《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”。
- 目录
- 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
- 附录：Key to Phonetic Symbols
