研究生英语精读教程（下）

《新编研究生英语系列教程/研究生英语阅读教程（基础级）》具有以下主要特点： 1. 本教材以阅读技巧为主线。该教材在每课开始分别系统地介绍了各项阅读技巧并设计了根据这些技巧的练习。 2. 本教材强化研究生阅读技巧的训练。除了介绍阅读技巧外，本书每课配有A、B两篇阅读课文，课后配有大量练习。 3. 本教材可操作性好。一教材以讲述阅读技巧为主线，每课配有两篇课文和大量的练习，这样可以使教师在教学中有较大的选择性，既可以以阅读技巧为教学重点，也可以以阅读课文、练习或讨论为教学重点。本教材配有《教师用书》为教师提供了大量有关作者和文章的背景知识、语言点的介绍、课文中难句的翻译及练习的答案等，教师可以灵活地组织课堂教学。 4. 本教材也适用于学生自学。 5. 本教材可读性好。 6. 本教材体现英语阅读的真实性。 7. 本教材与北京市研究生英语教学研究会组织的每年一月份和六月份的研究生英语学位课统考紧密结合。

Unit 1 Text A Apology of Socrates (Excerpt) Text B A Person Who Apologises Has the Moral Ball in His Court Unit 2 Text A The Literature of Knowledge and the Literature of Power Text B How Should One Read a Book? Unit 3 Text A The Three New Yorks Text B A Unified Theory of Urban Living Unit 4 Text A Why Will Civilizations Clash? Text B Is American Culture "American"? Unit 5 Text A Celebrating Entrepreneurs Text B Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish Unit 6 Text A An Ugly New Footprint in the Sand Text B Filtering Wildlife Unit 7 Text A Genes for High Altitudes Text B Looking at Sexual Selection Unit 8 Text A On Friendship Text B A Friend in Need Unit 9 Text A We Need a Dug-Out Canoe to Navigate the Net Text B Always On Unit 10 Text A The "Standard" Text B The Benefits of Multilingualism Unit 11 Text A A Crime of Compassion Text B In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia Unit 12 Text A From Composer to Interpreter to Listener Text B How We Listen to Music Unit 13 Text A An Observation and an Explanation Text B Our Evolving View of Childhood Unit 14 TextA On Becoming a Scientist Text B What Is a Scientific Paper? Unit 15 Text A The Sporting Spirit Text B Reflections on Swimming Unit 16 Text A How to Avoid Foolish Opinions Text B The Advantages of Stupidity