《圣经》与文化

　　本书是在内容依托教学理念指导下，依托国家哲学社会科学项目“英语专业基础阶段内容依托式教学改革研究”推出的系列英语内容依托教材之一。

　　本教材针对的学生群体是具有中学英语基础的大学生，既适用于英语专业一、二年级学生，也适用于具有中学英语基础的非英语专业学生和英语爱好者学习。本教材具备以下主要特色：

　　打破了传统的教学理念
　　它依托学生密切关注的《圣经》与文化内容组织学生进行语言交际活动。既训练语言技能，也丰富相关知识。
　　涉及了系统的相关内容
　　包含了衣物、食品、家庭、婚姻、人物、社会、城市、节日、教育、价值观、《圣经》对美英社会文化的影响等人们感兴趣的话题。
　　引进了真实的教学材料
　　真实、地道的语言材料，穿插了大量的插图、照片等真实的视觉材料，表现手段活泼，效果生动直观。
　　突出了学生的主体地位
　　多样的板块设计促使学生积极思考、提问、探索、发现、批判，培养自主获得知识，发现问题和解决问题的能力。
　　提供了多样的训练活动
　　打破了传统教材单调的训练程式，帮助教师设置真实的语言运用情境，培养学生语言综合运用能力。
　　推荐了经典的学习材料
　　在每个章节的后部分向学生推荐经典的书目、影视作品、名诗欣赏以及英文歌曲等学习资料，使教材具有了弹性和开放性，方便不同院校不同水平学生的使用。

unit 1 clothing and the bible
　text a clothing
　text b cloak and tunic
　text c sackcloth
unit 2 food and the bible
　text a food, diet and health
　text b food
　text c diet
unit 3 family life and the bible
　text a family life
　text b parents and children
　text c how to strengthen your family ties
unit 4 marriage and the bible
　text a types of marriages
　text b jewish wedding
　text c jewish wedding customs and their origins
unit 5 women and the bible
　text a old testament post-creation views
　text b daughters of eve
　text c stories of the women
unit 6 shepherds and the bible
　text a shepherds
　text b shepherd leader
　text c shepherds’ implements
unit 7 prophets and the bible
　text a the prophet isaiah
　text b the prophet jeremiah 99
　text c ezekiel the prophet
unit 8 slaves and the bible
　text a the general picture of slavery
　text b treatment of slaves
　text c slavery and the bible
unit 9 weapons and warfare and the bible
　text a weapons
　text b alternative weapons
　text c war
unit 10 city and the bible
　text a cities
　text b a biblical theology of the city
　text c bible archaeology: sodom and gomorrah
unit 11 holidays and the bible
　text a jewish holidays
　text b purim in bible times
　text c holiday customs
unit 12 education and the bible
　text a christianity’s influence on education
　text b education in old testament times
　text c education in new testament times
unit 13 the power of dreams and the bible
　text a four main dreams in the bible
　text b what does the bible say about dreams?
　text c dream interpretation
unit 14 jewish values
　text a jewish impact on the civilization of america
　text b the jewish influence on the great seal
　text c number thirteen
unit 15 bible’s impact on english & american culture
　text a english culture and the bible
　text b american literature and the bible
　text c the bible’ s influence on american culture
appendix i: list of biblical names
appendix ii: 参考答案
appendix iii: famous bible stories
　abraham
　adam and eve
　bartimaeus
　conversion of paul
　crossing the red sea
　daniel and the lions
　david and goliath
　feeding of the 5000
　food and water in the desert and the first covenant
　gabriel visits mary
　jesus and nicodemus
　jesus and peter
　jesus and the children
　jesus calms a storm
　joseph and his brothers–part i
　joseph and his brothers–part ii
　noah’ s ark
　pharaoh’ s dreams
　parable of the sower
　peter denies he knows jesus
　the ascension
　the baptism of jesus
　the biblical account of creation
　the birth of jesus
　moses and the burning bush
　the coming of the holy spirit
　the death and resurrection of jesus
　the first passover
　the good samaritan
　the good shepherd
　the last supper
　the lost sheep and the lost coin
　the parable of the talents
　the plagues
　the prodigal son
　the temptation of jesus
　the ten commandments given to moses
　the word becomes flesh
　zacchaeus
appendix iv:参考的主要文献和网站