现代大学英语精读2的内容提要：

本教材有以下特点:1.本教材是北京外国语大学英语系的一项重要科研成果,汇集了英语教学专家们的丰富教学经验,体现了前沿的教学思想。2.教材吸纳了国外最新的语言材料,题材丰富,内容新颖,包括了现代生活的各个方面,具有鲜明的时代特征。3.教材在总体目标、语言项目、词汇范围和练习方式上,都体现了新大纲的要求,符合国家标准。4.教材在教学法上博采众长,不拘一格;在教学原则上注意发挥学生的主动性与积极性;在编写手法上注意纵向连贯和横向配合,循序渐进。5.与教材配套的有录音带、多媒体软件等辅助学习材料,体现了立体教学的特点,方便读者学习。6.教材注意语言与文化的结合,注重提高学生的人文修养,体现了英语专业教材的特色。AcknowledgementAbbreviationsTextsLessonOneTextAAnotherSchoolYear—WhatFor?TextBTheThoughtCardLessonTwoTextAMaheegunMyBrotherTextBTheLandoftheLockLessonFourTextATheNightingaleandtheRoseTextBNightingaleLessonFiveTextASayYesTextBArrangementinBlackandWhiteLessonSixTextATheManintheWaterTextBTheBrokenLanternLessonSevenTextATheGreatestInventionTextBTheFlyingMachineLessonEightTextAPsychologicallySpeakingTextBPsychologicallySpeaking(continued)LessonNineTextAQuickFixSocietyTextBRemarksbyBillClintonatGrandCanyonNationalParkLessonTenTextATheRicher,thePoorerTextBTheStoryofJanePilgrimLessonElevenTextAYouHavetoGetMeOutofHereTextBHelpfortheHelperLessonTwelveTextAConfessionsofaMiseducatedManTextBUnderstandingSocietyandCultureThroughEatingLessonThirteenTextABlueprintforSuccessTextBMyWoodLessonFourteenTextASpaceShuttleChallengerTextBBlimpsLessonFifteenTextATheRiddleofTimeTextBMr.ImaginationVocabularyListIdiomaticExpressionsandCollocationsVerbPatterns