本書作為英語專業(yè)基礎階段的閱讀教材旨在擴大學生的詞匯量，增強英語語感，豐富文化知識，提高人文素質(zhì)，并培養(yǎng)學生的邏輯思維和形象思維能力，訓練略讀、尋讀、細讀、評讀等閱讀技巧。為滿足擴充詞匯量、拓展知識面的需要，本書選題范圍較廣，內(nèi)容豐富；為提高學生的思辨能力和閱讀欣賞能力，優(yōu)先選擇具有經(jīng)典意義和收藏價值的文章, 有助于學生從西方傳統(tǒng)文化和現(xiàn)當代文化中汲取精華部分，了解其獨特的精神內(nèi)涵。配套練習旨在引導學生去解讀、思考、分析、批評，并激發(fā)學生更強烈的閱讀欲望。
本書修訂更換了部分課文，以求選材的時代性、內(nèi)容的豐富性、文本的趣味性和文體的多樣性。在篩選文章的過程中，既考慮提升學生的英語水平與人文知識基礎，也注重整套教材內(nèi)容的前后銜接。
安徽大學教授
Unit One
Text A Unveiling and Consuming Art in the Multifarious Spaces of Early Modern China 1
Text B Book Review of Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy 13
Twenty Minutes’ Reading…25
Unit Two 29
Text A Take This Fish and Look at It 29
Text B Another School Year—What For? 37
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 45
Unit Three 49
Text A Your Flexible Friends 49
Text B Words That Get You Hired 58
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 67
Unit One
Text A Unveiling and Consuming Art in the Multifarious Spaces of Early Modern China 1
Text B Book Review of Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy 13
Twenty Minutes’ Reading…25
Unit Two 29
Text A Take This Fish and Look at It 29
Text B Another School Year—What For? 37
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 45
Unit Three 49
Text A Your Flexible Friends 49
Text B Words That Get You Hired 58
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 67
Unit Four 70
Text A European Business News 70
Text B Is Higher Inflation the Most Painless Way to Escape Current Economic Troubles? 81
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 89
Unit Five 93
Text A Solve That Problem—With Humor 93
Text B The Crooked Streets 101
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 110
Unit Six 114
Text A When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is “a Waste of Time”114
Text B Escaping the Daily Grind for Life as a House Father 122
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 130
Unit Seven 134
Text A A Matter of Degrees 134
Text B How to Build a Student for the 21st Century 143
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 152
Unit Eight 157
Text A Friendship: The Laws of Attraction 157
Text B The Bond: Staying in Touch When Children Go to College 167
Twenty Minutes’ Reading…175
Unit Nine 179
Text A The Biggest Extinction on Earth 179
Text B Spyware on Your Cell Phone? 187
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 193
Unit Ten 197
Text A Fame 197
Text B The Vice of Punctuality 205
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 213
Unit Eleven 216
Text A The Shocks of Doom 216
Text B Luck 226
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 234
Unit Twelve 238
Text A The Price of Oil 238
Text B Deal or No Deal 247
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 255
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