New Horizons College English Textbook Guidance 4

Author: Pan Xiaoyan
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: New Horizon College English was born with the dawn of the new century. This refreshing teaching material was compiled by a team of scholars from several renowned domestic universities under the guidance of Zheng Shutang, the Chief Editor from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, in accordance with the requirements of the College English Teaching Syllabus (Revised Edition). To meet the needs of both teaching and learning, some of the earliest teachers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University who used the New Horizon College English textbook collaborated to write this Companion to New Horizon College English. The main components and features of each unit in this companion guide are as follows:
1. Level Prediction: This section includes authentic multiple-choice questions (CET-4, CET-6, Postgraduate Entrance Exam) and self-assessment questions related to the text content, designed to predict readers' mastery of the language points reflected in these predictive questions before studying the textbook.
2. Cultural Background: This section introduces the main concepts, terminology, writing context, and relevant figures related to the unit's text, helping readers gain a deeper understanding of the material.
3. Close Reading of the Text: This is the core of the companion guide, including:
(1) Text Summary (Chinese-English Contrastive Version): Provides a general overview of the central idea and writing techniques of the lesson, giving readers a holistic understanding of the text.
(2) Text Structure Analysis (Chinese-English Contrastive Version): Offers a clear view of the overall structure of the lesson.
(3) Writing Features: Introduces the genre, writing style, and thought process of each unit's text, helping readers grasp the author's ideas more deeply and teaching them how to structure their own writing clearly, coherently, and thoughtfully.
(4) Reading and Thinking: Includes five carefully designed multiple-choice and short-answer questions (with answer reference lines marked as LineX), highlighting key and challenging points in the text and assessing readers' comprehension.
(5) Vocabulary and Phrases: Covers part of speech, meaning, synonyms, antonyms, example sentences, word formation, derivatives, easily confused words (homophones), and key points (collocations, distinctions, notes). Each vocabulary item is marked with the corresponding paragraph number (ParaX), helping students solidly master the core vocabulary of the text. (All vocabulary in this guide is selected according to the Vocabulary List for College English Teaching Syllabus, compiled by the Ministry of Education and the Advisory Committee on College Foreign Language Teaching, published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press and Higher Education Press.).
(6) Complex Sentence Analysis: Translates and comments on sentences with complex structures or special meanings (original sentences marked as LineX), enabling students to fully and correctly understand the essence of the text.
(7) Exercise Explanations: Provides answers to each question along with translations, with brief explanations for particularly difficult sentences.
(8) Reference Translations: The translations are refined based on the teaching materials, with more ingenious wording. Although all the compilers are experienced senior teachers with postgraduate degrees in English, minor errors may still exist. We sincerely welcome readers' corrections.
4. Authentic CET-4 Tests: This is a distinctive feature of the book, designed to allow readers to test their actual proficiency while learning, identify gaps, see progress, and gain more motivation to study.
5. Answers and Explanations for Authentic Tests: Provides correct answers along with detailed explanations, summarizing key points for each question and analyzing the test-taking patterns.
6. Red Film Self-Assessment: In the vocabulary and phrases section, each example sentence and key word in the key points is printed in red. By using the attached red transparent sheet to cover the keywords, readers can conveniently test their learning progress.