第一部分为英语阅读技巧和3~5篇短篇阅读练习，旨在通过教学，进一步提高研究生的英语阅读能力；第二部分为两篇选读课文，可作为精读和泛读内容使用。内容涉及语言、跨文化交流、艺术欣赏等。
Unit One Language，Culture and Communication
Part I Reading Guidelines：Devdoping Good Reading Habits
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A Stumbthing Blocks in Intercultural Communicatio
Text B Politics and the English Language
Unit Two Learning Lives
Part I Reading Guidelines：Scanning
PartⅡSelected Reading
Text A University Education
Text B Education for Sustainable Development
Unit Three Marriage and the Family
Part I Reading Guidelines：Skimming
PartⅡSelected Reading
Text A How to Cook a StepfamUy
Text B The Sandwich Generation：A Cluttered Nest
Unit Four New Economic Times
Part I Reading Guidelines：Word Meaning by Word FormatiOil
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A Human Capital and Economic Development
Text B As Rich—poor Gap Widens in US，Class Mobility sl：alls
Unit Five Man and Nature
Part I Reading Guidelines：How to Read for“Comprehension
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A Gender．Poverty and Environment
Text B Indian Ocean Tsunami
Unit Six Art Gallery
Part I Reading Guidelines：Critical Reading
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A“I Should LiIce to Astonish Paris with an Apple”-The still Lifes
Text B The Making of a Love Triangle
Unit Seven Literature Garden
Part I Reading Guidelines：Reading for Artistic Appreciation
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading
Text A A Rose for Emily
Text B A Clean，Well—lighted Place
Unit Eight Academic World
Part I Reading Guidelines：How to Deal with Academic Reading
Part Ⅱ Selected Reading Music Lessons Enhance IQ
Glossary
Acknowledgements
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