| 作者 |
| 胡阳 |
| 丛书名 |
| 高校英语选修课系列教材 |
| 出版社 |
| 清华大学出版社 |
| ISBN |
| 9787302497059 |
| 简要 |
| 简介 |
| 内容简介 本书是在2010年第二版教材的基础上修订而成。新版教材在沿用原有编写理念的同时在文章选材、板块设计、练习编排等方面进行了修订。本书按主题分为8个单元，每单元包括1篇新闻，3篇文章，所选文章渐进地增加阅读长度和难度，其后附上一定的阅读理解和词汇练习，以及适量的写作练习，适合大中专院校中已完成英语初级阶段学习的非英语专业学习者使用，所选阅读文章均来自近年来原版英文报刊杂志，题材多样。此外，为方便使用, 本书附有练习答案。 本书同样适合大中专院校中水平较高的英语学习者和大学英语四六级、研究生入学考试及TOFEL、GRE等各类考生备考使用。 |
| 目录 |
| Unit 1 Education .1 Part A Lead-in .2 News Reading Schoolchildren Fearful about Future since EU Referendum, Say Heads 2 Part B Reading 4 Reading 1 Will Online Learning Replace the Classroom . 4 Reading 2 No Grades, No Timetable: Berlin School Turns Teaching Upside Down . 15 Reading 3 Hire” Education: A Vocational Model Succeeds . 22 Part C Unit Assignments .28 Unit 2 Science and Technology .29 Part A Lead-in .30 News Reading Go Humans: Lee Sedol Scores First Victory Against Supercomputer 30 Part B Reading 33 Reading 1 Navigate the Jungle of Tech Ecosystems 33 Reading 2 The Robots Are Coming . 43 Reading 3 The Simple, Free Solution to Asia’s Myopia Epidemic 51 Part C Unit Assignments .57 Unit 3 Disasters .59 Part A Lead-in .60 News Reading Yangtze Basin Hit by Flooding with Storms Spanning 1,000 Miles 60 Part B Reading 62 Reading 1 Different Natural Disasters, Same Risky Human Habits 62 Contents viii Reading 2 Midwest Floods Leave Red Cross in the Red . 70 Reading 3 Humans Add to Natural Disaster Risk 76 Part C Unit Assignments .82 Unit 4 Sports .83 Part A Lead-in .84 News Reading Li Jianrou Wins 500m Gold 84 Part B Reading 88 Reading 1 Brexit Wins: How Will British Sport Be Affected 88 Reading 2 Education the Heart of Olympics Says Rogge 99 Reading 3 Grudge Match . 105 Part C Unit Assignments .112 Unit 5 Global Development 113 Part A Lead-in .114 News Reading World Health Organisation Reports Dramatic Fall in Malaria Deaths 114 Part B Reading 117 Reading 1 Who Owns You . 117 Reading 2 The Feelgood Factor . 126 Reading 3 Woman Challenges Tradition, Brings Change to Her Kenyan Village . 132 Part C Unit Assignments 139 Unit 6 Environment 141 Part A Lead-in 142 News Reading Climate Protesters Invade UK’s Largest Opencast Coalmine . 142 ix Part B Reading 145 Reading 1 How Do You Junk Your Computer . 145 Reading 2 Climate Change Lights the Touchpaper on TerrorWe Must Fight Them Together 156 Reading 3 A Tree Grows in Kenya . 164 Part C Unit Assignments .170 Unit 7 Politics 171 Part A Lead-in .172 News Reading UK Must Be Involved in EU Anti-terrorism Measures, Says Keith Vaz 172 Part B Reading 175 Reading 1 Win-win Governance 175 Reading 2 The New Words of War . 184 Reading 3 Progress Against Corruption . 191 Part C Unit Assignments .197 Unit 8 Economics 199 Part A Lead-in .200 News Reading Tax Havens Have No Economic Justifi cation, Say Top Economists 200 Part B Reading 204 Reading 1 The Problem with Profi ts 204 Reading 2 Evaluating Good Corporate Citizenship . 215 Reading 3 Banker” Who Lends to the Poor Wins Nobel Peace Prize .221 Part C Unit Assignments .226 Key to the Exercises 227 |