《新世界全國(guó)高職高專院校規(guī)劃教材·旅游英語(yǔ)專業(yè):英文報(bào)刊文章選讀(第二版)》內(nèi)容上注重思想性、人文性及科學(xué)性。注重背景知識(shí),尤其是文化背景知識(shí)的解讀?紤]到高職高專學(xué)生的特點(diǎn),背景知識(shí)采用中文解釋,為學(xué)生閱讀掃除障礙,使學(xué)生在閱讀報(bào)刊文章的同時(shí),能夠?qū)ζ湮幕尘坝休^深的了解。在選材上注重旅游行業(yè)熱點(diǎn)話題及其趣味性。內(nèi)容上每一個(gè)單元一個(gè)模塊,教師可以選擇其中兩篇文章講解,另一篇布置學(xué)生自學(xué)。文章中生詞采用英漢雙語(yǔ)貼切釋意,主要生詞還附以用法例句,便于學(xué)生自學(xué)。每篇文章均配有豐富的練習(xí),包括閱讀理解練習(xí)、詞匯練習(xí)、完型填空及翻譯練習(xí)。習(xí)題全部針對(duì)文章設(shè)計(jì),形式豐富多樣,旨在幫助充分理解文章本身并熟練使用文章中出現(xiàn)的常用詞匯。書(shū)后有附錄、全部練習(xí)參考答案和總詞匯表,便于查找與檢索。
Unit 1 Features
Passage 1 Fuel Costs Could End Cheap Flight Era
Passage 2 The Tories’ Psychosis over Europe Is Leading Them to Disaster
Passage 3 Dying with Debt: A Dirty Little Retirement Secret
Unit 2 Traveling
Passage 4 Motoring around Britain
Passage 5 Losing Oneselfin Bermuda
Passage 6 The First Resort
Unit 3 Life
Passage 7 Loose Lips Sink Shifts
Passage 8 If Only the Dollar Were Stronger
Passage 9 Women Find a Space of Their Own with Mom Caves
Unit 4 Culture
Passage 10 Do Different Languages Confer Different Personalities?
Passage 11 Homeland Finds a Motto: “You Sound Like You’re High”
Passage 12 Return of the Queen
Unit 5 Sports
Passage 13 Russia Eyes Waiving Visas for English Fans
Passage 14 One Club Wants to Use a Gene—Test to Spot the New Ronaldo.
Is This Football’s Future?
Passage 15 After a Plenty of Pain, Finally a Gain
Unit 6 Environment
Passage 16 When Nature Is Nurture
Passage 17 Lost in the Concrete Jungle
Passage 18 On the Move
Unit 7 Education
Passage 19 What’s New at the E—Library
Passage 20 A World View Must Be Part of School Culture
Passage 21 Balancing Prestige and Debt in Choosing a College
Unit 8 Health
Passage 22 Are Vaccines the Answer to Addiction?
Passage 23 Government Wamed on DIY Cancer Treatments
Passage 24 Obsessive Thoughts: A Darker Side of OCD
Key to the Exercises
Glossary