刘梅华主编的《英语议论文读写教程》是“通用学术英语读写系列教材”的第二部。议论文是大学生在学术阅读和学术写作过程中经常遇到的一种重要体裁，学生的学术水平在较大程度上取决于学生阅读、理解、评判和论述观点的能力。本教程重点突出不同的学术英语议论文写作技巧，从多角度阐述、训练议论文读写，旨在培养、提高中等英语水平学生的学术英语议论文读写能力。

刘梅华主编的《英语议论文读写教程》为“通用学术英语读写系列教材”的第二部，旨在训练、提高学生的学术英语议论文读写能力。教材重在引导学习者通过阅读议论性英语文章，了解该文体的特点和写作方法，学习学术语言的风格和基本要求。此外，通过研究和讨论文后的问题，对文章内容进行反思，培养批判性思维能力。《英语议论文读写教程》分8个单元，涉及8个不同领域的话题，每单元包括议论文写作技巧讲解、议论文阅读、单元复习。每篇阅读文章后均设计有相应的阅读、写作任务，以强化议论文阅读技能，扩大学术英语词汇量，巩固单元目标写作技巧。

Unit 1 Business and Econnomics

 Writing Skill Development

Basic Structure of an Argumentative Essay

 Reading for Ideas

Text A Drain or Gain?

Text B Rent or Buy,a Matter of Lifestyle

Text C Comeback Kid--America’S Economy Is Once Again Reinventing Itself

 Unit Summary

Unit 2 Engineering

 Writing Skill Development

Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation(1)

Use of Reliable Sources(statistics，facts，quotation，

illustrative incidents，etc．)

 Reading for Ideas

Text A Altering the Forces of Nature：Genetic Engineering on Animals

Text B Genetically Modified Foods：A Solution to World Hunger or Potential Health Threat?

Text C Genetic Engineering and Cloning

 Unit Summary

Unit 3 Sinence

 Writing Skill Development

Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation(2)

Cause and Effect

 Reading for Ideas

Text A Can Animals and Plants Adapt to Global Warming?

Text C Stem Cell Research—Why Is It Regarded as a rnlreat?

 Unit Summary

Unit 4 Information Technology

 Writing Skill Development

Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation f31

Comparison and Contrast

Reading for Ideas

 Text A iPads and Kindles Are Better for the Environmenl

Than Books

 Text B Stop Blaming the Internet

 Text C We Should Not Permit Internet CensorshilD

Unit Summary

Unit 5 Philosophy

 Writing Skill Development

Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation r41

Deduction and Induction

 Reading for Ideas

Text A Argument,Truth and the Social Side of Reasoning

Text B Who Needs the Humanities?

Text C Experiments in Philosophy

 Unit Summary

Unit 6 Social Science

 Writing Skill Development

Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation r51

Clear Flow ofReasoning and Avoidance ofFaltse Aments

 Reading for Ideas

Text A The Many Career Opportunities for Recipients of

Degrees iin Mathematics

Text B Hidden Tigers：Why Do Chinese Children Do So

Well at School?

Text C WhyIWant aWife

 Unit Summary

Unit 7 Life Science/Health

 Writing Skill Development

The Whole Essay (1)

 Reading for Ideas

Text A A Scientist: "I Am the Enemy"

Text B An Argument in Support of Euthanasia or Physician- Assisted Suicide

Text C The Case Against Physician-Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care

 Unit Summary

Unit 8 Environment

 Writing Skill Development

The Whole Essay (2)

 Main Issue + Refutation + Support

 Main Issue + Support + Refutation

 Reading for Ideas

Text A The Food Miles Mistake

Text B Global Warming: Man-Made or Natural?

Text C The Environmental Argument for Reducing

 Immigration to the United States

 Unit Summary

Glossary