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本教程分为两册，本书为第2册。本教材内容新颖、材料真实、题材广泛，涉及工业、农业、文学、医学、艺术、历史、科学、教育、能源、环境、社会等36个主题。选文兼顾不同学科，融知识性、趣味性和可读性于一体。为更好地体现可读性和趣味性，编者特地安排了4个“轻松阅读”单元，相信将会极大地激发学生的兴趣，让学生在感知英语语言魅力的同时，其科学素养和人文精神在潜移默化中得到培养。
目录
Unit 1 Food and Diet
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Food: Past and Present
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 A New Diet Equation
Passage 2 Diet, Nutrition and Healthy Living
Passage 3 Cancer and Diet
Unit 2 Archaeology
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Excavating an Ancient Egyptian Tomb
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension ( Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Troy Uncovered
Passage 2 Pompeii: Buried in Ages
Passage 3 Machu Picchu Archaeological Sites
Unit 3 Medicine
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
A Brief History of Medicine
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 The Controversy over Human Cloning
Passage 2 Natural Medicine -- The Way Home
Passage 3 How to Build a Body Part
Unit 4 Space
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
When Galaxies Collide
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Transient Lunar Phenomena
Passage 2 Water, Flash Floods and New Possibilities for Life
on Mars
Passage 3 The Salyut Experience
Unit 5 History
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Rome: From Republic to Empire
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Anglo-Saxon England
Passage 2 The Enlightenment
Passage 3 Victorian Era
Unit 6 Biography
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
An American Storyteller: Ernest Hemingway
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Johannes Kepler
Passage 2 Napoleon -- Downfall and Legend
Passage 3 Tchaikovsky and Madame von Meck
Unit 7 Leisure Reading(Ⅲ)
Passage 1 Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Passage 2 The Trial of O. J. Simpson
Passage 3 That Lean and Hungry Look
Passage 4 An Excerpt from Jane Eyre
Unit 8 Economics
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
What Is Economics?
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension {Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
Passage 2 Karl Marx's Economic Conceptions
Passage 3 John Maynard Keynes
Unit 9 Materials Science
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
A Brief History of Materials
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension {Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 The Age of Superstuff
Passage 2 Superconductor Search: a Race and an Obsession
Passage 3 The Future of Nanomaterials
Unit 10 Philosophy
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
What Is Philosophy?
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Socratic Method
Passage 2 Rene Descartes' Dualism and Rationalism
Passage 3 Brief Introduction to Kant
Unit 11 Law
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
An Introduction to Law
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Origins of Common Law
Passage 2 The American Jury System: Standing in the Way of
Justice7
Passage 3 Nuremberg Trials
Unit 12 Education
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
The University and Society
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Set Universities Free
Passage 2 Requirements for Completion in U.S. Graduate Schools
Passage 3 Bertrand Russell on Education
Unit 13 Sports
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Social Aggregates and Cultural Influences in the Rise of Sport
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Good Sports
Passage 2 Spectator Sports Reflect America's Melting Pot
Passage 3 How David Stern and Michael Jordan May Have
Destroyed the NBA
Unit 14 Leisure Reading(Ⅳ)
Passage 1 King Edward Ⅷ Abdicated for Love
Passage 2 Love Is a Fallacy (Part Ⅰ)
Passage 3 Love Is a Fallacy (Part Ⅱ)
Passage 4 An Excerpt from Death in the Afternoon
Unit 15 Entertainment
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
The Beatles
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Is the Web the Future of Entertainment?
