本书共10个单元。各单元主题不一样，有人生哲理、科普知识、英语语言、书籍的未来等。每个单元有课前准备问题，课文A／B，课文A的生词、词组注释，作者、背景介绍及大量的练习。编写本教材的主要目的是培养研究生的篇章阅读能力，此外还有对写作及翻译能力的训练。本书适合高等院校各学科的非英语专业硕士研究生学习，也可作为相当程度英语学习者的自学教材。

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编者的话

UNIT ONE

Text A STAY HUNGRY. STAY FOOLISH.

Text B BARACK OBAMA'S VICTORY SPEECH

UNIT TWO

Text A TWO TRUTHS TO LIVE BY

Text B APPROACH TO LIFE

UNIT THREE

Text A THE FUTURE OF BOOKS

Text B HYPERTEXTUAL GAME AND INTERPRETATION OF TEXTS

UNIT FOUR

Text A ENGLISH NEXT

Text B YOUTH SPEAK

UNIT FIVE

Text A SCIENTISTS, SCHOLARS, KNAVES AND FOOLS 

Text B ANTHROPOLOGISTS ON THE FRONT LINES

UNIT SIX

Text A ENTROPY

Text B WHEN THE PESTILENCE STRUCK

UNIT SEVEN

Text A A FEW KIND WORDS FOR LOSING

Text B WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION?

UNIT EIGHT

Text A OF AMBITION; OF FORTUNE

Text B THE GIVING OF ORDERS

UNIT NINE

Text A IN DNA ERA, NEW WORRIES ABOUT PREJUDICE

Text B ARE YOUR GENES TO BLAME?

UNIT TEN

Text A FISHES IN THE CONCORD RIVER

Text B A STRANGE EXPERIENCE IN YOSEMITE

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