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2004年1月，教育部颁布了《大学英语课程教学要求（试行）》，将大学英语的教学目标确定为“培养学生的英语综合应用能力，特别是听说能力，使他们在今后工作和社会交往中能用英语有效地进行口头和书面的信息交流，同时增强其自主学习能力，提高综合文化素养，以适应我国社会发展和国际交流的需要”，提出了分层次（即“一般要求”、“较高要求”和“更高要求”）和分类指导的教学要求。与此同时，教育部在全国180所院校开展多媒体网络教学的试点，推广具有个性化学习特征的多媒体网络教学系统，并于2005年2月颁布了《全国大学英语四、六级考试改革方案（试行）》，2007年7月又下发了修订后的《大学英语课程教学要求》。这些举措进一步推动了我国高校大学英语教学全方位的改革和教学质量的全面提升。新世纪的教学改革呼唤新的教材不断诞生。这既是时代的召唤，也是历史的必然。 正是在这样的时代背景下，上海外语教育出版社于2004年初组织全国数十所高校启动了“新世纪大学英语系列教材”建设项目。项目开始之初，外教社以书面问卷、个别访谈和集体座谈等形式在全国数十所高校中进行了广泛的调查研究，并请专家对编写方案进行了多次论证。在上海外语教育出版社庄智象社长的直接领导和筹划下，经过三年多的努力，我们编写了这套“新世纪大学英语系列教材”，力图为新世纪形势下的我国大学英语教材建设作出新的尝试和努力。经教育部认定，这套教材已被列入“普通高等教育‘十一五’国家级规划教材”。
“新世纪大学英语系列教材”按照《大学英语课程教学要求》，由外教社组织国内十余所著名高校英语教学专家，邀请国际知名视听教学专家，为我国大学生度身打造而成！ ★ 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。 ★ 语言能力和文化素质的同步提升：注重培养学习者的英语思维习惯，开拓跨文化交际视野，实现语言综合应用能力和人文素养的全面提高。 ★ 分类指导和因材施教的教学原则：综合、视听说、阅读、写作、快速阅读等主干教程和经贸、文化类选修课教程，涵盖语言知识、应用技能、学习策略和跨文化交际，充分满足个性化教学的需要，有助于学生提高语言综合应用能力，从容应对各级语言能力测试。 ★ 基于计算机和课堂的教学模式：提供完整、多元、立体化的英语教学平台，个性化的助学光盘、方便实用的电子教案、丰富多样的网络资源，使课堂内外教与学充分体现交互性、自主式和合作型的新型教学模式，实现培养学生终身学习能力的教学目标。
Unit One Customs and Festivals Textl HowIsNewYear’sDayCelebratedAroundtheWorld? Text 2 Japanese Social Etique~e Text 3 Thailand Social Customs：Public Beha~or Do’S and Don’t Text 4 Ramadan(The Muslim Holy Month) Text 5 Father’S DayUnit Two Commerce Text 1 Why DoYou Choose the ProducuYou Buy? Text 2 IKEA Delivery&Assembly Service Text 3 Advertisements Text 4 The Elements ofCommerce Text 5 High Sponsor SatisfactionUnit Three Knowing Yourself Text 1 Self-image一What Is It? Text 2 Self-talk Text 3 Maslow's Hi~~hy ofNeeds Text 4 Psychoanalytic Theories Text 5 Components ofHigh Self-esteemUnit Four Health Text 1 Fighting Fears and Phobias Text 2 Weight-loss Myths Text 3 Optimism Is Healthy Text 4 World AIDS Dau lst December Text 5 Tips on SARSUnit Five Language Text 1 Losing Language———Why Should We Care7 Text 2 Saving Language Text 3 The Day Language Came into My Life Text 4 Myth: Sign Language Is Universal Text 5 The Origin of LanguageUnit Six Interpersonal Relationships Text 1 Proximity Text 2 The Search for Meaning in Everyday Life Text 3 Improving Interpersonal Relationships Text 4 Understanding Your Communication Style Text 5 Getting to the Heart of Holiday GiftingUnit Seven Sports Text 1 The Ancient Olympic Games Text 2 Chinese Experts on Olympic Development Text 3 Gymnastics and Education Text 4 Why Some Athletes Use Drugs Text 5 Sports EventsUnit Eight The Environment Text 1 Healing the Earth, Healing Yourself Text 2 Indoor Pollution Text 3 Packaging and Sustainable Development Text 4 Garbage In, Garbage Out Text 5 The Coal Industry and the EnvironmentAnswers
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special. The origin of Fathers Day is not clear. Some say that it began with a church ser-vice in West Virginia in 1908. Others say the first Fathers Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington. The president of the Chicago branch of the Lions Club, Harry Meek, is said to have celebrated the first Fathers Day with his organization in 1915; and the day that they chose was the third Sunday in June, the closest date to Meeks own birthday！ Regardless of when the first true Fathers Day occurred, the strongest promoter of the holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington. Mrs. Dodd felt that she had an outstanding father. He was a veteran of the Civil War. His wife had died young, and he had raised six children without their mother. In 1909, Mrs. Dodd approached her own minister and others in Spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on June 5, her fathers birthday. That date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on June 19th. From then on, the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday in June as Fathers Day. Children made special desserts, or visited their fathers if they lived apart.
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