本教材為“通用學(xué)術(shù)英語讀寫系列教材”的第二部，旨在訓(xùn)練、提高學(xué)生的學(xué)術(shù)英語議論文讀寫能力。教材重在引導(dǎo)學(xué)習(xí)者通過閱讀議論性英語文章，了解該文體的特點和寫作方法，學(xué)習(xí)學(xué)術(shù)語言的風(fēng)格和基本要求。此外，通過研究和討論文后的問題，對文章內(nèi)容進行反思，培養(yǎng)批判性思維能力。全書分8個單元，涉及8個不同領(lǐng)域的話題，每單元包括議論文寫作技巧講解、議論文閱讀、單元復(fù)習(xí)。每篇閱讀文章后均設(shè)計有相應(yīng)的閱讀、寫作任務(wù)，以強化議論文閱讀技能，擴大學(xué)術(shù)英語詞匯量，鞏固單元目標寫作技巧。
Unit 1 Business and Econnomics
Writing Skill Development
Basic Structure of an Argumentative Essay
Reading for Ideas
Tcxt A Drain or Gain?
Text B Rent or Buy,a Matter of Lifestyle
Text C Comeback Kid--America’S Economy Is Once Again
Reinventing Itself
Unit Summary
Unit 2 Engineering
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation(1)
Use of Reliable Sources(statistics，facts，quotation，
illustrative incidents，etc．)
Reading for Ideas
Unit 1 Business and Econnomics
Writing Skill Development
Basic Structure of an Argumentative Essay
Reading for Ideas
Tcxt A Drain or Gain?
Text B Rent or Buy,a Matter of Lifestyle
Text C Comeback Kid--America’S Economy Is Once Again
Reinventing Itself
Unit Summary
Unit 2 Engineering
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation(1)
Use of Reliable Sources(statistics，facts，quotation，
illustrative incidents，etc．)
Reading for Ideas
Text A Altering the Forces of Nature：Genetic Engineering
on Animals
Text B Genetically Modified Foods：A Solution to World
Hunger or Potential Health Threat?
Text C Genetic Engineering and Cloning
Unit Summary
Unit 3 Sinence
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation(2)
Cause and Effect
Reading for Ideas
Text A Can Animals and Plants Adapt to Global Warming?
Text C Stem Cell Research—Why Is It Regarded as a rnlreat?
Unit Summary
Unit 4 Information Technology
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation f31
Comparison and Contrast
Reading for Ideas
Text A iPads and Kindles Are Better for the Environmenl
Than Books
Text B Stop Blaming the Internet
Text C We Should Not Permit Internet CensorshilD
Unit Summary
Unit 5 Philosophy
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation r41
Deduction and Induction
Reading for Ideas
Text A Argument,Truth and the Social Side of Reasoning
Text B Who Needs the Humanities?
Text C Experiments in Philosophy
Unit Summary
Unit 6 Social Science
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation r51
Clear Flow ofReasoning and Avoidance ofFaltse Aments
Reading for Ideas
Text A The Many Career Opportunities for Recipients of
Degrees iin Mathematics
Text B Hidden Tigers：Why Do Chinese Children Do So
Well at School?
TextC WhyIWant aWife
Unit Summary
Unit 7 Life Science/Health
Unit 8 Environment
Unit 9 Glossary
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