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剑桥国际英语教程
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Unit 1
Friends and family
Contents
A
. What kind of person are
you?
B
. Every
family
’
s different.
Functions
?
Describing personalities
?
Expressing
likes and dislikes
?
Describing
personal change
?
Stating advantages and
disadvantages
?
Talking about rules
Grammar
?
Gerunds
?
Noun clauses
after BE
Vocabulary
?
Adjectives
describing personality traits
Discussion
?
Finding out what personality traits you
have in common with your classmates
?
Studying
personality profiles
?
Talking about
how you have changed or how you would like to
change
?
Comparing families
?
Talking about
rules in your family
Listening
?
Three young people describe how they
have changed
?
Two people compare similarities and
differences between their families
Writing
?
Identifying the main idea in a
paragraph
?
Writing a paragraph about your most
positive or negative quality
Reading
?
“
upside-down
families
”
: families where
the children have too much control
Unit 2
Educations and learning
Contents
A
How
can schools be improved?
B
What
’
s the best way to
learn?
Functions
?
Stating facts
?
Making
recommendations
?
Describing processes and strategies
?
Giving reasons
and purposes
1
?
Talking about
hopes and dreams
Grammar
?
Should and
ought to in the active and passive
?
Infinitives and
gerunds to talk about how to do things
?
In order to and
so that
Vocabulary
?
Collocations
relating to goals
Discussion
?
Making
suggestions to improve schools
?
Explaining how
school prepares young people for life
?
Stating your
goals for the future
?
Discussing
different ways to learn something
Listening
?
Two young people explain how they
developed personally at college
?
Three people
describe the strategies they used to learn
something new
Writing
?
Choosing topic
sentences
?
Writing a paragraph about your
educational beliefs
Reading
?
“
Home
Schooling:
A
growing
trend
”
:
advantages
and
drawbacks
of
educating
children at home
Unit 3
Cities
Contents
A.
Fascinating destinations
B.
It
’
s my kind of
city
Functions
?
Describing and giving information about
places
?
Stating
preferences
?
Presenting contrasting information
?
Categorizing
and evaluating issues
Grammar
?
Defining and
non-defining relative clauses
?
Order of
adjectives
?
Connecting contrasting ideas
Vocabulary
?
Nouns referring to features of a
city
?
Nouns relating to quality-of-life
issues
Discussion
?
Explaining why
you would like to visit a particular
city
?
Choosing the right city for a
particular purpose
?
Deciding which
city is best to live in
2
?
Evaluating your hometown
?
Discussing
quality-to-life issues
Listening
?
A TV show introduces two exciting
cities
?
Two
foreign students explain what they like about
their host city
?
Two New Yorkers talk about life in
their city
Writing
?
Creating topic
sentences
?
Writing a paragraph about a place you
know
Reading
“
Get Yourself
Lost
”
: The best way to enjoy
sight-seeing in a new place
Unit 3
Day and night
Contents
A.
Your
energy profile
B.
Sweet
dreams
Functions
?
Describing
daily routines and habits
?
Giving
advice
?
Explaining reasons and
conditions
?
Giving interpretations of
meaning
Grammar
?
Time
relationships
?
Clauses stating reasons and
conditions
Vocabulary
?
Collocations
referring to sleep and dreams
Discussion
?
Discussing personal energy levels
?
Classifying
activities that raise or lower your energy level
?
Giving advice
on a radio call-in program
?
Talking about sleeping habits
?
Interrupting
dreams
Listening
?
Three people
describe methods they use to lower stress
?
Two people
describe their dreams and try to figure out what
they mean
Writing
?
Choosing the
best topic sentence
?
Writing a
paragraph about times of day, daily schedules, or
relaxation.
Reading
“
Ten Keys to a Better
Night
’
s
Sleep
”
: Tips on fulfilling a
basic human need
3
Unit 5
Generally speaking
Contents
A.
What is typical?
B.
Topics of concern
Functions
?
Comparing customs and habits
?
Presenting
contrasting information
?
Making
generalizations
?
Discussing concerns and offering
solutions
?
Describing a mental process
Grammar
?
Showing contrast and
exception
?
Quantifiers
?
Conditional
sentences
Vocabulary
?
Adjectives
describing emotional reactions
?
Nouns referring
to public concerns
Discussion
?
Talking about
what
’
s advantage
?
Discussing what
makes you typical or unique
?
Talking about
future concerns
?
Explaining your personal
concerns
Listening
?
Three teenagers
compare themselves to other people their own age
?
Three people
describe their different approaches to solving
problems
Writing
?
Identifying
supporting statements
?
Developing a paragraph with supporting
statements
Reading
“
Statistically
Speaking
”
: the living
arrangements, education level, and beliefs of the
average American
Unit 6
Interpersonal communication
Contents
A.
Making conversation
B.
Personal secrets
Functions
?
Describing
types
?
Talking
about appropriate behavior
?
Starting a conversation
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