作为中上程度的把英语作为第二语言或非英语**的学生学习英语阅读课程*成功的教科书之一,《读者的选择》已稳稳立足,并获得好评。
本教科书是在如下理论指导下写成的:有效的阅读能力需要多种技巧的协调配合,但更重要的是读者从这些技巧中恰当地选择*能解决具体阅读问题的具体技巧和策略。书中的练习题和阅读材料会帮助学生成为独立的有效的读者。
每一篇精心选取的阅读材料都伴有变化多样的练习,其中包括利用当篇课文对其从读到写全过程的关键问题的综合归纳,活学活用。专门介绍阅读技巧的单元同把技巧集中于相应阅读材料中的单元交替出现,使学生不感枯燥。
第4版新内容:
◆突出的文化性 如今的学生不得不面对各种形式纷呈和图文结合的表现形式。本书也博采众长以图文并茂的形式推介新的阅读技巧和策略,使学生获得更多信息。
◆网络运用 现今的学生吸取信息资源的手段没有比上因特网更厉害的了。为此,本书专设两个网络资料运用单元,同时也在另一些阅读单元中插入网络信息。
◆新的阅读文章 不断变化的世界和社会生活使我们增加和更新了相当多的文章,以表达不同主题,如基因工程,以及新的科幻短文等。在全书29篇阅读文选

Introduction
1 Discourse Focus: Reading for Different Goals Web Work
Nonprose Reading: Menu
Word Study: Context Clues
Word Study: Dictionary Use
Word Study: Stems and Affixes
Paragraph Reading: Main Idea
2 Reading Selections 1A-1C: International Agency Reports and Essay (Social Issues)
Composition Foci: Arguing a Position / Developing a Proposal / Writing a Brochure
1A "The Globalization of Tourism"
1B "The Politics of Travel"
1C "Learning Holidays: A Thumbnail Guide"
Reading Selection 2: Mystery
Composition Focus: Fiction
"The Midnight Visitor"
Reading Selections 3A-3C: Essay and International
Agency Reports (Language Policy)
Composition Foci: Arguing a Position / Writing a Position Paper
3A "Can English Be Dethroned?"
3B "Winners and Losers"
3C "6,000 Languages: An Embattled Heritage"
3 Nonprose Reading: Newspaper Advertisements
Word Study: Stems and Affixes
Word Study: Dictionary Use
Sentence Study: Introduction
Sentence Study: Comprehension
Paragraph Reading: Main Idea
Discourse Focus: Reading for Different Goals--Web Work
4 Reading Selections 1A-1C: News and Information (Education)
Composition Foci: Arguing a Position / Presenting a Point of View
1A "The Creative Spirit"
1B "American Values in Education"
1C "Parents Seeking Cool Classroom for Son"
Reading Selection 2: Newspaper Questionnaire (Popular Psychology)
Composition Focus: Comparison and Contrast
"How Do You Handle Everyday Stress?"
Reading Selection 3: Science Reporting (Psychology)
Composition Focus: Presenting a Position
"The Stereotype of Stereotypes"
5 Nonprose Reading: Questionnaire
Word Study: Context Clues
Word Study: Stems and Affrxes
Sentence Study: Comprehension
Paragraph Reading: Restatement and Inference
Discourse Focus: Careful Reading / Drawing Inferences
6 Reading Selections 1A-1B: News and Advertisement (Public Policy)
Composition Foci: Arguing a Position / Writing an Advertisement
1A "Smoking in Public: Live and Let Live"
1B "America's New Merchants of Death"
Reading Selection 2: Magazine Article (Social Trends)
Composition Focus: Comparison and Contrast
"Conjugal Prep"
Reading Selection 3: Science Reporting (Genetics)
Composition Focus: Presenting an Opinion
"Gene Mapping May Foster Discrimination"; "The Human Genome"
7 Nonprose Reading: Poetry
Word Study: Context Clues
Word Study: Stems and Affixes
Sentence Study: Restatement and Inference
Paragraph Analysis: Reading for Full Understanding
Discourse Focus: Prediction
8 Reading Selections 1A-1B:Technical Prose
9 Nonprose Reading:Bus Schedule
10 Reading Selections 1A-1B:Feature Articles
11 Nonprose Reading;Road Map
12 Reading Selection 1:Textbood
13 Longer Reading :Psychology
14 Longer reading :Suspense
Appendix
Answer Key

本书是一种速成英语泛读精选教材。其特点是:课文选材广泛,内容与生活和社会紧密结合,富有知识性与趣味性,练习丰富,有英语理解、构词法、词根、词源及前后缀等。修订后的第4版,经过编排顺序适当调整和新材料的补充更趋完善,本书已被我国多所大学选作英语系高年级和研究生阅读教材或教学参考书。
本教材的对象是把英语作为第二语言或外语的学习者,因此适用于我国的英语学习者。考虑到全书用英语编写,课文内容又有一定深度,对已完成中级阶段的学习者更为理想。本书的*大特色在于它是以如何提高学习者的阅读技能为目的而编写的。