HY_2007 New Horizon College English Reading and Writing Course + Listening and Speaking Course Textbook Guidance (2) 710 Point Reform Version

Author: Pan Xiaoyan, Chief Editor
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Publishing Date: 2003-12-01
Features: New Horizon College English was born with the dawn of the new century. This refreshing teaching material was compiled jointly by scholars from several well-known domestic universities under the guidance of New Horizon College English Teaching Syllabus (Revised Edition), with Zheng Shutang of Shanghai Jiao Tong University as the chief editor. To meet the needs of both teaching and learning, some of the earliest teachers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University who used the textbook collaborated to write this New Horizon College English Textbook Companion. The main components and features of each unit in this companion are as follows:
1. Level Prediction: This section includes authentic multiple-choice questions (College English Test Band 4, Band 6, and 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, including:
(1) Text Summary (Chinese-English Contrastive Version): Provides a general overview of the central idea and writing techniques of the text, giving readers a holistic understanding.
(2) Text Structure Analysis (Chinese-English Contrastive Version): Clarifies the overall structure of the text, making it easy for readers to grasp its organization.
(3) Writing Features: Introduces the genre, writing style, and thought process of each unit's text, helping readers better understand the author's ideas and teaching them how to structure their own writing clearly, coherently, and thoughtfully.
(4) Reading and Thinking: Includes 5 carefully designed multiple-choice and short-answer questions (with answer reference lines marked as LineX), highlighting key and challenging points in the text to assess readers' comprehension.
(5) Vocabulary and Phrases: Covers part of speech, meaning, synonyms, antonyms, example sentences, word formation (composition), derivatives, easily confused words (homophones), and key points (collocations, distinctions, notes). Each vocabulary item is marked with the paragraph number (ParaX), helping students solidly master the core words of the text. (All vocabulary in this companion is selected according to the College English Teaching Syllabus Vocabulary List compiled by the Ministry of Education and the Advisory Committee on College English 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, and offers simple explanations for particularly difficult sentences.
(8) Reference Translation: The translation is polished based on the teaching reference material, with more refined wording. Although all compilers are experienced senior teachers working on the frontline of English education with postgraduate degrees in English, errors may still occur. 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 level while studying, identify their gaps, see their progress, and gain more motivation to learn.
5. Answers and Explanations for Authentic Tests: Provides correct answers along with detailed explanations, summarizing the key points of 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.