英语泛读教程3

出版时间：2008-6  出版社：高等教育出版社  作者：梅德明 编  页数：276  

前言

　　近年来，我国高职高专教育的改革和发展取得了长足的进步。无论是学校数量，还是在校生人数都占到普通高校总数和学生人数的一半以上。与此同时，高职高专英语专业的数量和学生人数也增长很快。为了满足新形势对高职高专英语专业教育和人才培养的要求，我们编写了这套“高职高专英语专业立体化系列教材”。该套教材被列为普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材。　　本套教材的编写力图体现我国高职高专英语专业的教学实践的特点，遵循高职高专教育“实用为主、够用为度”的总体指导方针，充分反映中国学生学习英语的学习规律和要求，同时体现我国英语教学研究的新成果、新思想和新理念。教材的设计充分考虑高职高专英语专业的课程设置、课时、教学要求应符合高职高专英语专业人才培养要求与目标，处理好打好英语语言基础与培养英语语言应用能力的关系，强调英语语言基本技能的训练与培养实际运用英语从事涉外交际活动的语言应用能力并重。　　《英语泛读教程》（以下简称《泛读》）是“高职高专英语专业立体化系列教材”之一，是一套以高职高专英语专业学生为主要对象的阅读教材。《泛读》由高等教育出版社组稿，由上海外国语大学英语学院和高职学院教师合作编写。　　《泛读》共4册，每册用于一个学期的教学。《泛读》每册含16个单元，每单元由2篇课文和2篇补充阅读组成。2篇课文为现代时文，2篇补充阅读为与单元主题相关的阅读练习。我们建议在教学中应该以第1篇课文为主课，第2篇课文为补充教材，补充阅读为任务型练习。作为主课的第1篇课文含“阅前提问”、“课文”、“注释”、“阅读理解”、“阅读理解练习”、“词汇解意练习”和“语境提示练习”等部分的内容。　　每册在第4、8、12单元之后附有“阅读技巧”的介绍和练习。　　《泛读》的编者遵循“明确对象、准确定位、精心选材、合理设计、科学编排、规范编写”的原则精心编写，努力打造出一套“选材广泛、体裁新颖、课文经典、语言纯正、练习适量、操作性强”的高职高专英语阅读教程。　　编者建议，有关教师在使用《泛读》的同时，可设计一些有利于激发学生创新思维的教学内容，鼓励学生充分利用网络资源进行自主学习，达到“学以致用、用以促学”的目的。

内容概要

　　《英语泛读教程3》是“高职高专英语专业立体化教材”之一。“高职高专英语专业立体化教材”是普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材。本套教材的编写力图体现我国高职高专英语专业教学实践的特点，遵循高职高专教育“实用为主、够用为度”的总体指导方针，充分反映中国学生学习英语的规律和要求，同时体现我国英语教学研究的新成果、新思维和新理念。教材的设计充分考虑高职高专英语专业的课程设置、课时、教学要求与高职高专英语专业人才培养要求与目标，处理好打好英语语言基础与培养英语语言应用能力的关系，强调英语语言基本技能的训练与培养实际使用英语从事涉外交际活动的语言应用能力并重。

