《综合英语教程（第三版）》目标定位于大学本科英语专业学生的基础课，共6册，前4册主要为英语专业基础阶段的学生使用。每册包含15个单元的主题内容，每单元开发了切合学生实际需要的听、说、读、写任务，更好地把语言知识、语言技能和学习者的认知能力发展综合在一起。新版教材在题材选择上符合时代和学习者的实际需要，涵盖了当代社会的重要方面，反映了时代的进步和发展，有助于学习者获得地道的语言输入。同时，新版教材增强了语言学习的文学性色彩，文学是语言学习和人文修养的最佳手段，教师通过文学作品在宏观和微观两个方便发展学习者的外语能力。最后，新版教材的教学任务设计上更加强调“教学效能”。

前辅文
1 My Father
  Describing a person, managing relationship
  Mutual understanding in personal life
  Analyzing human relationships
2 Why My Great-uncle Gave Up the Ministry
  Describing your impressions of a person or an event
  Talking about behavior or its changes
  Analyzing the linguistic features of humorous stories
3 Saved by His Mistakes
  Talking about problems or difficult situations
  Talking about animals and their features
  Discussing animal behaviors through discourse analysis
4 The Two Roads
  Talking about one’s understanding of life
  Talking about dreams, ideals, or plans about one’s future
  Talking about one’s understanding of success or failure
5 Creating a Caribbean Spring Festival
  Talking about festivals and activities
  Talking about the procedures of preparation and celebrations
  Talking about folk customs
6 My First Class
  Talking about educational establishments
  Talking about people, positions, and jobs related to education
7 Genius Sacrificed for Failure
  Talking about social justice such as gender issues
  Talking about women’s roles in family and society
  Talking about one’s talents or weaknesses
8 A Horse and Two Goats
  Talking about means of communication
  Showing meanings, emotions, attitudes through body language
  Playing out a story in a drama
9 Learning a Language
  Talking about language learning experiences
  Discussing the complexities of language and language use
  Talking about Greek and Roman mythology
10 Bargain
  Talking about shopping
  Talking about bargaining
  Analyzing deadpan comic style of exaggeration
11 Out of the Mists
  Reminiscing about one’s life in the past
  Talking about people relationships
  Analyzing a short story
12 Where the Sun Always
Rises
  Talking about love of nature in education
  Describing views of countryside and parks
  Talking about cultural differences regarding nature
13 Glue
  Talking about using little gadgets and tools in everyday life
  Naming the tools, gadgets, instruments
  Describing procedures of work
  Critiquing humor styles of writing
14 A Changing World
  Talking about geographical knowledge of Asia, Europe, life in a mountain village in Lebanon, and Canada
  Traditional values in a Lebanese village life
  Changes in the rural life in a Lebanese mountain village, such as socialization, concepts of time, distance, relationship, and some of economical activities
15 William Shakespeare: His Life and Works
  Talking about life and the selected works of Shakespeare
  Discussing concepts of theatrical art
  Learning about Shakespeare’s story
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