北极星英语系列教程（中级）

章节摘录

　　1. PrewritingStudents complete Sections 1 to 4 in the Student Book before they begin this section.The activities in this section help students generate ideas and narrow a topic. Theylearn how to use a variety of prewriting techniques, such as freewriting, clustering,and brainstorming. Typically, students work together to analyze and manipulate amodel prewriting exercise. Then they try using the prewriting technique on their own.　　2. OrganizingIn this section, students focus on organizing and developing their ideas. They learnabout a structural or rhetorical feature of writing, such as writing topic andsupporting sentences or organizing around a rhetorical feature drawn from Section6B （Style） in the Student Book. They may analyze a model paragraph or organizeideas from the readings. Then they apply the ideas to their own writing. At the endof this section, students complete the first draft of the assignment and do a peerreview exercise.　　3. RevisingThe activities in this section are designed to help students expand and polish theirwriting. The section has two parts. Part A, which is often drawn from Section 6B（Style） in the Student Book, focuses on developing the content of students writing.The activities help students achieve coherence and unity in their writing, clarify andimprove the support for their ideas, or strengthen their introductions andconclusions. Part B, which is drawn from Section 6A （Grammar） in the StudentBook, helps students use the grammar point in a meaningful way in their writing.Students do exercises that use the grammar point in context. Then they look forplaces to apply the grammar in their writing. Although attention is given togrammatical correctness, meaningful usage is the focus. At the end of this section,students write the second draft of the assignment.

前言

　　清华大学出版社引进2003年版培生教育集团面向非英语国家精心打造的2l世纪最新英语教材——《北极星英语系列教程》（NorthStar）。引进出版NorthStar除了因为其知识内容极其丰富、内涵颇深又极具亲和力等特点以外，更重要的是我们发现她非常符合教育部正在启动的新一轮《大学英语教学课程标准》的思路与精神。我们认为无论从教材的形式还是内容上，该系列教材更能适应新世纪英语学习者需要。其特色如下：　　听说与读写并重　　该系列丛书分《听说》（Focus on Listening and Speaking）和《读写》（Focus 0n Reading and Writing）两大系列。其中《听说》的每个单元设置七大版块。大量操练听说，将听力理解能力与表达能力完美结合。教学模式更体现交互式、个性化、自主性　　课本、光盘、网络互为补充，强调互动式学习。注重把教师与学生之间、学生与学生之间的反馈通过练习轻松、自然地反映出来，既有利于提高教学质量、活跃课堂气氛、评估学生学习效果，又激发学生的学习兴趣、提倡自主学习、促进学习效率。配套学习网站免费提供网上资源库、教师指导、网上阅读、写作、听说练习等。　　注重培养应用能力，非应试教育　　着重生活工作中需要的技能，如：演讲、场景对话、走出教室实战练习、信件、总结、学术小论文等。　　编写思路明确，编写人员水平出众　　遵循外国人学习英语的普遍规律，由著名美国教育专家Frances Boyd和Carol Numrich主持、召集英美30多位常年从事对外英语教学的专家和教师编写。　　语言真实地道，文化信息量大；主题相关，便于巩固　　注重把语言技能的训练与知识文化有机结合起来，使学生在英语学习过程中除了学到语言的形式以外，还学习其文化内容。书中主题丰富多样、贴近生活、时代感强，灵活实用。如：年轻企业家的成功，食物对心情的影响，语言与性别的关系，情商与智商，等等。

书籍目录

THE WORLD OF ADVERTISINGTheme: AdvertisingAssignment: Opinion ParagraphPrewriting: FreewritingOrganizing: Writing a ParagraphRevising: Paragraph UnityUsing the Simple Present Tense and Present ProgressiveEditing: Formatting a ParagraphTELECOMMUTING: GOING HOME TO WORKTheme: TravelAssignment: Business LetterPrewriting: ListingOrganizing: Determining Audience and PurposeRevising: Evaluating Tone Using Modals of AbilityEditing: Formatting a Business LetterA MIRACLE CURE?Theme: FraudAssignment: Summary and Response ParagraphsPrewriting: Responding to a ReadingOrganizing: SummarizingRevising: Using TransitionsUsing Superlative AdjectivesEditing: Using Commas and PeriodsTHE METAMORPHOSISTheme: InsectsAssignment: FolktalePrewriting: FreewritingOrganizing: Telling a Story with a MoralRevising: Writing Dialog Using Infinitives of PurposeEditing: Using Quotation MarksSPEAKING OF GENDER Theme: LanguageAssignment: Comparison ParagraphsPrewriting: Making a ChartOrganizing: Comparing and ContrastingRevising: Using Transitions of Comparison and Contrast Using Modals of RequestEditing: Punctuating Transitions of Comparison and ContrastBREAKING THE SURFACETheme: AIDSAssignment: Autobiographical StoryPrewriting: ClusteringOrganizing: Writing an Autobiographical StoryRevising: Using Transitions of Time and SequenceUsing the Past Progressive and Simple Past TenseEditing: Using Pronouns and Possessive AdjectivesCARS: PASSION OR PROBLEM?Theme: CarsAssignment: Descriptive and Concluding ParagraphsPrewriting: ListingOrganizing: Determining Advantages and DisadvantagesRevising: Refining Conclusions Using Future Time ClausesEditing: Using Parallel StructureALWAYS IN FASHIONTheme: FashionAssignment: Definition and Opinion ParagraphsPrewriting: ClusteringOrganizing: Writing Definition and Opinion ParagraphsRevising: Refining Statements of Fact Using Used toEditing: Correcting Sentence FragmentsCRIME AND PUNISHMENTTheme: PunishmentAssignment: Persuasive ParagraphsPrewriting: ListingOrganizing: Persuading the ReaderRevising: Developing Sentence Variety Using the Present Perfect and Present Perfect ProgressiveEditing: Punctuating Simple and Compound SentencesFINDING A SPOUSETheme: MarriageAssignment: Descriptive ParagraphsPrewriting: CategorizingOrganizing: Using ExamplesRevising: Using Related Word Forms for CohesionChoosing Definite or Indefinite ArticlesEditing: Reviewing PunctuationAnswer Key

作者简介

《北极星英语系列教程:读写(中级)写作练习册》专为具有初、中级以上英语水平的学习者编写，注重培养英语听说读写综合能力。教程体系完备，可供不同水平的学生灵活选用：除普通高校外，还特别适用于学生英语水平跨度较大的学校，如扩招院校、新建本科院校、高职高专院校以及各培训机构等。

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