《21世紀(jì)大學(xué)英語》在選材上注重內(nèi)容的趣味性、信息性、可思性和前瞻性,語言的規(guī)范性、致用性和文體的多樣性。課文絕大多數(shù)選自20世紀(jì)80、90年代出版的英美報(bào)刊書籍,為適合教學(xué)目的對部分內(nèi)容做了一些刪改。
本書為《21世紀(jì)大學(xué)英語讀寫教程》第一冊。全書共十個(gè)單元,供一學(xué)期使用。每一單元由同一題材的三篇文章組成。課文A為精讀材料,配有閱讀詞匯、結(jié)構(gòu)、翻譯、寫作等多種練習(xí),課文B、C不泛讀材料,課文B前系統(tǒng)介紹各種基本閱讀技能,課文后配有閱讀理解練習(xí)題。
Unit One
Text A Winston Churchill-His Other Life
Text B Little Sister of the Poor
Text C Diana,Princess of Wales:1961-1997
Unit Two
Text A Why They Excel
Text B Methods of Education :East and West
Text C Cheating as Culture:Insights for Foreign Teachers
Unit Three
Text A The Tale of Cultural Traslator
Text B A Multicultural Person
Text C A Lifeetime of Learning to Manage Effetively
Unit Four
Text A Turing Failure into Success
Text B Failure?No!Just Temporary Setbacks
Text C Heart of a Champion
Unit Five
Text A Holding Onto a Dream
Text B The Soft Sell
Text C Workin'for A Livin'
Unit Six
Text A A Brief History of Stephen Hawking
Text B Inventor of the Future
Text C The New Frontier of Beauty
Unit Seven
Text A Thanking: A Neglected Art
Text B How to Teach Your Child to Think
Text C Developing Your Thinking
Unit Eight
Text A Unwrite Rules
Text B A Traffic Light Is a Brainless Machine
Text C In Ourselves We Trust
Unit Nine
Text A Get Ready for Some Wild Weather
Text B Study Finds Good Effects of El Nino
Text C What's Wrong with Our Weather
Unit Ten
Text A The Next 30 Years
Text B Our Forecasts 30 Years Later
Text C The 21st Century:Information and Man
Glossary