《歐洲文化入門》是在內容依托教學理念指導下推出的系列英語內容依托教材之一，顛覆了以往英語精讀課“為學語言而學語言”的教學模式。本教材共分十六單元。教材的敘述從歐洲文明發展的源頭兩河文明與古埃及文明開始，以歷史發展的時間先后為序，一直延伸到20世紀當代歐洲社會的主要文藝動向，基本涵蓋了歐洲文化的主要發展歷程，對西方文化的進程進行了系統的介紹。
unit 1 the first civilizations 1
text a the cradle of civilization 2
text b pyramids in egypt 9
text c otzi's last meal 11
unit 2 ancient greece (i) 13
text a the classical greece
text b a tale of two cities: sparta vs athens 20
text c alexander the great: the king of kings 22
unit 3 ancient greece (ii) 25
text a the hellenistic greece 26
text b the ancient olympic games 32
text c the parthenon 34
unit 4 ancient rome (i)
text a rome: from republic to empire
text b conversion of the roman republic to the roman empire
unit 1 the first civilizations 1
text a the cradle of civilization 2
text b pyramids in egypt 9
text c otzi's last meal 11
unit 2 ancient greece (i) 13
text a the classical greece
text b a tale of two cities: sparta vs athens 20
text c alexander the great: the king of kings 22
unit 3 ancient greece (ii) 25
text a the hellenistic greece 26
text b the ancient olympic games 32
text c the parthenon 34
unit 4 ancient rome (i)
text a rome: from republic to empire
text b conversion of the roman republic to the roman empire
text c the burning of rome
unit 5 ancient rome (ii)
text a roman art and architecture
text b roman baths
text c the roman forum
unit 6 the bible and rise of christianity
text a an introduction to the bible
text b the rise of christianity
text c the gospels
unit 7 the middle ages
text a between ancient and modern
text b the crusades
text c the black death
unit 8 the making of renaissance
text a the dawn of a new age
text b the humanism of the renaissance
text c johann gutenberg
unit 9 high renaissance
text a renaissance art and artists
text b mystery behind the mona lisa
text c william shakespeare
unit 10 the reformation
text a the european reformation
text b the roman catholic church in 1500
text c driven to defiance
unit 11 the baroque age
text a the age of revolution
text b newton, the apple, and gravity
text c baroque style
unit 12 the age of enlightenment
text a the enlightenment
text b wolfgang amadeus mozart
text c women in the enlightenment
unit 13 the french revolution
text a the french revolution
text b the storming of the bastille
text c the reign of terror
unit 14 romanticism
text a romanticism
text b the sorrows of young werther
text c the romantic painting
unit 15 realism
text a science and culture in an age of realism
text b a tale of two cities
text c charles darwin
unit 16 modernism and other contemporary trends
texta modernism defined 199
text b modernism after world war ii (i)
text c modernism after world war ii (ii)
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