专家评价
    《剑桥国际英语教程》与以往的教材不同，它的主要特点有：
　　第一，国际化内容。它是真正把英语作为一种国际性语言来对待的国际性的教材。它所涵盖的世界各个国家的材料（包括英美但是不仅限于英美），比如各国人物（如崔健）和各国习俗（如见面礼节、做客习惯），给外语学习者以很强的亲和感。
　　第二，交际教学法。本教材通过各种特别真实的交际场合来学习语言和交际功能，比如，功能方面，提要求，表达感情，讲述故事，询问喜爱。从题材方面，也与日常生活相结合（如周末活动），让学生利用本人的情况来进行交际活动，交际环境非常真实。
　　第三，材料新颖。它所用的材料都非常新颖具体，看来很有趣味。让学生围绕这些新颖具体的材料（如美国每年的结婚和离婚人数，最新的购物方式等）做活动，练习就变得很有趣味。
　　第四，语言鲜活生动。学生可以学到很多本国人常用的鲜活的生活词汇，比如，用 "Couch Potato"一词描述一个不喜欢运动的人。

----胡文仲（北京外国语大学教授，中国英语教学研究会会长）　　

    New Interchange / Passages provides the best way of learning English, because all the dialogues, passages in this series are meaningful communications.

--陈琳（北京外国语大学教授，教育部《国家英语课程标准》研制组组长）

    这套书最大的特点是：内容有趣，让人爱不释手。兴趣是学习的基础。这是这本书成功的重要原因。
　　这套书之所以有趣，是因为：
　　首先，它贯彻"交际式教学法"的原则，不是孤立地、片面地讲解语言材料，而是用很多有趣的故事，真实的语境来讲解语言。
　　同时，这本书提供了丰富的真实材料和知识，使学习者在学习的过程中不知不觉得到很多文化的营养。
　　另外，本书编排非常精致，材料剪接得非常贴切，使教学活动变得很有乐趣。
　　最后，它的配套教材非常完善，包括录音，录像等，给学生提供了各种学习途径。

--汤德馨教授（北京航空航天大学教授）　

    This course book is marked by a multi-skill syllabus. It incorporates grammar, vocabulary, function and communication, and manages to teach grammar in a relaxed, communicative way.
　　 It is also full of current real-world information and material, such as distinguished political figures and film stars. The topics include love, marriage, family, sports, environment, and introduce new ideas about catalogue shopping, computer shopping. This guarantees the students will choose to read on rather than feel frustrated.

--胡壮麟教授（北京大学教授）　

《剑桥国际英语教程》有以下特色：
　　1．有强烈的时代感，具有国际性，跨文化交际性。非常符合我们培养21世纪的人才，也就是国际性人才的教育目标，符合青年人兴趣的需要。
　　2．其编排体系体现了话题（topics），结构（structures）和功能（functions）三者的紧密结合。在众多的交际法教材中是出类拔萃的。非常利于综合技能，尤其是听说技能的提高，也非常符合中国老师的实际需要。
　　3．教材配套齐全，资源丰富。有助于优化教学过程，培养学生终身学习的能力，非常符合新的课程标准要求。
　　4．练习形式多种多样，富有启发性（stimulating）, 可以激发学生的想象力和发散性、创造性思维。
　　总之，这套教材是高质量的英语教科书，使用对象包括：适合成人，大学低年级学生，可以作为城市中条件较好的中学、有外语特色的学校、外国语学校的辅助教材，而且为一般的学校提供很好的教学资源。


　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　－－刘道义中国教育学会外语教学专业委员会理事长

    材料非常新；文化知识丰富；图片丰富，富有趣味；非常实用。总之，这是一本非常适合素质教育的好教材。

--张勇先（人民大学）　

    内容新鲜活泼，富有活力；教学方法非常有亲和力。主要体现在以学生为中心的个性化教学，真实的材料，和自然的生活语言；反映了多种国家的文化观。培养学生的文化交际意识，相互理解的意识，让学生在这种意识之中学习英语；设计和印刷都非常精美，赏心悦目，使学习过程变得愉快、享受。

--秦亚青（北京外国语大学）　

    本套教材是真正体现素质教育的英语教材，符合改革开放以来，外语学习者们的切实需要，真正能够改变长久以来困扰我国英语教育的 “聋子英语”，“哑巴英语”的现象。

--陈乃芳（北京外国语大学校长）

    New Interchange题材覆盖面广，内容新颖生动，并且提供了大量跨文化差异的信息，既能激发学生的兴趣又能拓展知识。首先，它所使用的许多资料是90年代的，比如：1998年落成的上海金茂大厦，Bill Gates（比尔·盖茨），Keanu Reeves（基努·里维斯），中国摇滚乐手崔健等。另外，学生还从中接触到了很多国家、城市、著名风景点和各种风俗习惯，如富士山、美国大峡谷和桑巴狂欢节等。
　　与本教材配套的录音带，语音优美清晰，语调自然流畅，对话感情丰富，内容生动诙谐。学生反映这是最具有"原汁原味"的英语，是学生模仿用的最理想材料。
　　学过New Interchange 以后，学生英语应用能力明显提高。他们不仅生活词汇量大、语言运用灵活，而且知识面得到拓宽，懂得了一些中西方文化的差异，口语更加地道。

