本书依据《非英语专业研究生英语教学大纲》的要求编写而成，编写上力求做到读写训练和文本特点相结合、阅读欣赏和写作训练相结合、文化底蕴与翻译训练相结合。全书分为八个单元，涉及新闻报道、传记、散文、科普文章、小说、诗歌、剧本及演讲词等多种体裁，内容涵盖医疗与健康、人工智能、文化艺术、婚姻与家庭、个人与自由、政界风云、商业挑战、科学技术等多种主题。每个单元都提供A、B两篇文章供学习选择，还配备了各种形式新颖、精心设计的练习题。本书将文献阅读、学术写作、中英文翻译等多种技巧相融合，培养学生对中外文化的认知与鉴赏能力。
本书选材大多来自国外网站或国内外书籍和报刊，内容新颖，语言地道，可供普通高等院校具有一定英语基础的本科生、硕士研究生和博士研究生作为教材使用，也可以作为大学英语课程和素质拓展课程的补充教材，还可供英语学习爱好者自学使用。
Unit One Health Care
Section A
The Dawn of Digital Medicine
Section B
How to Live Longer, Better
Writing Practice
Types of Writing
Unit Two Artificial Intelligence
Section A
Transforming Jobs in the Age of AI
Section B
The Magician Steve Jobs
Writing Practice
Exposition ~ Argumentation
Unit Three Cultural Arts
Section A
Why a Classic Is a Classic
Section B
Beauty
Writing Practice
Letter Writing
Unit Four Marriage Life
Section A
A More Perfect Union
Section B
The Gift of the Magi (Excerpt)
Writing Practice
Resume
Unit Five Freedom Pursuit
Section A
Those Rugged Individuals
Section B
The Road Not Taken
Writing Practice
Academic Writing
Unit Six Political World
Section A
The Corruption in Washington Is Smothering America's Future
Section B
President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
Writing Practice
Abstract
Unit Seven Business Prosperity
Section A
What Happened the Last Time Hollywood Shut Down?
Section B
The Devil Wears Prada
Writing Practice
Summary Writing
Unit Eight Scientific Technology
Section A
New Directions—Map Making
Section B
Space Exploration
Writing Practice
Figure of Speech
Appendix
Key to Exercises
Reference Translation of the Texts
References
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