高级英语精读教程

Contents

Unit 1 Medicine 1

Preparation 1

Text A e Emperor of All Maladies 3

I Points and Structure 8

II Words and Expressions 9

III Application 12

Text B e Emperor of All Maladies (Continued) 14

I Structural Questions 18

II Application 18

Unit 2 Geopolitical Analysis 19

Preparation 19

Text A Reinventing the European Dream 21

I Points and Structure 24

II Words and Expressions 25

III Application 28

Text B e Message from Boston 29

I Structural Questions 32

II Application 33

Unit 3 Leadership 34

Preparation 34

Text A Margaret Roberts, Superstar 36

I Points and Structure 43

II Words and Expressions 45

III Application 47

Contents

X

高级英语精读教程

Advanced Intensive Reading 2

Text B Margaret Roberts, Superstar (Continued) 49

I Structural Questions 56

II Application 57

Unit 4 Reading from Literature: Short Story 58

Preparation 58

Text A Cannibalism in the Cars 59

I Points and Structure 67

II Words and Expressions 68

III Application 71

Text B Cannibalism in the Cars (Continued) 73

I Structural Questions 76

II Application 76

Unit 5 Reading from Literature: Classic Essay 77

Preparation 77

Text A Self-Reliance 78

I Points and Structure 86

II Words and Expressions 88

III Application 92

Text B Self-Reliance (Continued) 94

I Structural Questions 102

II Application 102

Unit 6 Urbanization 103

Preparation 103

Text A e Pioneer Zone 105

I Points and Structure 110

II Words and Expressions 111

III Application 115

XI

Contents

Text B e Pioneer Zone (Continued) 118

I Structural Questions 123

II Application 124

Unit 7 Language 125

Preparation 125

Text A Politics and the English Language 126

I Points and Structure 135

II Words and Expressions 137

III Application 139

Text B Politics and the English Language(Continued) 141

I Structural Questions 148

II Application 149

Unit 8 Art 150

Preparation 150

Text A e Testimony of Modern Art 151

I Points and Structure 158

II Words and Expressions 159

III Application 162

Text B e Testimony of Modern Art (Continued) 164

I Structural Questions 170

II Application 170

Unit 9 History 171

Preparation 171

Text A Folly’s Antidote 172

I Points and Structure 175

II Words and Expressions 176

III Application 179

XII

高级英语精读教程

Advanced Intensive Reading 2

Text B e New World Order 181

I Structural Questions 190

II Application 191

Unit 10 Public Communication 192

Preparation 192

Text A e Medium Is the Metaphor 194

I Points and Structure 200

II Words and Expressions 201

III Application 204

Text B e Medium Is the Metaphor (Continued) 206

I Structural Questions 213

II Application 214

本书共包含10个单元，每个单元包含Text A和Text B两篇文章，内容涉及疾病与人的关系、欧洲问题、历史名人、人与城市、语言与政治、现代艺术、国家行为和国际关系、传媒本质等方面，题材丰富，体裁多样，视角独特。此外，本书还有形式多样的练习模块:Preparation中的术语准备和背景知识搜索有助于拓展学生的知识面并帮助他们构建新知；Points and Structure和Structural Questions可提高学生对文章结构和细节的把握，并锻炼学生的信息分析和信息捕捉能力；Words and Expressions可帮助学生积累词汇和相关表达，夯实语言基础；Application锻炼学生的演讲与翻译能力。本书适合英语专业和翻译专业本科精读课教学使用。本书另配有电子版教案及课文音频，读者可键入www.wqbook.com/usercenter/accessorylist网址，输入本书书名，下载相应资源。