本丛书选材广泛,涵盖自然科学和人文科学。写作部分重视英文实用文体写作的基本技能训练,以指导、实例模仿、实际写作为主。
该套丛书以训练研究生能听懂CNN、VOA及BBC中以正常速度播放的英语节目,使他们的听力水平达到能猎取国际上各领域包括他们各自专业在内的最新信息的能力,为以后能与外国人用英语顺利交流打下基础。
上册
Unit One
Text A THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (独立宣言)
Text B AMERICAN VALUES AT THE CROSSROADS:THE UNITED STATES IN THE 21st CENTURY (二十一世纪的美国价值观)
Unit Two
Text A RECOVERY? DON'T BET ON IT (经济复苏?还不见得)
Text B CORNUCOPIA OR CRISIS (富饶或者危机)
Unit Three
Text A MY MOST UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTER (永远的母亲)
Text B A WORLD OF HOPE AND BEAUTY (母爱之歌)
Unit Four
Text A THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTER I'VE MET (恩师难忘)
Text B FRIENDS OF THE RING (生死战友情)
3nit Five
Text A A GLIMPSE OF AMERICAN IDIOMS (Ⅰ) (美国习语一瞥)
Text B A GLIMPSE OF AMERICAN IDIOMS (Ⅱ) (美国习语一瞥)
Unit Six
Text A SMART GENES? (聪明基因?)
Text B GENETICS AND HUMAN MALLEABILITY (遗传学与人类的可塑性)
Unit Seven
Text A THE ONE AND ONLY (永远的乔丹)
Text B THE BLACK AND WHITE TRUTH ABOUT BASKETBALL (黑人和白人蓝球的真谛)
Unit Eight
Text A CLEARING IN THE SKY (空中田园)
Text B THE LAW OF LIFE (生命法则)
Key to the Exercises
下册
Unit One
Text A IS THIS THE END COM? (网络公司日?)
Text B ATTACK OF THE LOVE BUG (我爱你……我害你)
Unit Two
Text A DESTINY'S CHOICE (命运的选择)
Text B CONSEQUENCES (后患无穷)
Unit Three
Text A PARADISE FOUND (复乐园)
Text B Excerpts from THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA 《老人与海》节选
Unit Four
Text A EUROPE HEADING FOR A WILD RIDE (欧洲将向哪里去?)
Text B THE BATTLE IN SEATTLE (西雅图之役)
Unit Five
Text A A PLANET IN JEOPARDY (岌岌可危的地球)
Text B THE GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT CRISIS (全球性环境灾难)
Unit Six
Text A ROAD RAGE (道路也疯狂)
Text B SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (拯救雷恩大兵)
Unit Seven
Text A EAT YOUR HEART OUT (新心闻)
Text B HERBAL HEALING (汉药西吃)
Unit Eight
Text A A NEW BREED OF HEALERS (新时代医疗者)
Text B FROM WE TO ME (从无我到唯我)
Key to the Exercises