第一部分为时文选粹,包括4个单元,所选文章涉及现代科技与生活、西方人看中国、西方一瞥以及生活中的智慧;第二部分为中外经典,也包括4个单元,所选文章涵盖英国文学中的经典散文、诗歌、短篇小说和长篇小说节选,以及中国名流的经典英文散文。每一课都包括课文、注解、与课文密切相关的练习及开放性的思考题。本教材每单元的第一课都有一个关于阅读技巧的专题讲解。该单元的每一课都有就这一阅读技巧所设计的练习,同时这些练习与该课的课文也密切相关。此外,每单元还配有丰富的阅读材料,供学生课外阅读使用。除开放性问题外,所有问题都配有参考答案,以附录形式附在书后。
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《英文精品阅读》是为了适应目前新形势下大学生英语学习的需求而编写的一本教材。包括两部分,共8个单元17课,供学生一个学期使用。
第一部分为时文选粹,包括4个单元,所选文章涉及现代科技与生活、西方人看中国、西方一瞥以及生活中的智慧;第二部分为中外经典,也包括4个单元,所选文章涵盖英国文学中的经典散文、诗歌、短篇小说和长篇小说节选,以及中国名流的经典英文散文。每一课都包括课文、注解、与课文密切相关的练习及开放性的思考题。本教材每单元的第一课都有一个关于阅读技巧的专题讲解。该单元的每一课都有就这一阅读技巧所设计的练习,同时这些练习与该课的课文也密切相关。此外,每单元还配有丰富的阅读材料,供学生课外阅读使用。除开放性问题外,所有问题都配有参考答案,以附录形式附在书后。
本教材在内容的选择上新颖独特,既保留了传统阅读教材的广泛性,又融人了英语文学的经典性;既有英语文学中的经典作品,又有反映时代信息的时文选粹;既有英语名家名篇,又有中国人的优秀英文作品;既有正文学习又有补充阅读;既有语言方面的练习,又有阅读技能的讲解,经典性、广泛性、趣味性和实用性相辅相成≮有机地结合在_起。因此,本教材既能提高学生的英语语言水平,又能提高他们的文学文化修养。同时也能提高他们的英语学习兴趣和民族自豪感。
由于本教材包含内容广、信息量大,学生在使用本教材时应该做好课前预习和课后复习。另外,由于每课所配的练习量较大,教师在使用该教材过程中,可对课后练习有选择地使用。
本教材可作为英语专业大学一、二年级学生的泛读教材,非英语专业大学三、四年级学生的高级阅读教材,继续教育学院专升本学生、高职英语专业学生的泛读教材或高级阅读教材,也可作为英语专业学生的课外阅读材料,同时还可供其他英语爱好者自学使用。
Section One Fine Works on Current Isses
Unit 1 Modern Technology and Life
Lesson One
The Rise of Baidu David Barboza
Reading Skill One: Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words from Context Clues (Part One)
Lesson Two
Striking a Balance between Privacy and Convenience Douglas C. Curling
Lesson Three
To Clone or Not to Clone, Is That the Question?
Supplementary Reading OneStrategic Cost Management
Unit 2 China in the Eyes of Westerners
Lesson Four Shanghais Boom: A Building Frenzy Howard W. French
Reading Skill Two: Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words from Context Clues (Part Two)
Lesson Five China Competes with West in Aid to Its Neighbors Jane Perlez
Supplementary Reading Two
Chinese New Year-A Promise of Peace and Prosperity William N.Brown
Unit 3 Glimpse of the West
Political Parties in the United States
Reading Skill Three:Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word formation Clues(compounding and conversion)
Lesson Seven Christmas in New Zealand
Supplementary Reading Three Impressions of America Oscar Wilde
Unit 4 Wisdom in Life
Lesson Eight The Shadows Bruee Hutchison Reading Skill Four:Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues(stems,prefixes,and suffixes):Part One
Lesson Nine Two Truths to Live By A lexander M.Schindler
Supplementary Reading Four A Simple Truth about Happiness Dennis Prager
Section Two Fine Works on Current IssesUnit 5 English Essays
Lesson Ten Text 1 Of Beauty FFancis Bacon
TeXt2 Of Studies Francis Bacon
Reading Skill Five:Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word.for mation Clues (stems,prefixes,and suffixes):Part Two
Lesson Eleven The Acorn-Gatherer
Richard Jefferies
Supplementary Reading Five
French and English G.K.Chesterton
Unit 6 EngIish Poems
Lesson Twelve Poem Sonnet
William Shakespeare
Poem 2 Songto Celia Ben Johlhson
Poem 3 ARed,RedRose Robert Burns
Reading Skill Six:Poem Appreciation
Supplementary Reading Six
Poem Counsel to Girls Robert Herrick
Poem2 The Tyger William BZake
Poem 3 Daffodils
William Wordsworth
Unit 7 English Flctions
Lesson Thirteen The Signalman
Charles Dickens
Reading Skill Seven Sentence Study(Part 1):Comprehensionof a Sentence by Reading It in Thought Gmups
Lesson Fourteen TheHorseDealer’s Daughter D.H.Lawrence
Lesson Fifteen Jane Eyre(Chapter Eight,Volume Two)Charlotte Bront
Supplementary Reading Seven
Kew Gardens(Chapter 57)Virginia Woolf
Unit 8 Fine Works by Chinese
Lesson Sixteen The Religion of Good Citizenship Gu Hong ming
Reading Skill Eight:Sentence Study Part 2):Comprehension of a Sentence by Structural Analysis
Lesson Seventeen
Farewell,Old Curiosity Shop Xiao Qian
Appendix Keys for Reference