--苏尚煜教授，北京工商大学英语系　　

“…My students really enjoy the communicative nature of the tasks and we often expand into wonderful discussions which make for an exciting and rewarding class. I'm so happy with the New Interchange series…”.

--Susan Rhine, Director, Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, Illinois　

“…One of the best things about Interchange is that the lessons always encourage the students to participate using information from their own lives. This makes class more fun and keeps students' interests high…”.

--International Language Training Consultants, Tokyo, Japan

“The Interchange series is a standard for the ESL publishing industry. Dr. Richards has created a very successful tool - useful not only for instructing your students, but also for inspiring them. The immediate benefits of using Interchange show themselves very quickly: while the students learn the language in a way that is natural and interesting to them, the teacher learns more about his or her own teaching style (as well as new and effective ways to instruct an ESL class)… a highly recommendable set of books to use”.

-- Korea Tesol Journal

“…Teachers committed to providing the best opportunities for their students to learn English will find in Interchange a valuable tool…”.

--Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

I compared New Interchange to several other well-known ESL series. New Interchange is better integrated (level to level), and the video component is a big plus because of the applicability and realism it brings to the classroom.

New Interchange has more survival tips and vocabulary woven into the texts. These features become very important once you take the books out of the box and try to make them work in the classroom.

We are all very happy with New Interchange.

– Sandi Starr, Adult 0.ESL Program Director,
Bellaire High School, Houston ISD

New Interchange CD-ROMs

. . . last year we purchased both the New Interchange 1 and the New Interchange 2 CD-ROMs and I just wanted to let you know how happy we've been with them.

We're using the software at all three of our campuses in each of the language labs, and the software has been a hit with everyone, even though our ESL students are a diverse group with varying levels of education! Students even have to be asked to return to their classrooms because they don't want to stop using the software.

The software complements our academically focused ESL program, which emphasizes reading and writing, but the software also supplements listening and speaking practice, which is limited in our program. The videos that are a part of each lesson are interesting and cover a number of important topics, including things about American culture (the garage sale, for example). In addition, the students can record their own voices to work on their pronunciation. In one of our classes, we have also bought the accompanying text, but without the accompanying text, we have had just as much success using the software. As the underlying grammar is covered in any ESL course and the topics can pertain to any class, it is easy to find units that match the class, no matter what the text.

The only other program that I've seen that is as complete as the New Interchange software is the ELLIS software. Of course, the difference is that the ELLIS software has prohibitive costs while the New Interchange software is quite affordable. Our grant has paid for the software, but a student could purchase it just as easily.

. . . I get inspired every time I start to talk about this software. I highly recommend it and I thank Cambridge for such a great product. . . .

— Liz Restivo, Language Instruction and Assessment,
Saint Augustine College, Chicago, USA

New Interchange and Passages
Our students love working with New Interchange and Passages. We tried out several texts before deciding on New Interchange and Passages and we haven't been sorry. The tasks in the book get the student enthusiastically involved. We use all the components: Teacher's Edition, Workbook, Class Audio, Student's Audio, Video, CD-ROM, and the Teacher-Training Video. They definitely enhance our courses. After working with New Interchange for several years while searching for the ideal follow-up text, we welcomed Passages, which really leads our students to a high Intermediate level. The timely topics directly involve our students, leading them to more mature writing. The Teacher-Training Video provides a springboard to discussion among our teachers. New Interchange and Passages have definitely been a positive addition to our program.

— Gail Brown, Academic Director,
Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Peru

New Interchange Video 3

I have received this video at almost the middle of the semester; my students have seen units six and seven. The students and I are very delighted to have this added dimension to clarify many learning concepts.

This video presents a wealth of information that reinforces the student book and workbook. In unit seven ("Saving Florida's Manatees") the video is tailored precisely to the objective of the unit as it presents through very clear examples an endangered species, the manatee, and the environmental factors that threaten its survival. The oral language used throughout this video unit repeats over and over passive sentences in the present perfect and progressive tenses, thereby giving an added dimension of how this new academic structure is utilized in everyday experiences by native speakers.

I truly look forward to the upcoming video units.

— Federico E. Fenn Grier, Esol Level 3 Instructor