英文精品阅读
2010-5
旅游教育出版社
徐敬珍 主编
279
《英文精品阅读》是为了适应目前新形势下大学生英语学习的需求而编写的一本教材。包括两部分，共8个单元17课，供学生一个学期使用。 第一部分为时文选粹，包括4个单元，所选文章涉及现代科技与生活、西方人看中国、西方一瞥以及生活中的智慧；第二部分为中外经典，也包括4个单元，所选文章涵盖英国文学中的经典散文、诗歌、短篇小说和长篇小说节选，以及中国名流的经典英文散文。每一课都包括课文、注解、与课文密切相关的练习及开放性的思考题。本教材每单元的第一课都有一个关于阅读技巧的专题讲解。该单元的每一课都有就这一阅读技巧所设计的练习，同时这些练习与该课的课文也密切相关。此外，每单元还配有丰富的阅读材料，供学生课外阅读使用。除开放性问题外，所有问题都配有参考答案，以附录形式附在书后。 本教材在内容的选择上新颖独特，既保留了传统阅读教材的广泛性，又融人了英语文学的经典性；既有英语文学中的经典作品，又有反映时代信息的时文选粹；既有英语名家名篇，又有中国人的优秀英文作品；既有正文学习又有补充阅读；既有语言方面的练习，又有阅读技能的讲解，经典性、广泛性、趣味性和实用性相辅相成≮有机地结合在_起。因此，本教材既能提高学生的英语语言水平，又能提高他们的文学文化修养。同时也能提高他们的英语学习兴趣和民族自豪感。 由于本教材包含内容广、信息量大，学生在使用本教材时应该做好课前预习和课后复习。另外，由于每课所配的练习量较大，教师在使用该教材过程中，可对课后练习有选择地使用。 本教材可作为英语专业大学一、二年级学生的泛读教材，非英语专业大学三、四年级学生的高级阅读教材，继续教育学院专升本学生、高职英语专业学生的泛读教材或高级阅读教材，也可作为英语专业学生的课外阅读材料，同时还可供其他英语爱好者自学使用。
本教材在内容的选择上新颖独特，既保留了传统阅读教材的广泛性，又融入了英语文学的经典性；既有英语文学中的经典作品，又有反映时代信息的时文选粹；既有英语名家名篇，又有中国人的优秀英文作品；既有正文学习又有补充阅读；既有语言方面的练习，又有阅读技能的讲解，经典性、广泛性、趣味性和实用性相辅相成、有机地结合在一起。因此，本教材既能提高学生的英语语言水平，又能提高他们的文学文化修养。同时也能提高他们的英语学习兴趣和民族自豪感。
Section One Fine Works on Current Issues Unit 1 Modern Technology and Life Lesson One The Rise of Baidu David Barboza Reading Skill One: Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words from Context Clues (Part One) Lesson Two Striking a Balance between Privacy and Convenience Douglas C. Curling Lesson Three To Clone or Not to Clone, Is Than the Question? Supplementary Reading One Strategic Cost Management Unit 2 China in the Eyes of Westerners Lesson Four Shanghai's Boom: A Building Frenzy Howard W. French Reading Skill Two: Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words from Context Clues (Part Two) Lesson Five China Competes with West in Aid to Its Neighbors Jane Perlez Supplementary Reading Two Chinese New Year--A Promise of Peace and Prosperity William N. Brown Unit 3 Glimpse of the West Lesson Six Political Parties in the United States Reading Skill Three : Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues (compounding and conversion) Lesson Seven Christmas in New Zealand Supplementary Reading Three Impressions of America Oscar Wilde Unit 4 Wisdom in Life Lesson Eight The Shadows Bruce Hutchison Reading Skill Four : Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues (stems, prefixes, and suffixes): Part One Lesson Nine Two Truths to Live By Alexander M. Schindler Supplementary Reading Four A Simple Truth about Happiness Dennis PragerSection Two English and Chinese Classics Unit 5 English Essays Lesson Ten Text 1 Of Beauty Francis Bacon Text 2 Of Studies Francis Bacon Reading Skill Five: Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues (stems, prefixes, and suffixes): Part Two Lesson Eleven The Acorn-Gatherer Richard Jefferics Supplementary Reading Five French and English G. K. Chesterton Unit 6 English Poems Lesson Twelve Poem 1 Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare Poem 2 Song to Celia Ben Johnson Poem 3 A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns Reading Skill Six: Poem Appreciation Supplementary Reading Six Poem 1 Counsel to Girls Robert Herrick Poem 2 The Tyger William Bloke Poem 3 Daffodils William Wordsworth Unit 7 English Fictions Lesson Thirteen The Signalman Charles Dickens Reading Skill Seven: Sentence Study (Part 1): Comprehension of a Sentence by Reading It in Thought Groups Lesson Fourteen The Horse Dealer's Daughter D. H. Lawrence Lesson Fifteen Jane Eyre (Chapter Eight, Volume Two) Charlotte Bronte Supplementary Reading Seven Kew Gardens (Chapter 57) Virginia Woolf Unit 8 Fine Works by Chinese Lesson Sixteen The Religion of Good Citizenship Gu Hongming Reading Skill Eight: Sentence Study (Part 2): Comprehension of a Sentence by Structural Analysis Lesson Seventeen Farewell, Old Curiosity Shop Yiao Qian Appendix Keys for Reference
Eificient reading requires the use of various problem-solving skills. For example，it is impossible for you to know the exact meaning of every word you read. but bv developing your guessing ability following context clues，you will often be able to understand enough to arrive at the total meaning of a sentence，paragraph，or essay. Context refers to the sentence and paragraph in which a word occurs. To use context clues to get an approximate estimate of the meaning of unfamiliar words is one of the most important reading skills language learners are about to develop. Context clues Can be used to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words owing to the fact that a text is not a mere cluster of words or sentences that are not interrelated. Quite to the contrary，it must have certain features，including unity and cohesion to qualified as a text.
精选英语美文，呈现美丽、睿智英文，丰富你的英语文学文化知识，详解阅读技巧，介绍猜词和拆解长句的技巧，提高你的英语阅读能力，巧设针对练习，巩固阅读技巧，加深文章理解，帮你轻松过级。
有一定难度，总体还是不错的一本书！