Passage 2 A History of Oscar's Ups and Downs
Passage 3 Soap Opera
Unit 16 Book Review
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension ( Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Passage 2 Vanity Fair by William Thackeray
Passage 3 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Unit 17 Computer and Internet
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Computer Science
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Life on the Net
Passage 2 Alienation and the Internet
Passage 3 Crime in Cyberspace
Unit 18 Architecture
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
European Architecture: History and Styles
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage I The Castles of Europe
Passage 2 Islamic Architecture
Passage 3 Modern Architecture: Reaching for the Sky
Unit 19 Management
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Management Strategies in Competing with Japan
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Chaos Theory of Management
Passage 2 Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory
Passage 3 Scenario Planning
Unit 20 Psychology
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Freudian Psychology and Psychoanalysis
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Dreams: Night School
Passage 2 Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Passage 3 The New Word on Gossip
Keys
References
本教程分为两册，本书为第2册。本教材内容新颖、材料真实、题材广泛，涉及工业、农业、文学、医学、艺术、历史、科学、教育、能源、环境、社会等36个主题。选文兼顾不同学科，融知识性、趣味性和可读性于一体。为更好地体现可读性和趣味性，编者特地安排了4个“轻松阅读”单元，相信将会极大地激发学生的兴趣，让学生在感知英语语言魅力的同时，其科学素养和人文精神在潜移默化中得到培养。
Unit 1 Food and Diet
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Food: Past and Present
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 A New Diet Equation
Passage 2 Diet, Nutrition and Healthy Living
Passage 3 Cancer and Diet
Unit 2 Archaeology
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Excavating an Ancient Egyptian Tomb
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension ( Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Troy Uncovered
Passage 2 Pompeii: Buried in Ages
Passage 3 Machu Picchu Archaeological Sites
Unit 3 Medicine
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
A Brief History of Medicine
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 The Controversy over Human Cloning
Passage 2 Natural Medicine -- The Way Home
Passage 3 How to Build a Body Part
Unit 4 Space
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
When Galaxies Collide
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Transient Lunar Phenomena
Passage 2 Water, Flash Floods and New Possibilities for Life
on Mars
Passage 3 The Salyut Experience
Unit 5 History
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Rome: From Republic to Empire
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Anglo-Saxon England
Passage 2 The Enlightenment
Passage 3 Victorian Era
Unit 6 Biography
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
An American Storyteller: Ernest Hemingway
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Johannes Kepler
Passage 2 Napoleon -- Downfall and Legend
Passage 3 Tchaikovsky and Madame von Meck
Unit 7 Leisure Reading(Ⅲ)
Passage 1 Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Passage 2 The Trial of O. J. Simpson
Passage 3 That Lean and Hungry Look
Passage 4 An Excerpt from Jane Eyre
Unit 8 Economics
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
What Is Economics?
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension {Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
Passage 2 Karl Marx's Economic Conceptions
Passage 3 John Maynard Keynes
Unit 9 Materials Science
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
A Brief History of Materials
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension {Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 The Age of Superstuff
Passage 2 Superconductor Search: a Race and an Obsession
Passage 3 The Future of Nanomaterials
Unit 10 Philosophy
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
What Is Philosophy?
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Socratic Method
Passage 2 Rene Descartes' Dualism and Rationalism
Passage 3 Brief Introduction to Kant
Unit 11 Law
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
An Introduction to Law
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Origins of Common Law
Passage 2 The American Jury System: Standing in the Way of
Justice7
Passage 3 Nuremberg Trials
Unit 12 Education
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
The University and Society
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Set Universities Free
Passage 2 Requirements for Completion in U.S. Graduate Schools
Passage 3 Bertrand Russell on Education
Unit 13 Sports
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Social Aggregates and Cultural Influences in the Rise of Sport
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Good Sports
Passage 2 Spectator Sports Reflect America's Melting Pot
Passage 3 How David Stern and Michael Jordan May Have
Destroyed the NBA
Unit 14 Leisure Reading(Ⅳ)
Passage 1 King Edward Ⅷ Abdicated for Love
Passage 2 Love Is a Fallacy (Part Ⅰ)
Passage 3 Love Is a Fallacy (Part Ⅱ)
Passage 4 An Excerpt from Death in the Afternoon
Unit 15 Entertainment
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
The Beatles
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Is the Web the Future of Entertainment?
Passage 2 A History of Oscar's Ups and Downs
Passage 3 Soap Opera
Unit 16 Book Review
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension ( Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Passage 2 Vanity Fair by William Thackeray
Passage 3 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Unit 17 Computer and Internet
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Computer Science
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Life on the Net
Passage 2 Alienation and the Internet
Passage 3 Crime in Cyberspace
Unit 18 Architecture
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
European Architecture: History and Styles
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage I The Castles of Europe
Passage 2 Islamic Architecture
Passage 3 Modern Architecture: Reaching for the Sky
Unit 19 Management
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Management Strategies in Competing with Japan
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Chaos Theory of Management
Passage 2 Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory
Passage 3 Scenario Planning
Unit 20 Psychology
Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Freudian Psychology and Psychoanalysis
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Passage 1 Dreams: Night School
Passage 2 Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Passage 3 The New Word on Gossip
Keys
References
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