本書是“全國英語專業(yè)博雅系列教材”中的一種,是供英語專業(yè)本科學生二年級下學期精讀課或綜合英語課使用的教材。本書共12單元,所選精讀文章涉及家庭、愛、科技、美等“博雅”內(nèi)容,內(nèi)容積極向上。課文結(jié)構(gòu)上包括精選英語名篇、課文理解、詞匯、語法、翻譯、擴展閱讀等,全面提高與鞏固學生英語方面的聽說讀寫譯技能,增進百科知識。
Unit 1
Text A Live and Learn, Why We Have College
Text B The Complete Collection of Lies That High School Told Me
Unit 2
Text A The Trying Twenties
Text B Cure Yourself of Unhappiness
Unit 3
Text A The Joy Luck Club (Excerpt)
Text B A Defining Gap: Seniors for Romney, Millennials for Obama
Unit 4
Text A News in the Television Schedule
Text B How to Establish Your Professional Network Through Social Media
Unit 5
Text A The World Turns Gray
Text B Oil's New World Order
Unit 6
Text A Is Technology a Threat to Liberal Society?
Text B Modern Science and Technology and the Challenges of
Third World Countries
Unit 7
Text A Digital Photography Does Not Exist?
Text B THE iPHONE: Three Revolutionary Products in One
Unit 8
Text A ChildFund International
Text B Stop Telling Rich Folks to Give More to Charity
Unit 9
Text A The Story Behind the Amazing Success of Black Athletes
Text B Why the Story of Muhammad Ali's Rebellion Matters Today
Unit 10
Text A Body Politics
Text B The Moral Causes of Europe's Predicament
Unit 11
Text A Beauty
Text B Give Her a Pattern
Unit 12
Text A Plato
Text B Who Was Socrates?
Phrase List
Vocabulary List