《朗文新思维英语教程》系列丛书分为4册,针对不同水平的英语学习者,难度分别与四级、六级、 托福、考研等相当。每分册都由多个部分组成;每单元包含两篇课文,每篇课文都是一篇精彩的阅读材料。文章体裁多样,包括短文、影评、书信、戏剧、诗歌、演讲、短篇小说等。
每单元中的两篇课文的主题相同而观点各异。此外,本书还精心设计阅读策略、测试技能、语言注释、文化点滴、课后练习等栏目、兼顾听力、口语与写作,提供完整的英语学习体系,既适用于读者自学,又适用于教师课堂教学。本书为第二分册。
Units 1 寻访亚特兰蒂斯
Lesson
1.失落之城位于何处?
2.亚特兰蒂斯之说的证据?
Articles
Geography
Philosophy
Mythology
Dictionary skills
Atlantis will eventually be found one day.
Units 2 奥林匹克运动会
Lesson
1.现代奥林匹克运动会的诞生
2.奥运史上的磨难
Articles
Tourism
Leisure
Sports
Thesaurus skills
The Olympics is a true sign of our civilization.
Units 3 探索星空
Lesson
1.去星球安家
2.为什么要探索宇宙?
Letters
Astronomy
Economics
Reading letters
Everyone should support space exploration.
Units 4 指环王
Lesson
1.《指环王》中的隐喻
2.中土世界的缔造者
Literary criticism
Biography
Literature
Biography
Fantasy
Looking at metaphors
A few people who believe in the right things can change the world.
Units 5 小即是美
Lesson
1.佛家经济学
2.反全球化:问题和对策
Articles
Environment
Economics
Sociology
Commas and periods
Globalization has helped make the world a better place.
Units 6 金钱是一切吗?
Lesson
1.健康、财富和智慧
2.金钱不是一切
Articles
Philosophy
Psychology
Business
Survey
Making money is the best way of achieving dreams.
Units 7 谁是恐龙的杀手?
Lesson
1.它们去了哪儿?
2.在爆炸中灭绝?
Theory
Rebuttal
Paleontology
Geology
Adjectives and adverbs
The same thing that killed the dinosaurs could kill us.
Units 8 寻找失落的宝藏!
Lesson
1.意外的走运
2.橡树岛之迷
Articles
Cartography
Archaeology
History
Phrasal verbs
There are lots of treasures out there for people to find.
Units 9 投入战斗!
Lesson
1.T阿金库尔战役
2.兄弟连
Article
Speech
Military studies
History
Conjunctions
There are always many sides to history.
Units 10 教育的未来
Lesson
1.一所古老而现代的大学
2.亚洲各大学的发展
Articles
Education
Computing
Contractions
Universities continue to adapt to the needs of society.
Units 11 灭绝了!
Lesson
1.岛屿生物地理学
2.每年有多少物种灭绝?
Articles
Biology
Geography
Prepositions
People are destroying the world's environment.
Units 12 天使还是怪物?
Lesson
1.我喜欢你的翅膀!
2.制造怪物
Articles
Psychology
Sociology
Medicine
Colons, eradashes and semicolons
People should be able to change the way they look.