布朗、胡德编著的《大学学术英语读写教程（上学生用书）》的取材以人类共同关注的问题为主，不论大学生主修什么专业，都必须了解和思考这些学科交叉的共核内容，如教育学、心理学、交际学、人类学、环境科学、信息科学等领域的基本知识，以求触类旁通。选文来自讲座、论文、研讨等学术界的基本活动。

本教材为学术英语教科书的典范，每个单元都有明确的学术技能学习。例如，关于阅读，所需技能有学术型阅读和做笔记，特别是批判性阅读、选择性阅读、检索性阅读等。又如，关于写作，所需技能有选择写作类别与整理思路，特别是撰写题目、摘要、引语、结论以及掌握评价这些内容的标准与方法。再如，关于学术发言与演示，所需技能包括作充分准备，应对不同意见与观点碰撞，主持研讨会，依据文本、数据、争论点进行陈述等。关于学术型听力培养，本教材从“学术文化环境”入手，介绍如何聆听不同国家和文化背景的学者所作的讲座，训练学生注意讲座开场白、主要论点、专业用词、常用表达、笔记方法等。本教材除了提供具体、规范、标准的操作要领和实施技巧外，还对英语语言的学习进行了科学、合理的处理，例如讲解必要的语法、语音、语调、语用规律等。

Authors' Acknowledgments To the Instructor To the Student

Unit 1 Belonging to a Group

Chapter 1Marriage, Family, and the Home

1 The Family Today

PREPARING TO READ

Thinking About the Topic

Examining Graphic Material

AFTER YOU READ

Reading for the Main Idea

Building Vocabulary: Dealing with Unknown Words

Language Focus: Writing About Changes

Reading Actively

2 Alternative Lifestyles

PREPARING TO READ

Thinking About the Topic

Skimming

AFTER YOU READ

Reading Boxed Texts

Building Vocabulary: Using Knowledge of Related Words

Note Taking

Test Taking: Preparing for a Short-Answer Quiz

3 How We Learn to Behave

PREPARING TO READ

Predicting

Personalizing the Topic

AFTER YOU READ

Language Focus: Defining

Building Vocabulary: Learning Words Related to the Topic

Summarizing

Applying What You Read

4 The Importance of the Social Environment

PREPARING TO READ

Thinking About the Topic

AFTER YOU READ

Visualizing Parts of the Text

Building Vocabulary: Using Context Clues

Reading for Main Ideas

Citing Studies in Your Writing

Writing Assignment

Chapter 2 The Power of the Group

1 The Influence of Culture

PREPARING TO READ

Thinking About the Topic AFTER YOU READ

Understanding Key Terms in the Text

Writing Expanded Definitions

Reading Boxed Texts

Applying What You Read

2 Peer Group Pressure

PREPARING TO READ

Personalizing the Topic

Previewing Art in the Text

AFTER YOU READ

Short-Answer Quizzes: Making Use of Your Own Experience

Varying Your Language

Language Focus: Writing About Differences

3 Crowds

PREPARING TO READ

Thinking About the Topic

Skimming: Reading First Sentences

AFTER YOU READ

Applying What You Read

Language Focus: Topic Sentences

Building Vocabulary: Using Grammar to Work Out Unknown Words

4 Panic!

PREPARING TO READ Personalizing the Topic

AFTER YOU READ

Scanning

Understanding Complex Sentences

Building Vocabulary: Word Maps for Remembering New Vocabulary

Writing a Listing Paragraph

Writing Assignment

Unit 2 Gender and Sexuality

Chapter 3 Growing Up Male or Female

1 Bringing Up Boys and Girls PREPARING TO READ

Skimming

Personalizing the Topic AFTER YOU READ

Note Taking: Making a Chart

Language Focus: Linking Words

Writing a Comparison and Contrast Text

2 Fairy-Tale Lessons for Girls PREPARING TO READ

Thinking About the Topic

Building Vocabulary: Learning Words Related to the Topic

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Unit 3 Media and Society

Unit 4 Breaking the Rules

Unit 5 Changing Societies

Text Credits

Art and Photo Credits

Task Index