泛读教程（第一册）

    《泛读教程》的特征体现在“泛”与“读”两个方面。就“泛”而言，教材选用语言素材题材广泛，内容呈百科知识性，涉及英语国家的社会、政治、经济、文化、文学、历史、宗教、体育、医药、环保、风土人情、科普知识等各个领域。同时，语言素材的文体呈多样性，既有文学作品，又有记叙、说明、议论、新闻、广告等语言风格不同的各类文章。就“读”而言，《泛读教程》提供全面系统的阅读训练，指导学生掌握细读、略读、寻读等方法，学会快速、准确地获取并处理信息，并通过各种练习，培养假设判断、分析归纳、推理检验等逻辑思维能力。学生学了这套教材，可以提高英语的阅读理解能力和阅读速度，增强英语语感，扩大词汇量，增加英语国家文化背景知识。

《泛读教程(第1册)》由上海外语教育出版社出版。

READING SKILL:Context Clue to Word Meaning Ⅰ
UNIT 1 Uniuersity Srudent zife
TEXTⅠ: On Being a Student
TIXTⅡ: Getting the Best Value for Time
UNIT 2 Gulture Shock
TEXTⅠ: Making a Cultural Change
TIXTⅡ: Culrure Shock:A Fish out of Water
UNIT 3 Mouic
TEXTⅠ: How Do the Movies Do It?
TIXTⅡ: The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse
UNIT 4 Food
TEXTⅠ: A Food Tour of the United Staes
TIXTⅡ: Dinner Invitations
READING SKILL: Context Clue to Word Meaning Ⅱ
UNIT 5 Business
TEXTⅠ: Levi Strauss & Company
TIXTⅡ: What Is the WTO?
UNIT 6 Sports
TEXTⅠ: A City Wild with Joy
TIXTⅡ: How the Olympic Games Started
UNIT 7 Shyness
TEXTⅠ: Overcome Shyness
TIXTⅡ: How to Make a Good Imperssion
UNIT 8 Natoue Peoples
TEXTⅠ: Native American Influences Modern American Culture
TIXTⅡ: Endangered Peoples
UNIT 9 Bible Stories
TEXTⅠ: Cenesis
TIXTⅡ: The Birth of Jesus Christ
UNIT 10 Festiuals and Holidnys
TEXTⅠ:Christmas
TIXTⅡ: Celebrating the Chinese New Year Home and Abroad
UNIT 11 Ctduertising
TEXTⅠ: International Advertising as a Communication Process
TIXTⅡ: How Advertisement Is Done
UNIT 12 Ctgriculture
TEXTⅠ: Scientists Find Way to Boost Rice Crop Yield
TIXTⅡ: Gdlden Rice:A Solution to Blindness?
READING SKILL:Distinguishing Topic from Main Idea
UNIT 13 Dwychology
TEXTⅠ: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
TIXTⅡ: General Psychology: The Study of Behavior
UNIT 14 Mgsteries
TEXTⅠ: Have You Ever Seen a UFO?
TIXTⅡ: A Dustbin of Unsolvde Mysteries
NUIT 15 Computer
TEXTⅠ: The School of the Future
TIXTⅡ: Google Threves
NUIT 16 Dhysieal Fitness
TEXTⅠ: Some Myths atout Physecal Fitness
TIXTⅡ: Getting Thin—for Good
NUIT 17 Dseudoseienee
TEXTⅠ: Analyze Yourself with the Help of Doodles
TIXTⅡ: Horoscopes
NUIT 18 Fietion
TEXTⅠ: Whitewashing Aunt Polly's Fence
TIXTⅡ: A Long -Expected Party

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One of the most interesting amres of American cooking iS its variety.The traveler who crosses the U.S.by bus or by car will find the food as worthy of attention as the scenery-and full of unexpected surprises，too.For American cooking at its best is regional in character.
Except for turkey at Thanksgiving，no single dish has gmned wide enough popularity in oc U.s. to become a symbol for the country as a whole.Each region sets its table with a different specialty. These regional specialties capture the flavor and aroma and express the charactef of a particular place. For instance，New Orleans is known for its jambalaya，a spicy dish of rice，ham，shrimp，and tomatoes。 And Boston，where the winters are long and cold，is called“bean town”because of its baked beans.a mixture of dried beans，salt pork，brown sugar，and molasses.Mixed in an iron pot and baked for hours in a slow oven，this dish iS hearty and nutritious。Americans say.“It sticks to your ribs.”
Being regional，these dishes are made from the vegetables，fruits，meats，poultry，and seafood that are locally available.And since local conditions vary a great deal in the U.S as might be ex. pected in the world'S fourth largest country,the result is a national food menu on which most of the world’S favorite foods are listed.
Seafood of all kinds can be found in the states that border the oceans or possess lake and fiver systems。Shrimp，crab，and lobster，as well as fresh fish.are all mealtime favorites.Citrus fruit-oranges，frapefruit，lemons，and times-are produced in P10rida arid California.The fruit groves in these States supply most of the frozen juice and sun-ripened fruit that decorate the.breakfast tables of the nation.Acmss the landlocked states in the Midwest stretch endiess corn and wheat fields..nlcSc grams are used to make bread，cereal，and cooking oiL.ne region is ca
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