肖肃主编的《英语综合高级教程》以《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》和《高校英语专业八级考试大纲》为准绳,以英语专业高年级的培养目标和教学原则为指导,充分体现了外语教学始终要“夯实基础、拓宽视野、提升思考、强化表达”这一理念。
本教程有上、下两册,按主题分为十四个单元。每一单元分两个小节,每一小节由两篇课文构成,这两个小节在语体上独立,在主题上相互联系,有利于学生系统学习语言。
本书为《英语综合高级教程》下册,为英语专业本科高年级阶段的精读教材,也可作为非英语专业学生、英语爱好者达到四级、六级水平后,进一步提高英语语言能力、发展言语能力的精读教材。
肖肃主编的《英语综合高级教程(下册)》是“国家精晶课程”的依托教材,由四川外语学院组织编写。《英语综合高级教程(下册)》是英语专业本科高年级阶段的精读教材,也可作为非英语专业学生、英语爱好者达到四级、六级水平后,进一步提高英语语言能力、发展言语能力的精读教材。
《英语综合高级教程(下册)》特点:
·注重引导学生养成语篇鉴赏以及批判性思维能力。
·注重灵活运用词汇短语。设置词汇短语填空练习、派生词汇练习、释义练习、修辞手段识别练习等。
·根据TEM-8考试特点,设置有人丈知识练习和校对练习。
·Text One为示范性话语材料,供教师学生课堂分析讨论。Text Two为学生独立学习之用。题材、体裁、难易程度与Text One基本一致,便于学生模仿学习,建构相应话语,形成相应图式。
Unit One Language 1
Section A Text One You Are What You Say 1
Text Two The Story of Human Language 12
Section B Text One The World of Doublespeak 21
Text Two Sexism and Language 33
Unit Two Society 42
Section A Text One The Cost of Starting Families First 42
Text Two Balding, Wrinkled, and Stoned 52
Section B Text One What Makes New Yorkers Tick 61
Text Two Looking for a Few Good Snitches 70
Unit Three Economy 79
Section A Text One Unretired: Retirees are Back, Looking for Work 79
Text Two Tex-mix 91
Section B Text One All change, No change 101
Text Two Dahn Yoga: Body, Brain and Wallet 112
Unit Four Philosophy 122
Section A Text One A Definition of Philosophy 122
Text Two Against Happiness 132
Section B Text One In Praise of Idleness 141
Text Two An Apology for Idlers 150
Unit Five Chinese Culture 159
Section A Text One A Chinese Philosopher 159
Text Two The Spirit of the Chinese People 169
Section B Text One Confucianism in China 177
Text Two Ancestor Worship 187
Unit Six Politics and Military Affairs 195
Section A Text One The Other Side of the Coin: Reading the Politics of the 2008 Financial Tsunami 195
Text Two The Third Race 207
Section B Text One Conflict Without Victory: The Iran-Iraq War 216
Text Two Henry Kissinger Jewish Immigrant Experience in the Cold War 227
Unit Seven International Relations 238
Section A Text One The Psychology of Power and Weakness 238
Text Two US Primacy in the International System 250
Section B Text One International Relations after the Cold War 261
Text Two East Asia: A Region of Focus and Transformation 275