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科学性、系统性和时代性的完美体现：以国内外先进外语教学理论为指导，融多种教学模式和手段为一体，满足一般要求、较高要求和更高要求的分层次教学需要。选材贴近时代、贴近生活；强化听说，注重听、说、读、写、译等技能协调发展；练习编写充分体现实用性、新颖性和可操作性。
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Unit One Arts
Text 1 Musical Film
Text 2 Spotlight on Florence
Text 3 How Jazz Began
Text 4 The British Museum
Text 5 Chinese Painting
Unit Two The Economy
Text 1 Burn Your House， Boost the Economy
Text 2 Public Release of $2 Bills at Face Value Continues
Text 3 Risky Business
Text 4 Shanghai： Real Estate Market Worries
Text 5 Swiss Banking Secrecy
Unit Three Genetic Engineering
Text 1 What Are Genetically Modified （GM） Foods?
Text 2 Feeding the World —— Facts versus Fiction
Text 3 GE Agriculture and Genetic Pollution
Text 4 What Are the Risks of Cloning?
Text 5 Post-Genome Shopper
Unit Four Sleep and Dreams
Text 1 Why Do We Dream?
Text 2 Sleep Behavior
Text 3 What Do Our Dreams Mean?
Text 4 Lack of Sleep Affects Kids' Alertness
Text 5 A Good Night's Sleep
Unit Five Outer Space
Text 1 The Sun's Atmosphere
Text 2 What Are Falling Stars?
Text 3 Unmasking the Face of Mars
Text 4 Mourn for Challenger
Text 5 The First Traveller in Space
Unit Six War and Peace
Text 1 The Maginot Line
Text 2 Lifesaver Hero： Florence Nightingale
Text 3 The Blitz
Text 4 Gun Politics in the United States
Text 5 Mahatma Gandhi
Unit Seven The Internet and Computers
Text 1 The Origins and History of Computer Viruses
Text 2 Personal Communication in the Age of the Internet
Text 3 Chat Room Briton Saves US Family from Poisoning
Text 4 What Is Cyberlove?
Text 5 Artificial Intelligence in the Game of Go
Unit Eight Politics
Text 1 Why the European Union?
Text 2 Hiroshima： Harry Truman's Diary and Papers
Text 3 Benjamin Franklin
Text 4 The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Text 5 Roman Government
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