當代研究生英語閱讀教程

《當代研究生英語閱讀教程》是由高等教育出版社出版的一本關於研究生英語全書共20章，主要講述了中國學生在本土學習英語，要想創建真實的語言環境並非易事，而閱讀是語言和文化學習的重要手段和途徑。通過閱讀，學生可以身臨其境，獲取大量語言知識，從而發展和提升英語綜合套用能力。

基本介紹

• 書名：當代研究生英語閱讀教程
• ISBN：9787040281507 
• 頁數：291頁
• 出版社：高等教育出版社
• 出版時間：2009年9月1日
• 裝幀：平裝
• 開本： 16

內容簡介

《當代研究生英語閱讀教程》內容簡介：語言文化知識的獲取離不開真實的語言學習環境。與此同時，通過廣泛接觸內容豐富、文體不同的文章，學生會進一步擴大和掌握英語辭彙，熟悉各種語言現象和寫作技巧，全面提升整體英語水平。

為此，我們特地編寫了《當代研究生英語閱讀教程》。該教程內容經過嚴格的篩選和科學的設計，在選材、內容編排、練習設計等方面體現以下特點。既注重時代性，又突出經典性

注重時代性。本教程很多文章選自近年國外權威的報刊、雜誌，具有鮮明的時代感，主要體現在選擇當今社會的熱門話題，例如：能源危機、環境保護、國際經濟、金融海嘯、器官再造等，主題豐富，語言地道，既體現時代特色，又注重文化內涵及思想深意，反映時代發展，展現語言魅力。

突出經典性。在注重時代性的同時，本教程也注重從經典的英文原版著作中選材，內容涉及哲學、經濟學、文學、歷史、文化、心理學等方面，充分體現其經典性。通過閱讀這些文章，學生可充分體驗經典的魅力。

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目錄

Unit 1 Food and Diet

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Food: Past and Present

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 A New Diet Equation

Passage 2 Diet, Nutrition and Healthy Living

Passage 3 Cancer and DietUnit 2　Archaeology

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Excavating an Ancient Egyptian Tomb

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Troy Uncovered

Passage 2 Pompeii: Buried in Ages

Passage 3 Machu Picchu Archaeological Sites

Unit 3 Medicine

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

A Brief History of Medicine

Part　Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth}

Passage 1 The Controversy over Human Cloning

Passage 2 Natural Medicine —— The Way Home

Passage 3 How to Build a Body Part

Unit 4 Space

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

When Galaxies Collide

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Transient Lunar Phenomena

Passage 2 Water, Flash Floods and New Possibilities for Life on

Passage 3 The Salyut Experience

Unit 5 Histoy

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Rome: From Republic to Empire

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Anglo-Saxon England

Passage 2 The Enlightenment

Passage 3 Victorian Era

Unit 6 Biography

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

An American Storyteller: Ernest Hemingway

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Johannes Kepler

Passage 2 Napoleon —— Downfall and Legend

Passage 3 Tchaikovsky and Madame von Meek

Unit 7 Leisure Reading(Ⅲ)

Passage 1 Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Passage 2 The Trial of O. J. Simpson

Passage 3 That Lean and Hungry Look

Passage 4 An Excerpt from Jane Eyre

Unit 8 Economics

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

What Is Economics?

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations

Passage 2 Karl Marx's Economic Conceptions

Passage 3 John Maynard Keynes

Unit 9 Materlals Sclence

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

A Brief History of Materials

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 The Age of Superstuff

Passage 2 Superconductor Search: a Race and an Obsession

Passage 3 The Future of Nanomaterials

Unit 10 Philosophy

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

What Is Philosophy?

Part　Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Socratic Method

Passage 2 Rene Descartes' Dualism and Rationalism

Passage 3 Brief Introduction to Kant

Unit 11 Law

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension ( Skimming and Scanning)

An Introduction to Law

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Origins of Common Law

Passage 2 The American Jury System: Standing in the Way of Justice?

Passage 3 Nuremberg Trials

Unit 12 Education

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

The University and Society

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Set Universities Free

Passage 2 Requirements for Completion in U.S. Graduate Schools

Passage 3 Bertrand Russell on Education

Unit 13 Spots

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Social Aggregates and Cultural Influences in the Rise of Sport

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Good Sports

Passage 2 Spectator Sports Reflect America's Melting Pot

Passage 3 How David Stern and Michael Jordan May Have Destroyed

Unit 14 Leisure Reading(Ⅳ)

Passage 1 King Edward Ⅷ Abdicated for Love

Passage 2 Love Is a Fallacy (Part Ⅰ )

Passage 3 Love Is a Fallacy (Part　Ⅱ )

Passage 4 An Excerpt from Death in the Afternoon

Unit 15 Ectertainment

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

The Beatles

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Is the Web the Future of Entertainment?

Passage 2 A History of Oscar's Ups and Downs

Passage 3 Soap Opera

Unit 16 Book Review

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension ( Reading in Depth)

Passage I Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Passage 2 Vanity Fair by William Thackeray

Passage 3 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Unit 17 Conputer and Internet

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Computer Science

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension ( Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Life on the Net

Passage 2 Alienation and the Internet

Passage 3 Crime in Cyberspace

Unit 18 Architecure

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

European Architecture: History and Styles

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 The Castles of Europe

Passage 2 Islamic Architecture

Passage 3 Modern Architecture: Reaching for the Sky

Unit 19 Management

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Management Strategies in Competing with Japan

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Chaos Theory of Management

Passage 2 Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory

Passage 3 Scenario Planning

Unit 20 Psychology

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Freudian Psychology and Psychoanalysis

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Passage 1 Dreams: Night School

Passage 2 Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Passage 3 The New Word on Gossip

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