本书共8课。每课由两大部分和练习组成:**部分为英语阅读技巧和3~5篇短篇阅读练习,旨在通过教学,进一步提高研究生的英语阅读能力;第二部分为两篇选读课文,可作为精读和泛读内容使用。内容涉及语言、跨文化交流、艺术欣赏等。
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Unit One Language,Culture and Communication
Part I Reading Guidelines:Devdoping Good Reading Habits
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A Stumbthing Blocks in Intercultural Communicatio
Text B Politics and the English Language
Unit Two Learning Lives
Part I Reading Guidelines:Scanning
PartⅡSelected Reading
Text A University Education
Text B Education for Sustainable Development
Unit Three Marriage and the Family
Part I Reading Guidelines:Skimming
PartⅡSelected Reading
Text A How to Cook a StepfamUy
Text B The Sandwich Generation:A Cluttered Nest
Unit Four New Economic Times
Part I Reading Guidelines:Word Meaning by Word FormatiOil
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A Human Capital and Economic Development
Text B As Rich—poor Gap Widens in US,Class Mobility sl:alls
Unit Five Man and Nature
Part I Reading Guidelines:How to Read for“Comprehension
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A Gender.Poverty and Environment
Text B Indian Ocean Tsunami
Unit Six Art Gallery
Part I Reading Guidelines:Critical Reading
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A“I Should LiIce to Astonish Paris with an Apple”-The still Lifes
Text B The Making of a Love Triangle
Unit Seven Literature Garden
Part I Reading Guidelines:Reading for Artistic Appreciation
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A A Rose for Emily
Text B A Clean,Well—lighted Place
Unit Eight Academic World
Part I Reading Guidelines:How to Deal with Academic Reading
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading Music Lessons Enhance IQ
Glossary
Acknowledgements