大学体验英语快速阅读教程(2普通高等教育十五国家级规划教材)
内容提要 :
1.本教程的编写以《大学英语教学大纲[修订本]》和《大学英语课程教学要求[试行]》为依据。按照这两个文件关于大学英语各阶段(快速)阅读能力培养所做的定性定量要求,确定所选阅读材料的题材与体裁、长度与难度、数量与编排,等等。2.材料的选择注意思想性、知识性、趣味性、可读性。所选阅读材料应题材广泛、形式多样,其内容须思想健康,知识含量高,饶有情趣,耐人寻味,能牢牢吸引读者。3.阅读材料的语言规范标准、纯正地道,并兼收标准的英国英语和美国英语的材料。语言难度适中,生词量控制在3%以内。4.教程的编写要以有利于教与学为立足点,从框架结构的设计、单元的设立、课文的设置到练习的编写与安排,都要尽可能考虑教学的实际要求。5.根据循序渐进的原则,各册文章的篇幅与难度渐次递增。一、二册每篇250词至450词,三、四册450词至650词之间。6.练习不仅旨在检查学生对课文的理解,同时还帮助他们更好地应用有关阅读技巧,理解课文的重点与难点。结构设计:教程现分四册,供四个学期选用。按每学期18周计,每周一个单元,每册含18单元,每单元分Text A和Text B。在每册目录后第一单元前配“Introduction to Important Reading Skills”。本教程的编写采取“主题与技能”相结合的路径,即单元围绕内容的主题设置,练习针对所需掌握的阅读技能与所要求理解的文章内容设题。练习包括开放性问题、正误判断、多项选择、完成句子等四种。除第一种题型外,其余练习在书后配有参考答案。因此,每册教程基本结构如下:使用说明(前言)Introduction to Important Reading SkillsText AExerciseText BExerciseKey to Exercises本书为第2册。
目录 :
Introduction to Important Reading Strategies and Skills
Unit One American Life Text A Choosing the Way We Live Text B The Evolving Notion of Home Unit Two Government Text A Government in Britain Text B Government in the U.S Unit Three Job Text A Charcoal Drawing Text B My First Job -- The Parking-Lot Sweeper Unit Four Discovery Text A Is Intelligence Inherited? Text B Improving Your Memory Unit Five Education Text A American Style of Education Text B College: A Transition Point in My Life Unit Six Morality Text A Morality Without Free W Text B Moral Issues Unit Seven Friendship Text A E-Mail to Understanding Text B Friendship of American Style Unit Eight Social Changes Text A Major Consequences of Modernization Text B Cultural Change Unit Nine Emotional Issues Text A Overcoming Loneliness Text B What Are the Causes of Divorce? Unit Ten Health Text A Health & Fitness Text B Walking Unit Eleven Culture and Geography Text A Culture and Cuisine Text B Florida Unit Twelve Water Text A Household Water Text B Water Wars Unit Thirteen Sports Text A Breaking Barriers Through Sports Text B How Much Exercise Do I Need? Unit Fourteen Economy Text A Connectivity and Economic Growth Text B The Place of Business and Work in U.S. Society Unit Fifteen Women Problems Text A For Working Women, Job Equality Elusive Text B Women in the Workforce Unit Sixteen Environment Text A Smog Controls Useless Without Global Clean-Up Text B Plastic Bags-- Prolific Problems Unit Seventeen Pay Text A What Does McDonald's Pay? Text B All Pay Is Not Created Equal Unit Eighteen Internet Text A On-Line or Off-Line Text B The Internet and the Intranet Answer Key |