《高级军事英语教程/国防语言课程系列教材》适用于军事院校学生的大学英语教学,为军队院校的学生量身制定,注重贴近军校学生的专业需求。 《高级军事英语教程/国防语言课程系列教材》共9个单元,每单元围绕不同的主题由三部分组成,全面覆盖了听、读、写、说四项基本技能,综合提高学生学习英语和利用英语知识解决问题的能力。
当今世界军事舞台,外语的作用举足轻重,与国防的关系日益密切。一个国家军队的国防语言能力是其战斗力的重要构成,一支外语能力过硬、国际视野开阔、熟悉行动区域语言文化的军队能够更加自信地完成肩负的使命任务。为适应遂行多样化军事任务对新型军事人才国防语言能力的需要,解放军陆军工程大学联合军队兄弟院校编写了“国防语言课程系列教材”。
“国防语言课程系列教材”是继“新军事英语系列教材”之后军队院校外语教学内容体系的又一次大胆改革。它既满足“培养大批具有国际视野、通晓国际规则、能够参与国际事务与国际竞争的国际化人才”这一国家教育战略对高等院校外语教学的基本要求,又凸显军队院校外语教学的鲜明军事特色,贴近军校学员的学习、生活和部队建设的实际需要。“国防语言课程系列教材”涉及英、法、德、俄、日五个语种,包括国防语言知识技能综合性教材和对象国军政文化教学类教材。本套教材注重实用性、时代性和开放性。
“国防语言课程系列教材”的英语综合类教材包括《初级军事英语教程》、《中级军事英语教程》、《高级军事英语教程》三册。从选题的内容和难度上,这三册教材可作为通用大学英语课程与专业军事英语课程的衔接课程使用教材。每册的单元主题广度和深度都有一个提升,课后练习的题型和要求也遵循这一思想。各单元均包括读写和视听说两大部分,具有较强的可读性。读写部分选材新颖、注释清晰,配套练习有对课文理解的考察,语言要素的训练,也有军事知识的拓展深化;结合视听材料内容,设置了简答题、判断题、选择题、填空题等难度适中、形式多样的题型,旨在提高学员的听说能力。通过学习,学员在掌握外军知识、军事术语、缩略语的同时,巩固听、说、读、写、译等技能,提高岗位指向英语应用能力。《高级军事英语教程》涵盖国防语言、军人伦理、军事演习、军人节日、战争与科技、军事教育、军事情报、军事学说等主题,供英语水平达到大学英语四级的学员使用。教材提供了大量素材,教员可根据自己的实际情况进行选择,既可以作为面授内容,也可作为课后扩展练习。
编者囿于经验,在设计和内容上难免疏漏。我们热诚欢迎更多的反馈意见和建议,以便让这套教材得到不断完善。
Unit One Defense Language
Part I Pre-reading Activities
Part II Reading-centered Activities
Text A Language Skills Vital to Military Success
Text B How to Become an Army Interpreter or Translator
Part III Additional Theme-related Activities
Unit Two Military Ethics
Part I Pre-reading Activities
Part II Reading-centered Activities
Text A West Point Honour System-Its Objectives and Procedures
Text B Military Orders——To Obey or Not to Obey
Part III Additional Theme-related Activities
Unit Three Military Exercises
Part I Pre-reading Activities
Part II Reading-centered Activities
Text A Bold Alligator
Text B U.S. Military Exercises
Part III Additional Theme-related Activities
Unit Four Military Holidays
Part I Pre-reading Activities
Part II Reading-centered Activities
Text A Honouring All Who Served——Veterans Day
Text B Ten Facts About Memorial Day
Part III Additional Theme-related Activities
Unit Five War and Technology
Part I Pre-reading Activities
Part II Reading-centered Activities
Text A How Stealth Bombers Work
Text B Do Wars Drive Technological Advancement?
Part III Additional Theme-related Activities
Unit Six Military Education
Part I Pre-reading Activities
Part II Reading-centered Activities
Text A How the U.S. Military Academy Develops Leaders of Character
Text B Soldier Scholars-Military Education as an Instru-ment of China's Strategic Power
Part III Additional Theme-related Activities
Unit Seven Military Intelligence
Part I Pre-reading Activities
Part II Reading-centered Activities
Text A Military Intelligence——The Satellite Era
Text B U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency and Its Transformation
Part III Additional Theme-related Activities
Unit Eight Military Doctrine
Part I Pre-reading Activities
Part II Reading-centered Activities
Text A The New U. S. Military Doctrine
Text B New Military Doctrine:America Is “Looking for Enemies”
Part III Additional Theme-related Activities
Unit Nine Military Transformation
Part I Pre-reading Activities