本教程为求知高等学校英语专业系列教材之高级英语教程第2册,适用于大学三年级英语专业学生综合英语课程使用。本教程选材突出人文学科的批评意识,具有多学科、多元文化的特点,选文包括了政治、经济、法律、伦理、语言、文学、影视、文化等不同学科的内容,涉及不同民族与文化。全书共12个单元,课文安排基本遵循由浅入深、循序渐进原则,注重培养学生的英语综合技能、提高交际能力和文化修养。教程的练习部分将更多的注意力放在学生们的参与之中。课前设问、课文理解、词汇填空、辨错改错、英汉互译、话题讨论、写作评论等练习,都旨在凸现训练学生口头表述和书面表述技能,坚持深化和扩展学生对语言和文化知识的实际应用。
Unit 1 Cultural Imperialism: an American Tradition / Julia Galeota
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Unit 2 Science and Religion/ Albert Einstein
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Unit 3 A Bachelor’s Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People / Charles Lamb
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Unit 4 The European Dream: Building Sustainable Development in a Globally Connected World/ Jeremy Rifkin
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Unit 5 Battle for Your Brain/ John Leland
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Unit 6 On Youthful Cynicism / Bertrand Russell
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Unit 7 The Disposable Rocket / John Updike
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Unit 8 Air Pollution (I) / Eldon D Enger & Bradley F Smith
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Unit 9 Future Shock / Alvin Toffler
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Unit 10 Socrates / Will Durant
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Unit 11 The Status of Linguistics as a Science / Edward Sapir
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Unit 12 Medical Lessons from History / Lewis Thomas
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