本书根据我国近年来研究生英语教学,特别是工科院校学生的实际情况而编写,以期帮助学生提高英语阅读水平,开拓知识视野,培养深厚的人文知识底蕴。全书共l8课,每课包括两篇文章:TextA和TextB,主题紧密关联,文章体裁丰富,角度多样,有助于学生掌握英语阅读技能。每课后都配有针对性强、生动有趣的多样化练习:TextA后的练习包括阅读理解、翻译训练和话题讨论:Text B后设置了阅读理解练习。

Lesson One
Text A How tO Become a Good Graduate Student?
Text B So You Are Going tO Make a Speech
Lesson Two
Text A When in China,No Green Hat
Text B Bridging the Cultural Differences
Lesson Three
Text A Trashed Tech:Where Do Old Cell Phones,TVs and
PCs Go to Die?
Text B Not Everyone Is Cheering as Wi—Fi Takes to the Air
Lesson Four
Text A Three Days to See(Excerpts)
Text B A Young Boy’S Ambition
Lesson Five
Text A For All Women
Text B l’d Rather Be Black than Female
Lesson Six
Text A On Getting off to Sleep
Text B Snorin9:An Unwelcome Bedfellow
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