一、背景与前言《情境化学:应用化学到社会》(Chemistry in Con-text-Application Chemistry to Society)(以下简称《情境化学》)是由美国化学会组织编写,McGraw-Hill 公司1994年出版的供美国高中生使用的化学教材,亦可作为文科生的选读教材。自第一版问世以来,经过几次修订,第四版已经发行。本文研究的是2000年修订的第三版。《情境化学》是以社会中心课程理论为主导思想编写的。编写者包括中学教师、环境专家、大学教授、网络站点评论家等等。教材的前言表明了编写者的 I. Background and Preface Chemistry in Con-text-Application Chemistry to Society (“Context Chemistry”) was prepared by the American Chemical Society and published by McGraw-Hill in 1994 Chemistry textbooks for high school students in the United States can also be used as textbooks for liberal arts students. Since the publication of the first edition, the fourth edition has been released after several amendments. This article studies the third edition, revised in 2000. “Situational chemistry” is based on the theory of social center curriculum theory as the main idea. Writers include secondary school teachers, environmental experts, university professors, web site critics and more. The preface of the textbook shows the writer’s