普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材：大学英语泛读教程4（第2版）

图书标准信息

• 作者 王健芳、林雅、史密斯（Lorraine C.Smith）、梅尔（Nancy Nici Mare） 著
• 出版社 高等教育出版社
• 出版时间 2010-01
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9787040284812
• 定价 24.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 225页
• 字数 346千字
• 正文语种 简体中文
• 丛书 普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材

【内容简介】

《普通高等教育十一五国家级规划教材·大学英语泛读教程4（第2版）》旨在提高学生的阅读能力、巩固所学词汇、激发学生对不同话题的兴趣，为今后阅读学术、技术文献奠定基础。适合非英语专业大学二年级下半学期的学生使用。
全书共3个单元，每个单元由3章组成，每章有2篇阅读文章。其特点主要体现在以下几个方面：重视培养学生阅读文献的能力和技巧；选材贴近学生的现实生活，时效性强；练习活动设计以学生为中心，利于活跃课堂气氛；重视词汇的复现和反复操练；重视运用多种媒体资料，培养学习能力。
此外，《普通高等教育十一五国家级规划教材·大学英语泛读教程4（第2版）》还提供了阅读策略训练题目以及提高字典查阅技巧的练习。

【目录】

Skills
Introduction

UNIT1：Society：SchoolandFamily
Chapter1
Hop，Skip...andSoftware？
Today，manyyoungstudentsusecomputers.Educatorsdisagreeonwhethercomputer
usemakesthesestudentsbetterlearners.
ProgramtoBringLaptopComputerstoRuralSchools
7000publicschoolteachersandstudentsinruralArkansaswillsoonreceivelaptop
computers.Thecomputerswillreplacetextbooksandlibrarybooks.
Chapter2
MyHusband，theOutsider
MariansKoreanrelativeswantedhertomarry，butnotnecessarilytothemanshe
chose.
UnwelcomeinChinatown
AmylooksChinese，butdoesnotspeakChinese.ShefeelslikeastrangerinChinatown.
Chapter3
BeyondRivalry
Astheyageandbecomemoremature，manysistersandbrothersbecomecloseras
theyputasidefeelingsofcompetitionandanger.
MiddleChildrenandTheirPositionintheFamily
Birthordercaninfluencethedevelopmentofachildspersonalityandthewaythat
childinteractswithhisorhersiblingsaswell.

UNIT2：InfluencesonOurLives：NatureVersusNurture
Chapter4
WhoLivesLonger？
Mostofusknowthat，onaverage，womenlivelongerthanmen.Whatotherfactors
influencehowlongpeoplelive？
CopingwithCrisis
Howtocopewithcrisis？Holdyourheadhigh，lookitsquarelyintheeyeandsay，"I
willbebiggerthanyou.Youcannotdefeatme."
Chapter5
TheMindsetofHealth
Thewaywethinkabouthealthandillnessinfluenceshowourbodiesrespond.
Canwe“think”ourselvesintoillness？
HowtoBehaveinaHospital
Shouldwebeactiveaboutourtreatmentandaskquestions？Orshouldwebequiet
andpassive，acceptingwhatevercomes？Theanswermaysurpriseyou.
Chapter6
SmallWonders
Arechildprodigiesbornormade？Areportersearchesforanswerstothisfascinating
questionabout“superkids.”
Readingat8Months？ThatWasJusttheStart
Verybrightchildrensoonoutperformtheirpeers.Butwhathappenswhena
13-year-oldisreadyforcollege？

UNIT3：TheEnvironment
Chapter7
PlayingwithFire
byLauraLopenetal，inTime
TheburningoftheAmazonrainforestbyfarmersandcattleranchersinvolves
consequencesfortheenvironmentallovertheworld.
TakingTwoStepsBack
TheburningoftheAmazonrainforestdecreasedtemporarily，butanimprovement
intheeconomy，coupledwithadryperiod，hasledtoanincreaseinthepractice.
Chapter8
WilderPlacesforWildThings
Todayszoosarecreatingthesightsandsoundsofnaturalhabitats.Theanimalsare
respondingwithnaturalbehaviortheyneverexhibitedbeforeinzoos.
PredatorsontheProwl
Manyanimals，suchasthemountainlion，areprotectedbylaw.Whentheyattack
andkillpeople，however，thelawsaresometimeschallenged.
Chapter9
ANuclearGraveyard
Nuclearpowerplantsprovidemuchneededpower.Theyalsogeneratenuclearwaste.
Wherecanthiswastebesafelystored？
ANuclearGraveyard（excerpt）
TheU.S.governmenthaschosenYuccaMountaininNevadaasa"home"fornuclear
waste，butnotallNevadansagreewiththegovernmentschoice.

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