅱ DoesYour Body BetrayYou?

UNIT 5

TEXT Ⅰ Fourteen Steps

TEXT Ⅱ The Power of Belief

UNIT 6

TEXT Ⅰ The Diary of the Unknown Soldier

TEXT Ⅱ Life Goes On

UNIT 7

TEXT Ⅰ Letter to a B Student

TEXT Ⅱ College Pressures

UNIT 8

TEXT Ⅰ Focus on Global Warming

TEXT Ⅱ The Villain in the Atmosphere

UNIT 9

TEXT Ⅰ What Is Happiness?

TEXT Ⅱ The Art of Unhappiness

UNIT 10

TEXT Ⅰ The Jeaning of America

TEXT Ⅱ Happy Birthday to You

UNIT 11

TEXT Ⅰ Open the Door to Forgiveness

TEXT Ⅱ Forgiveness

UNIT 12

TEXT Ⅰ The Importance of Moral Intelligence in Children

TEXT Ⅱ Across America, Grief and Horror

UNIT 13

TEXT Ⅰ Speech at the Graveside of Karl Marx

TEXT Ⅱ Reminiscences of Karl Marx

UNIT 14

TEXT Ⅰ The Wedding Story

TEXT Ⅱ Gossip

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