文化透视英语教程
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文化透视英语教程

何其莘, (美) 童明, 编著

出版社:外语教学与研究出版社

年代:2009

定价:35.9

书籍简介:

本书是中美专家合作编写的缜密切入英美文化各个层面、培养英语运用能力的综合教程。供英语专业学生专业基础课程使用。特点如下:1.全部文章采用英文原文;2.深入英语文化各个层面;3.配有互动式练习。

作者介绍:

何其莘,1986年获美国肯特州立大学英美文学博士学位,现为北京外国语大学教授、博士生导师;全国高校外语专业教学指导委员会副主任兼英语分委员会主任,全国英国文学学会会长。著有《英国文艺复兴时期文学史》 (与王佐良合著)、《英国戏剧史》,编著《英国文学选集》、《英国戏剧选读》、《新概念英语》(新版,与亚历山大合作)和大学英语专业教材《英语初级听力》、 《英语中级听力》、《英语高级听力》等。 童明,美(笔名,原名刘军)1992年获美国麻省大学英美文学博士学位,现任美国加州州立大学洛杉矶分校英语系教授;曾担任纽约联合国总部译员。撰写的有关英美文学、欧洲文学、文学文化理论的论文散见于美国学术出版社的专著和学术刊物;近作有《美国文学史》 (增订版)、《现代性赋格》等。

书籍目录:

Unit 1 The Concept of Globalization

Close Reading Globalizations Misguided Assumptions

Further Reading The Truth About Globalization

Writing, Is Globalization a Positive Development for the World Community?

Unit 2 Global Warming

Close Reading Vanishing Alaska

Further Reading After Doctrine: Making Policy amid Uncertainty and Nescience

Writing Activities Is the Threat of Global Warming Real?

Unit 3 World Peace

Close Reading Strategies for World Peace: The View of the UN Secretai~y-General

Further Reading Women Waging Peace

Writing Peace in Our Time

Unit 4 Aqing in Developed Countries

Close Reading Meeting the Challenge of Global Aging

Further Reading The Global Baby Bust

Writing Is Global Aging in the Developed World a Major Problem?

Unit 5 Case Studies in Market Economy

Close Reading How Nike Figured Out China

Further Reading Render Unto Caesar Putin and the Oligarchs

Writing The Fall of the House of Saud

Unit 6 Cultural Imperialism

Close Reading Cultural Imperialism An American Tradition

Further Reading In Defense of Globalization

Writing Is the World a Victim of American Cultural ~mperialism?

Unit 7 Privacy in the Digital World

Close Reading The Exposure of Privacy in Todays Culture .

Further Reading Cyberspace Privacy: A Primer and Proposal

Writing Will the Digital / Computer World Pose a Threat to Our Individual Privacy?

Unit 8 Discontents from the Developing Countries

Close Reading Where the Money Went

Further Reading Globalisms Discontents

Writing Do Multinational Corporations Hurt Poor Countries?

Unit 9 The Threat of a Nuclear War

Close Reading A Rational Response to Dirty Bombs

Further Reading Nuclear Nightmares

Writing Five Pillars of Wisdom

Unit 10 Population Explosion

Close Reading The Big Crunch

Further Reading Eradicating Hunger: A Growing Challenge

Writing Should the International Community Attempt to Curb PopulatioGrowth in the Developing World?

Unit 11 Urbanization

Close Reading Urbanization: An Environmental Force to Be Reckoned with

Further Reading Urban Centers: An Assessment.of Sustainability

Writing Is Rapid Urbanization in the Developing World a Major Problem?

Unit 12 A Threat to Natu ral Resources

Close Reading Shifting the Pain:World’S Resou rces Feed California’S Growing Appetite

Further Reading Tu rning on Renewable Energy

Writing Water Scarcity Could Overwhelm the Next Generation

Unit 13 A Threat to National Security

Close Reading Lifting the Veil:Understanding the Roots of Islamic Militancy

Further Reading The Transformation of National Secu rity:Five Redefinitions

Writing An Ounce of Detention

Unit 14 High-Tech issues

Close Reading Exploring the“Singularity”

Fu rther Reading America’S Looming Creativity Crisis

Writing Exporting Ha rm:The High-Tech Trashing of Asia

Unit 15 International Media

Close Reading What’S Wrong with This Pictu re

Fu rther Reading Transnational Media:Creating Consumers Worldwide

Writing Mass Media:For the Many.by the Few

内容摘要:

与国内现有的同类教材相比,本教材还具有以下三个特点:
1.全部教材采用原文,如需适当压缩改写,也力图保持“原汁原味”。听、说、读、写材料,均选自各种文化语境,兼顾不同风格,既多样又在专题之下相互配合,有利于学生大量接触和积累准确的语言知识。
2.切入英语文化的各个层面、各个情景,在更广的语境中提高学生的语言理解能力和运用能力,将听、说、读、写、译五项技能有机地结合在一起,进行综合训练。这样,可弥补过分侧重语言点讲授法的不足。
3.深入英语文化,将焦点放在中外文化的差异上,不仅便于学习地道的英语,而且有益于开拓视野,启发思路。这套教材兼为文化读本,每个单元都有精练的文化知识介绍。此外,与课文配套的练习强调互动,促使学生在学习的各个阶段参与教学活动。

编辑推荐:

《文化透视英语教程》为中美专家合作编写,是一套缜密切入英美文化各个层面,培养英语运用能力的有机教程。其基本教学理念是:把学术焦点放在中西文化的表里差异上,引导学习者领会准确、纯正的英语,从而自然无碍地掌握语言技能。与国内现有同类教材相比,本教材具有以下特点:
★全部文章采用英文原文,保持“原汁原味”,兼顾多种风格;
★切入英语文化的各个层面、各种情景,以期在更广的语境中提高学生的语言理解能力和运用能力:
★深入英语文化,将焦点放在中外文化的差异上,并配有互动式练习。本套教材不仅适用于高校英语专业学生,也适用于入学时英语水平较高的大学非英语专业学生和有一定英语基础而准备出国深造的英语习者。

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文化透视英语教程是外语教学与研究出版社于2009.8出版的中图分类号为 H31 的主题关于 英语-高等学校-教材 的书籍。