剑桥标准英语教程4A（练习册）
2010-3
北京语言大学出版社
（英）麦卡锡，（英）麦克卡顿，（英）桑迪福德 编著
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《剑桥标准英语教程》是一套具有突破性和革新意义的专业英语教程，为美式英语的教授与学习提供了前所未有的全新方法。本系列教程以庞大的剑桥国际语料库为基石，根据英语的实际应用构建了一套教学大纲。此套教程引入了独特的“会话管理”策略，更加注重词汇教授及词汇学习的策略，并提出了“以学习者为中心、个性化互动教学”的全新教学理念。 本系列教程课程设置前后关联呼应，教学方式简单明晰，内容新颖、话题时尚，教学素材丰富、多样，囊括了视、听、说、网络互动等多种形式。教师用书以教师日常教学需求为出发点，设计出最贴近教学细节、富于创新的教学方案。整套教程易教易学，适用面广，为高校教学和社会培训的最佳美语教学解决方案。 本系列教程分为四个级别，各级别均包括学生用书（附自学Audio CD/CD-ROM光盘）、练习册、教师用书、Video活动用书、配套课堂听力光盘和Video DVD光盘等，并配有网站支持。此外，学生用书和练习册分为两个版本——全一册和A、B分册，能够满足广大师生的不同使用需求。详情请登录：http://www.cambridge.org/elt/touchstone/。 ※ 完美体现语料库教学的最新研究成果 ※ 突破传统，为美语学习提供全新方案 ※ 科学构建教学大纲，专注传授真正实用的英语 ※ 课程设置前后关联呼应，突出个性化教学与课堂互动 ※ 配套教辅细致入微，服务师生，易教易学 ※ 全面覆盖初级到中高级水平学习者，适用广泛 ※ 高效提升学习者自然的英语交流能力和综合应用技能 剑桥国际语料库：剑桥国际语料库是一个收词超过10亿的大型数据库，收集多种权威口语和书面英语语料资源。该语料库由剑桥大学出版社开发，用于分析英语的实际使用情况，可为英语教材的编撰提供权威语用依据，帮助我们学习最真实鲜活的语言。http://www.cambridge.org/corpus
Michael McCarthy 英国诺丁汉大学应用语言学荣休教授，致力于英语口语分析研究，对剑桥国际语料库的开发做出了巨大贡献。目前任美国宾夕法尼亚大学和爱尔兰利默里克大学应用语言学兼职教授。McCarthy教授是当代英语教学界的大师，在词汇教学、教材设计、字典编纂以及口语研究等领域都颇有建树。他的多部外语教学专著颇受教师青睐，其中包括 Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics，以及他与人合著的Vocabulary in Use系列。
Jeanne McCarten 有多国英语教学经验，曾在英国、瑞典、法国、马来西亚等国任教；具有多年的英语教材出版经验，专注于语法和词汇教材出版领域。她对剑桥国际语料库英语口语部分的开发有卓越贡献。
Helen Sandiford 有丰富而广泛的工作经验，曾任英语教师、教师培训师以及营销专员。在日本高中和专科院校从事英语教学工作达九年之久，曾在东亚各国多次主持英语教师培训班。
Unit 1 Interesting livesUnit 2 Personal tastesUnit 3 World cultureUnit 4 SocializingUnit 5 Law and orderUnit 6 Strange events
Charles McLean，who works for a New York shipping company，wanted to visit his parents but didn’t want to spend$320 on a plane ticket．Instead．he packed himself into a shipping crate and express-mailed himself to DeSoto，Texas．When the crate was delivered to his parents’home，he broke OUt of the box and shook hands with the delivery person．Unfortunately，the frightened woman did not have a sense of humor．She called the police，and McLean was arrested and charged as a stowaway． Antony Hicks ofTruro，England，likes the rock group Level 42 so much that he decided to change his name to honor the names of the groups CDs and the original band members．Hicks is now legally known as“Ant Level Forty Two The Pursuit OfAccidents The Early Tapes Standing In The LightTrue Colours A Physical Presence World Machine Running In The Family Platinum Edition Staring At The Sun Level Best Guaranteed The Remixes Forever Now Influences Changes Mark King Mike Lindup Phil Gould Boon Gould Wally Badarou Lindup-Badarou’He told his wife after his new name was recorded in court． afternoon．When she tried to drive home from the studio，she discovered that the exit gate was locked．As she tried to find another exit，she saw a bus full of people．She followed the bus，thinking it would lead her to an exit．But the bus was part of a movie．Clark followed the bus onto a ramp and slid into a large pool of warer after the bus．No one was hurt，but it took secu lity guards th ree hou rs to get her car out of the water！ Tim Wilson was worried about being late for his wedding when he crashed his car and broI（ehis arm and leg．Refusing to stay in the hospital，he jumped into a taxi and arrived at the church USt in time for the ceremony．But by the time he had cleaned himself up，his painkillers had worn off，and he passed OUt．He was rushed back to the hospital with his fianc6e and the preacher，who married the couple as Wilson lay in his hospital bed．
《剑桥标准英语教程：4A练习册》优势及卖点： 练习册是学生用书的拓展，共分4个级别，每级别含两种装订版本——全一册和A、B分册。练习册针对学生用书中设计的词汇、语法及会话策略，提供全面的巩固练习。 ※ 针对学生用书中涉及的词汇、语法及会话策略的全方位巩固练习 ※ 额外的阅读和写作练习，巩固重要的阅读及写作技巧 ※ 多种形式的练习，并附有提示背景的照片和插图，激发学生的学习热情
