原螈，女，满族，1980年11月出生，讲师，英国索福尔德大学中／英／中笔译及口译专业硕士。2008年开始在西北民族大学工作，主要科研成果：发表论文7篇，参与省级项目1项，中央高校项目l项。并获得大学英语竞赛优秀指导老师和全国口译大赛优秀指导老师奖。

　　郭思含，女，1981年3月出生，中共党员，英国诺森比亚大学硕士，西北师范大学在读博士。西北民族大学外国语学院讲师，从事公共大学英语及英语专业精读及口语等课程的教学。先后在《湖南科技大学学报》（社会科学版）、《学园》等核心及省级期刊发表学术论文6篇，参与并完成了甘肃省教育科学十一五规划课题两项。

Unit One Disaster

Part One：Listen and Talk

Part Two：Read and Explore

Text: The Loss of Titanic

Play : Titanic

Home Reading

Part Three: Language Skills

Grammar

Translation

Writing

Part Four: Culture Salon: Earthquake

Unit Two The Nightingale and the Rose

Part One: Listen and Talk

Part Two: Read and Explore

Text: Choosing a Spouse

Play: The Nightingale and the Rose

Home Reading: Love in College

Part Three: Language Skills

Grammar

Translation

Writing

Part Four: Culture Salon: Dating Patterns in the USA

Unit Three The Merchant of Venice

Part One: Listen and Talk

Part Two: Read and Explore

Text: The Question of Human Nature

Play: The Merchant of Venice

Home Reading: Human and Human Nature

Part Three: Language Skills

Grammar

Translation

Writing

Part Four: Culture Salon: Views on Human Nature

Unit Four Music and Musical

Part One: Listen and Talk

Part Two: Read and Explore

Text: Wu Bixia is Doing Wonders

Play: Sleepy Beauty

Home Reading: How does Christmas Music Effects Shoppers

Part Three: Language Skills

Grammar

Translation

Writing

Part Four: Culture Salon: Country Music

Unit Five Drama and Shakespeare

Part One: Listen and Talk

Part Two: Read and Explore

Text: The Beginning of Drama

Play: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Home Reading: The Best Playwright in England

Part Three: Language Skills

Grammar

Translation

Writing

Part Four: Culture Salon: William Shakespeare

Glossary