本书的修订是在调研众多使用院校意见的基础上进行的。提**不再像第三版一样以体裁来区分单元,而是根据当前研究生学术英语教学的特点,以学科专业和主题进行单元区分,涵盖了经管、法律、人文、医学、农林等大类学科和主题。教材选取各学科专业*的、*代表性的文章替换上一版过时的文章,所选内容注重新颖性、时效性、批判性和语言的规范性,激发学生兴趣,引起学生展开讨论。 每课课文后配有有关阅读技巧和课文主题的大量的练习、课文中的生词表、注释、作者及文章背景介绍等,帮助学生掌握阅读技巧的同时,拓展其学术英语的知识,培养学术英语能力。提**的课后练习与基础级在难度上进行衔接,方便教师进行延续性教学。

Unit 1 Leaders and Leadership
Lead-in
Passage A is President Xi Jinping’s 2020 New Year Speech in which our
President summarizes the major achievements made in 2019, looking forward to 2020, a year of milestone significance, giving thanks to those dedicated unsung heroes who are ordinary people living extraordinary lives, expressing his appreciation to all the hardworking people and wishing everyone a happy new year.
Passage B?DAnecdotes of Yanzi portrays Yan Ying (晏婴), an accomplished
philosopher, statesman and politician, as the most creative thinker of the Spring and Autumn Period in ancient China.

President Xi Jinping’s 2020 New Year Speech
Comrades, friends, ladies and gentlemen,
The year 2020 is arriving. From China’s capital Beijing, I'd like to extend my New Year wishes to you all!
In 2019, we sweated and we toiled as we pressed ahead with concrete efforts for achievements. Thanks to our steady pursuit of high-quality development, China's GDP is expected to edge close to 100 trillion yuan with per capita figure reaching the level of 10,000 US dollars. Significant breakthroughs have been achieved in three tough battles1. Coordinated regional development accelerated further including in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Yangtze River Delta. Ecological rotection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin have become national strategies. About 340 impoverished counties and more than 10 million people have been lifted out of poverty. Our lunar probe Chang’e-4, for the first time in human history, landed on the far side of the moon; the Long March-5 Y3 rocket was uccessfully launched; the Xuelong 2 icebreaker set sail on its maiden voyage for the Antarctic; the construction of the global network of the Beidou Navigation
Satellite System is sprinting towards the finish line; the commercial applicat

Unit 1 Leaders and Leadership Passage A President Xi Jinping's 2020 New Year Speech Passage B Anecdotes of Yanzi Write Academically: Preparing for a Research Paper Unit 2 Language and Culture Passage A World English: A Blessing or a Curse? Passage B Humbled by Nature, Humble by Culture Write Academically: Choosing a Topic Unit 3 Ecology and Economy Passage A Spillonomics: Underestimating Risk Passage B Environmental Protection in the Eyes of the Poor Write Academically: Constructing Research Proposal Unit 4 Medical Research Passage A What Genius and Autism Have in Common? Passage B A Pill for Loneliness Write Academically: Deciding on a Title Unit 5 Leading Scientist and Pioneering Work Passage A A Beautiful Mind Passage B Mind over Machine Write Academically: Creating an Outline Unit 6 People and the World Passage A A Christmas Sermon on Peace Passage B Bill Clinton Write Academically: Citation vs. Plagiarism Unit 7 Space and Species Passage A Our Picture of the Universe Passage B If Half of All Species Go Extinct, Will One of Them Be Us? Write Academically: Writing the Introduction Unit 8 Career and Work Passage A Start-Ups Aren't Cool Anymore Passage B It’s Getting Harder for International STEM Students to Find Work after Graduation Write Academically: Writing a Literature Review Unit 9 Desire and Anxiety Passage A Steve Jobs Passage B Fearing Fear Itself Write Academically: Presenting Methodology Unit 10 Alone and Lonely Passage A Spell of the Rising Moon Passage B One Is the Loneliest Number: the History of a Western Problem Write Academically: Composing Results and Discussion Unit 11 Chip Wars and Tech Revolution Passage A Chip Wars Passage B Will Tech Revolution Overwhelm Global System? Write Academically: Presenting Tables and Figures Unit 12 Health and Disease Passa