创新思维英语综合教程（第一册 附赠光盘）

unit one college education

listening

speaking

text: college, university or institute?

assignment: why college?

reading: how to adjust to college life

grammar: 限定词和名词(determiners and nouns)

practical writing and reading: resume/introduce yourself

unit two life philosophy

listening

speaking

text: the four wives in our lives

reading: dig for it, ifyou wish it

grammar: mm (verb tenses)

practical writing and reading: letters of apology

unit three humor

listening

speaking

text: my joke-challenged family

reading: americans' sense of humor

grammar: 形容词和副词/比较级和最高级(adjectives and adverbs/the comparative and superlative degrees)

practical writing and reading: telephone message

期中考试：创造性思维训练

unit four set up a business

listening

speaking

text: tomatoes' story

assignment: set up a business

reading: dell's story

grammar: 介词 (prepositions)

practical writing and reading: job application letters

unit five cities and countries

listening

speaking

text: modern city life

assignment: a future country

reading: new zealand rural living no paradise

grammar: 被动语态 (passive voice)

practical writing and reading: letters of complaint and letters of reply.

unit six hot topic

listening

speaking

text: 2012, doomsday?

assignment: my best way

reading: are earthquakes really on the increase?

grammar: 倒装句 (inversion)

practical writing and reading: letters of inquiry and letters of reply

期末考试：创造性思维训练

glossary