教材编写遵循以下原则:练习设计和活动安排以学习者为**,强调应用能力的培养;针对研究生听说能力下降的特点,重视口语和听力的培养;课文题材、体裁多样,紧跟时代;重视翻译和写作(尤其是论文写作)能力的培养;在突出词法、句法的基础上,融入篇章知识的教学。 本书为阅读A分册,课文内容丰富、题材多样,具有趣味性和启发性,语言知识与能力训练并重,旨在培养学生读、写、译的语言运用能力,兼顾培养学生的听说能力。

CoNTENTs
UNIT ONE
Warm-up 1
Text: A Young Boy's Ambition 1
Supplementary Readings: A. A Pound of Butter 12
B. Brave Ballerina 16
UNIT TWO
Warm-up 21
Text: What the Internet Cannot Do? 21
Supplementary Readings: A. Tim Berners-Lee (I) 33
B. Tim Berners-Lee (II) 36
UNIT THREE
Warm-up 39
Text: Oceans of Sand 39
Supplementary Readings: A. Desert 50
B. Moles Are Happy As Homes Go Underground 52
UNIT FOUR
Warm-up 59
Text: Three Kinds of Fatigue 59
Supplementary Readings: A. The Breath of Life (I) 71
B. The Breath of Life (II) 74
UNIT FIVE
Warm-up 79
Text: Bringing Up Children 79
Supplementary Readings: A. Let Children Learn to Judge Their Own Work 91
B. Five Parenting Styles 93
UNIT SIX
Warm-up 99
Text: How Service Experiences Affect Students 99
Supplementary Readings: A. The Future of the Universities 109
B. Education Does Count 112
UNIT SEVEN
Warm-up 115
Text: Supporting Science 115
Supplementary Readings: A.U.K. Joins Fight for IT Workers 129
B. The History of Space Observation and Travel 131
UNIT EIGHT
Warm-up 135
Text: How Trees Are Killing Our Rivers 135
Supplementary Readings: A. A Fable for Tomorrow 146
B. LightNing inthe Mountains 140
UNIT NINE
Warm-up 153
Text: The Most Important Day in My Life 153
Supplementary Readings: A. Signs of a Changing Season (I) 164
B. Signs of a Changing Season (II) 166
UNIT TEN
Warm-up 171
Text: How to Build a Body Part 171
Supplementary Readings: A. Embryos and Real Lives 182
B. Clone: Will There Be "Carbon Copy" People? 186
UNIT ELEVEN
Warm-up 191
Text: Etiquette 192
Supplementary Readings: A. American Classroom Customs 205
B. A World Guide to Good Manners 207
-- How not to behave badly abroad
UNIT TWELVE
Warm-up 211
Text: Knowledge Management Is a Business Imperative 211
Supplementary Readings: A. The Muddle of MBAs 224
B. Keepers of the Dream 227
UNIT THIRTEEN
Warm-up 233
Text: Practical Psychology: Silent Speech 234
Supplementary Readings: A. Soundless Communication 246
B. You Are How You Wait: Queue Psychology 249
UNIT FOURTEEN
Warm-up 253
Text: Plagiarism Exposed at University 253
Supplementary Readings: A. In Praise of the F Word 267
B. How Can Asian Children Achieve So Much 270
UNIT FIFTEEN
Warm-up 273
Text: Genetic Studies Promise a Path to Better Treatment of Addictions 273
Supplementary Readings: A. Here's to Your Health 286
B. Health and Safety at Work 290