“展望(Prospect)全國高等院校英語專業(yè)系列精品教材”由對(duì)外經(jīng)濟(jì)貿(mào)易大學(xué)出版社聯(lián)合全國多所重點(diǎn)本科大學(xué)推出。教材根據(jù)針對(duì)全國本科院校英語專業(yè)設(shè)計(jì),內(nèi)容涵蓋英語專業(yè)必修和選修課教學(xué),包括基礎(chǔ)技能、語言學(xué)、文學(xué)、文化、商務(wù)等方面,囊括當(dāng)前我國高校英語專業(yè)所開設(shè)的大部分課程,并充分考慮到我國英語教育的地區(qū)差異和不同院校英語專業(yè)的特點(diǎn),為英語教學(xué)提供更多的選擇。
展望系列教材在內(nèi)容選材上反映了各個(gè)學(xué)科領(lǐng)域的最新研究成果,除了幫助學(xué)生打下扎實(shí)的語言基本功外,在編寫上更著力培養(yǎng)學(xué)生分析問題、解決問題的能力,并提高學(xué)生的思辨能力和人文、科學(xué)素養(yǎng),培養(yǎng)健康向上的人生觀,使學(xué)生真正成為我國新時(shí)代所需要的英語專門人才。
本系列教材的作者為中的學(xué)科帶頭人和一線優(yōu)秀教師,教材充分體現(xiàn)了當(dāng)今大學(xué)英語專業(yè)教育的發(fā)展方向和水平。具體書目包括《基礎(chǔ)英語教程1-4》、《英語聽力教程》、《英語口語教程》、《英語視聽說》、《英語閱讀教程1-2》、《英漢/漢英口譯基礎(chǔ)教程》、《大學(xué)英漢翻譯教程(第三版)》、《大學(xué)漢英翻譯教程》、《英語寫作》、《學(xué)術(shù)類論文寫作手冊(cè)(第三版)》、《經(jīng)貿(mào)英語文章選讀》、《經(jīng)貿(mào)英語翻譯》、《經(jīng)貿(mào)英語口譯》、《商務(wù)英語寫作》、《跨文化交際》、《國際商務(wù)禮儀》、《英美國家概況》、《英國文學(xué)簡史》、《美國
文學(xué)簡史》、《英美文學(xué)作品選讀》、《實(shí)用英語文體學(xué)教程》、《英語語言學(xué)教程》、《英美報(bào)刊高級(jí)閱讀教程》等。
近些年來,隨著改革開放的規(guī)模不斷擴(kuò)大,各種類型的國際交往曰趨增多,英語報(bào)刊作為教學(xué)資料的重要價(jià)值被越來越多的人所認(rèn)識(shí)。外刊是了解當(dāng)今國際風(fēng)云、外國文化的重要窗口,獲取最新科技知識(shí)、各種信息的主要手段,同時(shí)也是學(xué)習(xí)和掌握現(xiàn)代英語的理想資料。英語報(bào)刊題材廣泛,內(nèi)容新穎;語言現(xiàn)代,地道實(shí)用。
《高等學(xué)校英語專業(yè)英語教學(xué)大綱》對(duì)英語專業(yè)本科生的閱讀能力提出了五個(gè)層次的要求。其中較高要求和更高要求都指出:能讀懂難度相當(dāng)于《泰晤士報(bào)》或《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》的社論、政論文章和書評(píng)等,能在5分鐘內(nèi)速讀l600詞左右的文章,掌握文章的主旨和大意,理解事實(shí)和細(xì)節(jié)。本書主要是根據(jù)上述要求編寫的供高等院校高年級(jí)學(xué)生使用的選修課教材。本書亦可供研究生和其他愛好英語的學(xué)習(xí)者使用。
本書收錄的文章主要選自美英著名的報(bào)紙和雜志,如美國的《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》、《華盛頓郵報(bào)》、《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》、《今日美國》、《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》、《基督教科學(xué)箴言報(bào)》、《國際先驅(qū)論壇報(bào)》、《芝加哥論壇報(bào)》等報(bào)紙和《時(shí)代》、《新聞周刊》、《紐約客》、《美國新聞與世界報(bào)道》、《讀者文摘》、《財(cái)富》、《商業(yè)周刊》、《國家地理》等雜志;英國的《泰晤士報(bào)》、《衛(wèi)報(bào)》、《每日電訊報(bào)》、《獨(dú)立報(bào)》、等報(bào)紙和《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家》、《旁觀者》、《新政治家和社會(huì)》、《自然》等雜志。
第一單元 政治體制
語言特色:新聞體裁簡介
1. Britains Great Divide
2. The Case for Bigger Government
3. The New Liberal Order
第二單元 財(cái)政經(jīng)濟(jì)
語言特色:新聞標(biāo)題的特點(diǎn)
1. Old Banks, New Tricks
2. Easier for A Camel
3. Just When Africas Luck Was Changing
第三單元 社會(huì)問題
語言特色:新聞導(dǎo)語的特點(diǎn)
1. How to Spring the Benefits Trap
2. The Slave in the Garage
3. Two Nuns from Sisters of Mercy Focus on Jailed Immigrants
第四單元 軍事科技
語言特色:報(bào)刊英語語法特征
1. Obama: U.S. Security Is Still at Stake
2. The House of the Future
3. Science Review of 2009
1. Targeting Guns: A Cops New Priorities
第五單元 文教醫(yī)療
語言特色:新聞?dòng)⒄Z的詞匯特色(一)
1. Targeting Guns: A Cops New Priorities
2. Diary of a Third Year
3. The Battlefield of Ideas
第六單元 文娛體育
語言特色:新聞?dòng)⒄Z的詞匯特色(二)
1. Adam Lambert: Cool, Calm and Eclectic
2. Classic Romantic Triangle Takes Monstrous Form in New Moon
3. Sid Vicious: Little Boy Lost
第七單元 人物軼事
語言特色:報(bào)刊文章中的修辭(一)
1. An Exclusive Interview with the Obamas: Our First Year
