英语阅读
作者： 陈宗胜
出版时间：2014-08
出版社：教育科学出版社
“十二五”职业教育国家规划教材
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- 2014-08
本教材在强化学生英语阅读基本能力的同时，还注重培养学生的跨文化交际能力。本教材选材均为介绍英语国家的政治、历史、宗教、习俗、教育、娱乐等文化背景知识的原版文章，同时注重中西方文化的比较，增加了阅读的愉悦性。每个单元均包含名人名言导入、两篇介绍西方文化的文章、一篇介绍中国文化的文章，以及融合笑话和诗歌欣赏的开心时刻。课后练习的问答和写作紧扣课文内容，词汇练习和汉译英练习紧扣*的大学英语四级题型。全书内容瞄准时代热点、选材新颖，注重趣味性和知识性，使英语阅读不再枯燥。
本教材不仅可以作为高职高专英语专业的阅读训练材料，也可以作为高职高专公共英语的精读教材，还可以作为同等水平英语爱好者的课外阅读资料。本教材将帮助学生极大地提高英霭两读和写作水平，使其进一步了解英语世界文化，具备跨文化交际能蓊{_^_1淘实现篙赢赢业打下良好的基础。
Unit 1 Are you religious?
Text A A story from the Holy Bible-Man's first sin
Text B Religion in the
United States of America
Text C Buddhism in China
Unit 2 What happened in the past?
Text A The expansion of the United States
Text B The Ancient Rome
Text C The Silk Road
Unit 3 Education is a must
Text A A national address to America's school children （ I ）
Text B A national address to America's school children （ II ）
Text C Chasing my dream
Unit 4 What big potatoes do?
Text A William Henry Gates
Text B Queen Elizabeth II
Text C Confucius
Unit 5 Are you'good at sports?
Text A Story of the FiFA World Cup
Text B Health benefits of playing basketball
Text C Flying kites-a popular hobby
Unit 6 Music is cool
Text A Michael Jackson
Text B The traditional music
TextC A brief introduction to Chinese traditional music
Unit 7 Food and health
Tcxt A Chinese cuisine
Text B Good health
Text C Green tea
Unit 8 Movies come back
Text A Charlie Chaplin
Text B How Hollywood stays in business
Text C Jackie Chan
Unit 9 Something big
Text A Short biography of Nelson Mandela
Text B The War oflndependence
Text C Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong
Unit 10 Chinese dream VS American dream
Text A Is the American dream becoming too materialistic?
Text B My American dream
Text C A translation of the Chinese dream
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