长篇阅读2全大学高阶英语

Contents
Unit One
What Is Intelligence,Anyway? __2
Part I
Personal Benefits of Foreign Language Study __5
Part I
America's Foreign Language Crisis _ 11
Part ⅢⅢ
Learning a Second Language:Weighing the Pros
and Cons _ 13
Part IⅣ
An Additional Benefit of Learning a New Language _ 17
Part V
Unit Two
A Game of Light and Shade _ 24
Part I
When Summer Found Its Place in My Heart __ 27
Part IⅡ
The Importance of Healthy Family Relationships __ 32
Part ⅢⅢ
Pros and Cons of the Nuclear Family _34
Part Ⅳ
A Most Important Family Bond _40
Part V
Unit Three
Rites of Passage __ 46
Part I
Text Generation Gap: U R 2 Old _49
Part IⅡ
The Digital Generation Gap _55
Part IⅢⅢ
How Can Age Diversity Affect Your Company? Here Are the
Part IⅣ
Pros and Cons __57
Is Technology Creating a Family Divide? _62
Part V
Unit Four
The Fun and Excitement of“Reality" _68
Part I
Once Upon a Time There Were No Cell Phones __ 71
Part II
The Importance of Information Technology in Education _76
Part IⅢⅢ
Virtual Reality in the Classroom: Advantages and
Part IⅣ
Disadvantages _ 78
Three Ways VR Will Impact the Future of Tech Careers __ 83
Part V
Unit Five
Do Animals Think? _ 88
Part I
Natural and Applied Science _92
Part Ⅱ
How Smart Are Animals? __ 98
Part ⅢⅢ
Advantages and Disadvantages of Industrial Robots _ 100
Part IⅣ
Dolphins - The Smartest Animals on Earth __ 105
Part V
Unit Six
Reading -The Most Important Way to Learn English _ 112
Part I
Does Twitter Have It Out for the English Language? __ 116
Part Ⅱ
Learn English Online:How the Internet Is Changing
Part II
Language _ 122
The Pros and Cons of Google Translate _ 124
Part IⅣ
Two Ways the Internet Has Changed the English
Part V
Language _ 129
Appendix Key to Comprehension Exercises _135