本書由天印外語教育工作室組織編寫,是教育部重點課題“卓越計劃視野下的大學英語教學改革”(GPA11051)階段性成果。本書編寫任務如下:曹磊編寫每個單元的 Part Ⅲ,楊欣編寫第二單元、第四單元,崔雁編寫diyi單元、第三單元;蔣莉編寫第五單元、第六單元;王琳編寫第七單元、第八單元;曹磊、楊欣負責全書的統(tǒng)編定稿。本書由北京科技大學徐莉芳擔任主審。
本書力求探索全新的教學模式,不妥之處在所難免,敬請各位同行和使用者批評指正。
曹磊,楊欣,南京工程學院外語學院教師。
Preface Unit One Men and Women 3 Part I Pre-reading Activities 3 Part II Reading Tasks 4 Passage 1 Terra-cotta Warriors Get ‘Sex Change’4 Passage 2 Six Ways to Tackle the Gender Pay Gap7 Passage 3 Jane Eyre12 Part III Post-reading Tasks 14 Part IV Cultural Panorama 15 Unit Two Becoming Greener 17 Part I Pre-reading Activities 17 Part II Reading Tasks 18 Passage 1 Now China’s Super Rich Are Fleeing to Avoid Smog 18 Passage 2 Six Green Resolutions That Lead to Happiness22 Passage 3 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 26 Part III Post-reading Tasks 28 Part IV Cultural Panorama 29 Unit Three Music World 33 Part I Pre-reading Activities 33 Part II Reading Tasks 34 Passage 1 Mounting A Musical Peak34 Passage 2 Fascinating, Infuriating, Enduring: Bob Dylan Deserves His Nobel prize38 Passage 3 The Old Man And The Sea 43 Part III Post-reading Tasks 45 Part IV Cultural Panorama 46 Unit Four Travelling Around 48 Part I Pre-reading Activities 48 Part II Reading Tasks 49 Passage 1 How to Get the Most out of Visiting World-Famous Sites 49 Passage 2 A Museum of Mission54 Passage 3 The American Scholar 59 Part III Post-reading Tasks 62 Part IV Cultural Panorama 63 Unit Five Ivory Towers 67