宋宏亮,男,中共党员,北京化工大学副教授。吉林大学外国语言学及应用语言学专业硕士毕业,美国Cleveland State University访问学者。北京市高等教育学会大学英语研究分会第十一届理事会理事,北京高等学校成人高等学历教育英语口语竞赛评委。近30年来长期从事外语教学与研究工作,原大学英语四、六级考试命题组成员,长期参与并负责大学英语四、六级评卷工作。同时,长期从事北京地区成人高等学历教育学位英语考试的教学和辅导工作。目前,共参与及科研和教改立项6项,大学英语四、六级考试委员会科研立项3项,校级教改立项10余项。另外,发表相关论文12篇,编写并出版各类教材20余部。其中,普通高等教育“十一五”规划教材1部,北京市高等教育精品教材1部。曾两次获得北京化工大学“大宝奖教金”,2006年获北京化工大学教学成果奖一等奖(排名第三)。目前,是北京市教学团队—北京化工大学大学英语课程教学团队成员(排名第四);北京市高等学校精品课程—北京化工大学大学英语核心组成员;北京化工大学教学团队成员(排名第三)。
目錄:
Unit 1 Healthy Lifestyle
Warm-Up 2
Part One Reading 3
Passage A Holidays Are Good for Health 3
Passage B Poor Sleep May Lead to Too Much Stored Fat and Disease 10
Part Two Chinese Culture Appreciation 19
Chinese Diet Therapy 19
Part Three Grammar 27
连词(Conjunction ) 27
Unit 2 The Power of Plants
Warm-Up 36
Part One Reading 37
Passage A Reviving Traditional Crop 37
Passage B Die-off of Africas Baobab 46
Part Two Chinese Culture Appreciation 54
The Journey of Chinese Tea 54
Part Three Grammar 62
形容词和副词(Adjective and Adverb) 62
Unit 3 Money Matters
Warm-Up 72
Part One Reading 73
Passage A Cashless Society 73
Passage B Should the U.S. Stop Using Pennies 81
Part Two Chinese Culture Appreciation 88
The Spread and Impact of Song Paper Currency 88
Part Three Grammar 89
定语从句I(Attributive Clause I 96
Unit 4 Critical Thinking
Warm-Up 104
Part One Reading 105
Passage A Critical Thinking in Life 105
Passage B Entrepreneurship Education in Colleges 112
Part Two Chinese Culture Appreciation 121
The Early Life of Wang Yangming 121
Part Three Grammar 129
定语从句Ⅱ(Attributive Clause Ⅱ) 129
Unit 5 Tastes and Toasts
Warm-Up 136
Part One Reading 137
Passage A Turkey on Thanksgiving 137
Passage B How Coffee Influenced the Course of History 145
Part Two Chinese Culture Appreciation 153
Peking Roast Duck 153
Part Three Grammar 161
动词不定式(Infinitive) 161
Unit 6 Life of Celebrities
Warm-Up 170
Part One Reading 171
Passage A George Washington 171
Passage B Charles Dickens 179
Part Two Chinese Culture Appreciation 186
Yuan Longping: Father of Hybrid Rice 186
Part Three Grammar 193
强调句(Emphatic Sentence ) 193
Unit 7 World of Splendor
Warm-Up 200
Part One Reading 201
Passage A Wrangel Island:An Ancient Arctic Land 201
Passage B Antarctic 208
Part Two Chinese Culture Appreciation 216
Jiuzhaigou: The Valley with Fascinating Colors 216
Part Three Grammar 24
倒装句(Inverted Sentence ) 24
Unit 8 More than Celebration
Warm-Up 232
Part One Reading 233
Passage A Valentine Cards 233
Passage B A Special Birthday Part 241
Part Two Chinese Culture Appreciation 249
Little New Year 249
Part Three Grammar 257
虚拟语气(Subjunctive Mood ) 257
New Words 265
Phrases & Expression 286