本教材分为两册，本书为其中的第1册。全书由10个单元组成，供研究生上半学年使用。本教材设计讲求创新性，突破了以往的阅读教材的编排系统和结构体例，以研究生的研究学习需求和以英语为工具获取本专业知识的目的为切入点，以语言能力与就业准备为价值取向，以学习者的兴趣为背景，以普通阅读为基础，学术、应用文阅读为导向，考试阅读为相关链接，娱乐阅读为基本板块，从而搭建课程内容通向学生职业生涯的桥梁。教材在编写中，大量吸收了现代教材编写的新理论和新成果，力求做到内容新、体例新。本教材集普通阅读、应用文阅读、学术阅读、基于考试的阅读和娱乐性阅读于一体。本书不仅适合非英语专业的研究生和本科生阅读使用，也适合英语专业的硕士生和本科生、社会群体有志报考研究生的读者，以及其他有志于提高英语阅读和学术论文写作水平的人士阅读使用。

Unit One

General Reading: You Are What You Wear

Special Purpose Reading: What Is Academic Writing？

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: We're Just Beginning

Unit Two

General Reading: The Final Stage of Growth

Special Purpose Reading: How to Single out a Topic

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: Facing the Enemy Within

Unit Three

General Reading: The Chaser

Special Purpose Reading: How to Quote and Paraphrase

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: Paradox of Our Times

Unit Four

General Reading: The Theme of the Three Caskets

Special Purpose Reading: How to Compose a Strong Thesis Statement

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: Ten Valuable Tips of Albert Einstein

Unit Five

General Reading: Eat Yourself Fitter

Special Purpose Reading: How to Outline an Academic Paper

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: Youth

Unit Six

General Reading: Relationships: What We All Want

Special Purpose Reading: How to Draft an Abstract

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: Ambition

Unit Seven

General Reading: The Russell-Einstein Manifesto

Special Purpose Reading: How to Formulate an Introduction

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: When Love Beckons You

Unit Eight

General Reading: The Selfish Gene

Special Purpose Reading: How to Compose a Central Part

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: Be Happy

Unit Nine

General Reading: Stop Blaming Working Moms

Special Purpose Reading: How to Round off a Conclusion

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: To Be or Not to Be

Unit Ten

General Reading: Success Means Never Feeling Tired

Special Purpose Reading: How to Write a Summary

Test-based Reading

Pleasure Reading: Gettysburg Address

Answer Keys & Translation

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Unit Three

Unit Four

Unit Five

Unit Six

Unit Seven

Unit Eight

Unit Nine

Unit Ten