英语泛读教程(第4册)第二版 本书特色
本书作为英语专业基础阶段的阅读教材旨在扩大学生的词汇量，增强英语语感，丰富文化知识，提高人文素质，并培养学生的逻辑思维和形象思维能力，训练略读、寻读、细读、评读等阅读技巧。为满足扩充词汇量、拓展知识面的需要，本书选题范围较广，内容丰富；为提高学生的思辨能力和阅读欣赏能力，优先选择具有经典意义和收藏价值的文章, 有助于学生从西方传统文化和现当代文化中汲取精华部分，了解其独特的精神内涵。配套练习旨在引导学生去解读、思考、分析、批评，并激发学生更强烈的阅读欲望。
英语泛读教程(第4册)第二版 内容简介
本书修订更换了部分课文，以求选材的时代性、内容的丰富性、文本的趣味性和文体的多样性。在筛选文章的过程中，既考虑提升学生的英语水平与人文知识基础，也注重整套教材内容的前后衔接。
英语泛读教程(第4册)第二版 目录
unit one
text a unveiling and consuming art in the multifarious spaces of early modern china 1
text b book review of mi fu and the classical tradition of chinese calligraphy 13
twenty minutes’ reading…25
unit two 29
text a take this fish and look at it 29
text b another school year—what for? 37
twenty minutes’ reading 45
unit three 49
text a your flexible friends 49
text b words that get you hired 58
twenty minutes’ reading 67
unit four 70
text a european business news 70
text b is higher inflation the most painless way to escape current economic troubles? 81
twenty minutes’ reading 89
unit five 93
text a solve that problem—with humor 93
text b the crooked streets 101
twenty minutes’ reading 110
unit six 114
text a when bright girls decide that math is “a waste of time”114
text b escaping the daily grind for life as a house father 122
twenty minutes’ reading 130
unit seven 134
text a a matter of degrees 134
text b how to build a student for the 21st century 143
twenty minutes’ reading 152
unit eight 157
text a friendship: the laws of attraction 157
text b the bond: staying in touch when children go to college 167
twenty minutes’ reading…175
unit nine 179
text a the biggest extinction on earth 179
text b spyware on your cell phone? 187
twenty minutes’ reading 193
unit ten 197
text a fame 197
text b the vice of punctuality 205
twenty minutes’ reading 213
unit eleven 216
text a the shocks of doom 216
text b luck 226
twenty minutes’ reading 234
unit twelve 238
text a the price of oil 238
text b deal or no deal 247
twenty minutes’ reading 255
