本书是一本为低年级非英语专业大学生所编写的读写教程，针对在《大学英语教学指南》（2017）中提出的教学基础目标和提高目标，重点围绕不同类型的英语文体及篇章体裁进行读与写的教学，旨在帮助学生巩固英语写作基础知识，提高读写技能，增强思辨能力。

Test Yourself
Unit 1 Language Learning
Reading
Text A Why Bilinguals Are Smarter
Text B Skype's Real-Time Translator-the End of Language Learning?
Writing
Ⅰ.The fundamental features of an effective paragraph
Ⅱ.The topic sentence
Ⅲ.Paragraph development
Unit 2 Life Story
Reading
Text A A Summer Lesson
Text B The Day I Will Never Forget
Writing
Ⅰ.The structure of narration
Ⅱ.Narrative hooks
Ⅲ.The thesis statement
Ⅳ.Transitions
Unit 3 Education
Reading
Text A Attachment Parenting
Text B Critical Success Factors in Online Education
Writing
Ⅰ.The fundamental features of exposition
Ⅱ.Definition essay
Ⅲ.Classification essay
Ⅳ.Cause and effect essay
Unit 4 Public Transport
Reading
Text A Mass Transit Expansion Goes off the Rails
Text B Trams Are Great for City Transport-Why Doesn't the UK Have More?
Writing
Ⅰ.The structure of argumentation
Ⅱ.Thesis
Ⅲ.Supporting evidence
Ⅳ.Organization
Unit 5 Economy
Reading
Text A Don't Even Ask!
Text B Upstart Short-Video App Challenges China's Heavyweights
Writing
Ⅰ.The key requirements of writing tasks based on graphs, charts or tables
Ⅱ.How to describe, summarize or explain the information of the given graphs, charts or tables
Unit 6 Environment
Reading
Text A Planet or Plastic
Text B Seashell Souvenirs Are Killing Protected Marine Life
Writing
Ⅰ.The definition of summary
Ⅱ.Paraphrase-A useful technique in summary
Ⅲ.The procedure of summary writing
Unit 7 Employment
Reading
Text A Coming to an Office near You
Text B Automation for the People.The Public, Technology and Jobs
Writing
Ⅰ.The fundamental features of resume
Ⅱ.Cover letters/Application letters
Unit 8 Human Rights
Reading
Text A HeforShe
Text B Dare to Educate Afghan Girls
Writing
Ⅰ.Determining the purpose of a speech
Ⅱ.Phrasing the central idea
Ⅲ.Structuring a speech
Ⅳ.Using language
Unit 9 Health
Reading
Text A Laughter and Health Outcomes
Text B Poverty and Obesity in the U.S.
Writing
Ⅰ.The definition of an abstract
Ⅱ.The types of abstracts
Ⅲ.The structure of an abstract
Ⅳ.The steps to write an abstract
Ⅴ.The function of keywords
Glossary