本书包括五个主题单元:Communication,Life&Death,The Small Screen&the Big Screen,Education,People&Places;涉及的方面有人际沟通、生命思考、荧屏传媒、教育、人地认同等不同层面。注重培养英语专业生的语言使用体悟、思想分析领悟、人文情操感悟等批评敏锐力。
课文解读与翻译
Unit One Communication
Text l Hills like White Elephants
Text 2 How to Say Thank You
Text 3 The Ways We Lie
Unit Two Life & Death
Text 1 The Discus Thrower
Text 2 On Being a Cripple (Part I)
Text 3 On Being a Cripple (Part II)
Unit Three The Small Screen and the Big Screen
Text 1 The Presence of the Word in TV Advertising
Text 2 Managing Mixed Messages
Text 3 Amusing Ourselves to Death
Unit Four Education
Text 1 In Defense of Disorder
Text 2 College Pressures
Text 3 Letter to a B Student
Unit Five People & Places
Text 1 Canadians: What Do They Want?
Text 2 My Wood
Text 3 Once More to the Lake
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