2. Gates on Gates
3. Michael Jacksons Last Interview: The Tragic Singers Final Moments
第八單元 藝術(shù)時(shí)尚
語言特色:報(bào)刊文章中的修辭(二)
1. Vincent Van Gogh: The Letters
2. Have We Lost the Art of Dressing Up?
3. Castle in the Air
第九單元 自然環(huán)境
語言特色:報(bào)刊文章中的修辭(三)
1. When Crocs Ruled
2. How Green is Your Campus?
3. Copenhagen: The Era of Climate Stability Is Coming to an End
第十單元 世界報(bào)道
語言特色:報(bào)刊英語語篇中的銜接和連貫
1. Getting to the Top of the Class
2. The Microwave Wants Some Respect
3. Big Boys Should Cry
附錄
一、美國著名報(bào)刊雜志一覽表
二、英國著名報(bào)刊雜志一覽表
三、西方主要英文傳媒
四、英文報(bào)刊上出現(xiàn)頻率較高的縮略語
五、美英報(bào)刊常用詞匯
六、重要國際組織名稱縮寫
七、聯(lián)合國機(jī)構(gòu)名稱
參考文獻(xiàn)
19 Bill: let me ask you about another one of your mentors. Whats the best advice WarrenBuffett has given you?
20 B.G.: Well: Ive gotten a lot of great advice from Warren. Id say one of the mostinteresting is how he keeps things simple. You look at his calendar: its pretty simple. You talk tohim about a case where he thinks a business is attractive: and he knows a few basic numbersand facts about it. He picks the things that hes got a model of: a model that really is predictiveand thats going to continue to work over a long-term period. And so his ability to boil thingsdown: to just work on the things that really count: to think through the basics——its so amazingthat he can do that.
21 If youre getting too balled up with a lot of complicated things on your schedule: do youactually go back and think: What would Warren do?
22 B.G.: Yeah: sure. I think Warren is so nice to everybody——how does he say no in a niceway? Or how does he think about priorities and have that explicitly in mind? And he turns downan unbelievable number of things: and yet everybody feels great about it. His grace in talking topeople where hes always saying: you know: "You probably understand this better than I do: butheres how I messed it up when I first got involved in this."
There was a case at the annual meeting where somebody asked a question about shouldyou sell the stocks that have gone up and keep the ones that have not? And he sort of said: "No:you look at the value of the business." And then Charlie added: "Hes telling you yourconceptual framework is all wrong." Which is in fact what the answer had been: but therewasnt one element of: "Hey: dummy..."
23 What about advice or lessons learned as you were growing Microsoft from say: AndyGrove or people at IBM?
24B.G.: We learned about quality control: particularly from IBM Japan. Intel: we kind ofgrew up with together. Andy would sometimes be very friendly: offer good advice. Sometimeshe was very tough on us. But it was all very helpful. Apple is a competitor: but in terms of gettingthe Macintosh to critical mass: Microsoft was the key partner who had all the early software.You know: that was an interesting learning curve. Working with Steve Jobs is also exciting andnot totally predictable: but he was brilliant and inspired us in a lot of ways.