商品簡介
本書共有十個單元,每單元包括兩篇課文。
本書強調語言基本功的訓練和語言實用能力的培養,因此在每單元的第一篇課文后均配有大量練習,其中包括回答問題(Comprehension Questions)、話題討論(Topics for Discussion)、詞匯(Vocabulary)、短文填空(Cloze)、翻譯(Translation)和寫作 (Writing)。
每一單元中還增設了補充材料(Additional Work)和諺語(Proverbs)。補充材料包括三個部分:習語學習、詞匯補充和閱讀欣賞。
作者簡介
曾道明,復旦大學英語語言文學教授。1949年5月生,江西萍鄉人。1970年就讀于復旦大學外文系,1973年12月赴新西蘭維多利亞大學學習,主修英國語言、英美文學和翻譯學。1976年10月歸國后任教于復旦大學外文系和英語教學部至今。1992年9月赴美進修、主修語音學理論。現主要從事英語語言教學以及翻譯學和英美文學研究。發表譯著、論文和編寫教材20余部(篇),其中主編教材有《研究生英語泛讀》、《博士生英語泛讀》、《博士生英語精讀》等。2001年獲上海市教學成果三等獎,2005年獲上海市教學成果二等獎。
目次
Unit One
Text An Image or a Mirage?
Further Reading Success Breeds Success
Speaking Skills Talking About Impressions
Unit Two
Text Is Love an Art?
Further The Future of Love:Kiss Romance Goodbye,It’sTime for the Real Thing
Speaking Skills How to Express Love
Unit Three
Text The Ant and the Grasshopper
Further Reading The Verger
Speaking Pursuing Objectives in Life
Unit Four
Text We’ve Got Mail-Always
Further Reading The Museum of Me
Speaking Skills Talking About E-mail and Internet
Unit Five
Text Solve That Problem-with Humor
Further Reading The having-a-Sense-of-Humor Image
Speaking Skills On Sense of Humor
Unit Six
Text The Media and the Ethics of Cloning
Further If We Have It,Do We Use It?
Speaking Skills Talking About Medical Ethics
Unit Seven
Text The Trying Tweties
Further Predictable Crises of Adulthood
Speaking Skills Talking About Growing Pains of the Young People
Unit Eight
Text The Business World as a Hunting Ground
Further You Men Want It Both Ways!
Speaking Skills Taking About Sex Roles
Unit Nine
Unit Ten