Practical English comprehensive course.1

Unit1
Text A: College —— A New Experience 1
Text B: How to Study Read 8
Skills Development and Practice 13
Reading Skills —— Reading for the Main Idea (1) 13
Translation Practice ——选择词义 14
Guided Writing ——缩略词15
Listening and Speaking 17

Unit2
Text A: Rock and Roll 20
Text B: The First American Music 28
Skills Development and Practice 32
Reading Skills —— Reading for the Main Idea(2) 32
Translation Practice ——线申词义 34
Guided Writing —— 标志用语 35
Listening and Speaking 37

Unit3
Text A: Why Nations Trade 40
Text B: Stocks and Shares 48
Skills Development and Practice 53
Reading Skills —— Guessing Unknown Words (1) 53
Translation Practice ——转译词类55
Guided Writing ——如何写信封56
Listening and Speaking 58

Unit4
Text A: The First Four Minutes 63
Text B: Table Manners and Customs 69
Skills Development and Practice 73
Reading Skills —— Guessing Unknown Words (2) 73
Translation Practice ——转译词类 74
Guided Writing —— 书信 75
Listening and Speaking 77

Unit5
Text A: Community Service 81
Text B: People on the Move 88
Skills Development and Practice 93
Reading Skills —— Making Use of Contents and Index 93
Translation Practice ——转译词类 96
Guided Writing ——明信片、传真97
Listening and Speaking 100

Unit6
Text A: Working Hard or Hardly Working? 104
Text B: Stress 111
Skills Development and Practice 116
Reading Skills —— Recognizing Punctuation 116
Translation Practice ——转译词类 117
Guided Writing——贺卡、名片 118
Listening and Speaking 120

Unit7
Text A: The Brain 124
Text B: How Your Memory Works 131
Skills Development and Practice 136
Reading Skills —— Understanding Reference 136
Translation Practice ——转译词类137
Guided Writing ——便条、电子邮件138
Listening and Speaking 140

Unit8
Text A: Getting to the Airport 144
Text B: Coincidences or Miracles? 151
Skills Development and Practice 156
Reading Skills —— Recognizing Logical Connectors 156
Translation Practice——增词 157
Guided Writing ——告示，海报 158
Listening and Speaking 159

Unit9
Text A: What's New 163
Text B: Searching for a Uniform Sign Language 171
Skills Development and Practice 176
Reading Skills Understanding Synonym 176
Translation Practice—— "As"的译法 177
Guided Writing ——请假条 178
Listening and Speaking 180

UNit10
Text A: Surveys, Surveys and More Surveys 184
Text B: Advertising 190
Skills Development and Practice 195
Reading Skills Distinguishing Facts from Opinions 195
Translation Practice——省略译196
Guided Writing——请柬 197
Listening and Speaking 199
Glossary
Phrases and Expressions
Appendix:《实用英语多媒体学习课件》结构一览表