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