人文英语阅读教程学生用书

Unit 1 Myths & Tales

Section A Noah's Ark

Section B Pandora's Box

Section C The Animals of Aesop

Section D The Fisherman and the Jinni

Unit 2 Moments in History

Section A Babylon and the Law

Section B The Great Days of the Arabs

Section C The Middle Ages

Section D The American Civil War

Unit 3 Biographies of Celebrities

Section A Mahatma Gandhi

Section B Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Section C Bill Gates

Section D Stephen Hawking

Unit 4 Classics Appreciation

Section A The Declaration of Independence

Section B A Christmas Carol

Section C The Old Man and the Sea

Section D Same Curious Western Customs

Unit 5 Customs & Traditions

Section A The Language and Culture of Switzerland

Section B Chinese Calligraphy: Past and Present

Section C The History of Valentine's Day

Section D The Wines of France

Unit 6 Cultural Geography

Section A Maya, the Riddle of a Lost Civilization

Section B The Byzantium

Section C Civilization of the Ancient Egypt

Section D The Caste System in India

Unit 7 Panorama of Life

Section A You've Got Blog

Section B Generation Gap? Sometimes It's Just Words

Section C The Debtor Generation

Section D Up a Tree, for the Fun of It

Unit 8 Global Focus

Section A Up Goes Shenzhou, Again

Section B Ripple Effects of Indonesia's Geological Events

Section C Why Nobodies Are the Real Terrorist Threat

Section D Welcome to Beijing

Glossary

《人文英语阅读教程（下册）学生用书/大学英语拓展课程系列》所选题材跨越古今、纵横中外，从古希腊古罗马神话到圣经故事，从名句名篇到人物传记，从人文地理到传统习俗，从历史事件到社会热点，集广泛性、典型性和趣味性为一体。从不同角度对学生进行阅读技能、阅读理解、语篇分析和词库建构等方面的训练，以“问题驱动”和“输出驱动”为导向，既让学生学到语言知识，又启发学生独立思考，从而培养其自主学习能力。围绕课文主题，扩展知识面，精选名人名言、格言警句，进一步激发学生的学习兴趣，开阔学生视野，在提高学生语言技能的同时，又突出了人文素质教育的主旋律。