本书以《上海市中学生英语课程标准》为依据进行,对上海市“二期课改”新教材进行卓有成效的“二次开发”,是为配合上海“二期课改”而编写的一本同步课外阅读书。
本书是以上海市新教材高一(下)第一册书课文内容为主题,为每篇课文提供了一定的背景知识和相关阅读材料,并根据新编教材中阅读技能策略的训练补充了相关练习和进一步学习的注解文章并根据课文主题选编了一篇阅读材料,以高考中阅读新题型的方式编写了配套练习。本书除提供最新的符合学生练习的阅读材料外,还有一定量的、有针对性的综合练习。
本书对学生所学课文主题既有延伸,又有巩固;既了解扩大课外相关知识,又巩固了课本所学词汇及语言;既引导学生自主获取知识,潜移默化地掌握科学的学习方法,提高了学生的英语思维能力,又增加了学生学习英语的语感,更重要地了解和知晓了所学语言国家的文化等背景知识,逐步从学会转向会学,以求“厚积薄发”为学生的终生学习能力的培养奠定基础。
本书以培养学生阅读能力为宗旨,通过与高中教材每篇课文主题相配的系列阅读文章的学习,帮助学生更好地理解、掌握相关的词汇和句型。本书以多种练习形式,帮助学生进一步巩固所学知识,并在此基础上,以能够综合运用所学的语言知识。书中对所选阅读文章有词汇、句型的梳理,并配有相关练习,是师生拓展教学与学习的不可多得的辅导读物。
总序
前言
Unit 1 A Trip to the Theatre
Passage 1 Film of Harry Potter Hit Shanghai
Passage 2 Key for Chinese Film: To Be Entertaining
Strategy Recognizing the topics of paragraphs in a story.
More Reading Marilyn Monroe: Fame and Tragedy
Unit 2 Great Minds
Passage 1 Approaching Dickens and His Works
Passage 2 Einstein -- A Genius in the World of Physics
Strategy Looking for signal words.
More reading The Ig Nobel Prize
Unit 3 Plants
Passage 1 The Venus Flytraps
Passage 2 Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
Strategy Finding the topic sentence and examples.
More reading How Plants and Flowers Grow
Unit 4 Creatures: Large and Small
Passage 1 Why Do Bees Make Honey?
Passage 2 More Ant Facts
Strategy Reading a play.
More reading Butterfly Behaviors
Unit 5 Problems and Advice
Passage 1 A Friend and a Trial
Passage 2 Punishment for Dishonesty
Strategy Guessing meanings of words.
More reading Drug Abuse Prevention
Unit 6 A Variety of Viewpoints
Passage 1 Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the Community
Passage 2 Vicious and Dangerous Sports Should Be Banned by Law
Strategy Separating facts from opinions.
More reading Company Development Strategy
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