研究生综合英语

Unit 1

Text A The Pleasures of Ignorance

Text B A Liberal Education

Culture and Communication Time Concept

Unit 2

Text A Two Kinds(l)

Text B Two Kinds (2)

Culture and Communication Personal Space

Unit 3

Text A On Work

Text B Workaholics

Culture and Communication Hand Gestures

Unit 4

Text A Women in Business, Still Lonely at the Top

Text B Don't Work Harder in Big Companies

Culture and Communication Dating Customs around the World

Unit 5

Text A A New Index Illuminates the Creative Life

Text B The Impressionist's Approach to Business Creativity

Culture and Communication Humor

Unit 6

Text A Why Marriages Fail

Text B Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Culture and Communication Chinese Wedding vs English Wedding

Unit 7

Text A How to Grow Old

Text B One's A Crowd

Culture and Communication Child Rearing

Unit 8

Text A Cyberspace: If You Don't Love It, Leave It

Text B Internet Paradox: A Social Technology That Reduces

Social Involvement and Psychological Well-being?

Culture and Communication Language and Gender

Unit 9

Text A Ambition

Text B Are We Living in a Moral Stone Age

Culture and Communication Hospitality

Unit 10

Text A My Way to Success

Text B Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Culture and Communication Compliments

Unit 11

Text A On Friendship

Text B The Last Leaf

Culture and Communication Friendship

Unit 12

Text A The Hidden Side of Happiness

Text B The Happiness Effect

Culture and Communication Individualism vs Collectivism

Unit 13

Text A What Is Global Culture?

Text B Globalization: What Is It?

Culture and Communication American Space, Chinese Place

Unit 14

Text A Carrying Capacity: Earth's Bottom Line

Text B Survival in the Anthropocene

Culture and Communication Superstitions

Unit 15

Text A The Doctor's Dilemma -- What Is "Appropriate" Care?

Text B Is Euthanasia Humane?

Culture and Communication Taboos and Euphemisms

References

《研究生综合英语》为15个单元，每一个单元围绕某个主题展开英语综合技能的训练。通过多样化的练习，突出对学生英语实际应用能力的培养。课文选材新颖，既有趣味性又有思想性，所选的文章大多来自英美报刊书籍。每单元后还增设了跨文化阅读和案例分析，培养学生跨文化交际的能力。

　　特色一：选材新颖，题材广泛。所选文章大多源于英美报刊书籍，既有时代特色，又有语言的规范性。

　　特色二：重视培养学生的实际应用能力，尤其是口语交际能力和思辨能力。每篇课文后面设计了若干与课文相关的讨论话题，通过对一些意义深刻、隽永的话题的讨论，提高学生的口语表达能力及批判性思维。

　　特色三：重视培养学生跨文化交际的能力。语言是文化的载体，文化是语言的灵魂。我们在每单元增设了体现本书特色的跨文化英语阅读材料和案例分析，旨在让学生了解不同文化背景下的人对同一事物迥然不同的态度，避免与英语国家人交流时的文化冲突，从而提升理工科学生的文化底蕴，为他们未来走向国际化打下坚实的基础。