《普通高等教育“十一五”國家級規(guī)劃教材：英語泛讀教程（第1冊）（第2版）》作為英語專業(yè)基礎(chǔ)階段的閱讀教材旨在擴大學(xué)生的詞匯量、增強英語語感、豐富英語文化知識、提高人文素養(yǎng)、并培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的邏輯思維和形象思維能力，訓(xùn)練略讀、尋讀、細(xì)讀和評讀等閱讀技巧。為滿足擴充詞匯量、拓展知識面的需要，《普通高等教育“十一五”國家級規(guī)劃教材：英語泛讀教程（第1冊）（第2版）》選題范圍廣泛，內(nèi)容豐富；為提高學(xué)生的思辨能力和閱讀欣賞能力，優(yōu)先選擇具有經(jīng)典意義和收藏價值的文章，有助于學(xué)生從西方傳統(tǒng)文化和現(xiàn)代文化中汲取精華，了解西方文化獨特的精神內(nèi)涵。練習(xí)題旨在引導(dǎo)學(xué)生去解讀、思考、分析、批評，并激發(fā)學(xué)生更強烈的閱讀欲望。
Unit One
Text A Essay on America
Text B Western Civilization, Our Tradition
Unit Two
Text A French and English
Text B The American Character
Unit Three
Text A Professions for Women
Text B The Beauty Industry
Unit Four
Text A The Road to Happiness
Text B Entropy
Unit Five
Text A Philistines and Philistinism
Text B The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life
Unit Six
Text A Expressing One's Individuality
Text B Defining the Authentic Self
Unit Seven
Text A The Worker as Creator or Machine
Text B Where I Lived, and What I Lived for
Unit Eight
Text A On the Sense of Humor
Text B On Human Nature and Politics
Unit Nine
Text A Creativity Will Dominate Our Life
Text B Unlock Your Own Creativity
Unit Ten
Text A The Long-Haul Degree
Text B Graduate Degrees, Are They Worth It?
Unit Eleven
Text A Global Warming & Climate Change
Text B They Cheat,I Tell You
Unit Twelve
Text A The Trouble with Television
Text B Dolly's False Legacy
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