书籍目录

1 I nvitationsSection Ⅰ Talking Face to FaceSection Ⅱ Being AII EarsSection Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage Ⅰ DontArrive Too Late or Too EarlyPassage Ⅱ How to Decline PolitelySection Ⅳ Trying Your HandSection Ⅴ Having Some Fun2 EmailsSection Ⅰ Talking Face to FaceSection Ⅱ Being All EarsSection Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage Ⅰ Web UsersPrivacy ThreatenedPassage Ⅱ The Great Engine of E-CommerceSection Ⅳ Trying Your HandSection Ⅴ Having Some Fun3 Communication by PhoneSection Ⅰ Talking Face to FaceSection Ⅱ Being All EarsSection Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage Ⅰ A Cat with a Phone NumberPassage Ⅱ Got a Ceil Phone?Please Don?t Call Me！Section Ⅳ Trying Your HandSection Ⅴ Having Some Fun4 Making ReservationsSection Ⅰ Talking Face to FaceSection Ⅱ Being All EarsSection Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage Ⅰ Lost and Found Items Perplex the Hotel TradePassage Ⅱ General Information of Reservations at MotelSection Ⅳ Trying Your HandSection Ⅴ Having Some Fun5 At a RestaurantSection Ⅰ Talking Face to FaceSection Ⅱ Being All EarsSection Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage Ⅰ Eating OutPassage Ⅱ Toasts at PartiesSection Ⅳ Trying Your HandSection Ⅴ Having Some Fun6 Shopping and SightseeingSection Ⅰ Talking Face to FaceSection Ⅱ Being All EarsSection Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage Ⅰ Home Shopping TV Networks：the Wave Ofthe Future?Passage Ⅱ Summer in LondonSection Ⅳ Trying Your HandSection Ⅴ Having Some Fun7 FarewellSection Ⅰ Talking Face to FaceSection Ⅱ Being All EarsSection Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage Ⅰ Farewell to Our Chinese FriendsPassage Ⅱ My First Time in ChinaSection Ⅳ Trying Your HandSection Ⅴ Having Some Fun8 Applying for a JobSection Ⅰ Talking Face to FaceSection Ⅱ Being All EarsSection Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage Ⅰ MyFirstJobPassage Ⅱ Are You Having Fun at Work?Section Ⅳ Trying Your HandSection Ⅴ Having Some FunSelf-AssessmentKeys&TranslationsVocabuIary＆PhrasesUNITTEXTⅠ All the Good ThingsTEXTⅡ What Makes a Teacher "Effective"?Supplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ Animals as TeachersTEXTⅡ Protecting PrimatesSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ A Story About Torch RunTEXTⅡ Beijing Olympic BidSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ One Red Paperclip to a HouseTEXTⅡ Whats on Your iPod?Supplementary ReadingsReading Skills IUNITTEXTⅠ A Hit Commercial SongTEXTⅡ Big Ideas Needed in AdvertisingSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ Blue JeansTEXTⅡ FashionSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ A Promise KeptTEXTⅡ In the Line of FireSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ A Life out of the Newsroom-and into the NewsTEXTⅡ "Youre on Candid Camera！"Supplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ Dubai： Land of Endless LuxuriesTEXTⅡ My Life as a Package Tour RepSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ Working Christmas DayTEXTⅡ Even Nurses Haveto LaughSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ A Writers Dream： The Home OfficeTEXTⅡ Do Not Disturb！ Author atWorkSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ Under the Wing of Genius： Studying and Working with Stephen awkingTEXTⅡ Shes GotTheir NumberSupplementary ReadingsReading SkillsⅢUNITTEXTⅠ Grasse： Perfumes French CenterTEXTⅡ Scents and SenseSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ Tsunami Survivors StoryTEXTⅡ MeteorologySupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ ANewDreamTEXTⅡ Chinas First Spaceman Yang LiweiSupplementary ReadingsUNITTEXTⅠ Hannah McKeand——A Female AdventurerTEXTⅡ Meet a GeologistSupplementary Readings参考答案References

章节摘录

　　Anne Whitney， a sophomore at Colorado State University， first had a problem taking tests whenshe began college. "I was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks beforea test. Yet I would go in to take the test. only to find I could not answer the questions correctly.I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldnt think of the answer. My low gradeson the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher." Another student in microbiology hadsimilar experiences. He said， "My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then， on the secondtest， I sat down to take it， and I was so nervous that I was shaking. My hands were moving up anddown so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the material and I knew the answers.Yet I couldnt even write them down！"These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a studentworries and is uneasy about a test， his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. Thestudent cant write or think clearly because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Although poorgrades are often a result of poor study habits， sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades.Recently， test anxiety had been recognized as a real problem， not just an excuse or a falseexplanation of lazy students.Special university counseling courses try to help students. In these courses， counselors try to helpstudents by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities， students take tests tomeasure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high， the students can take short courses tohelp them deal with their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Studentsare trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness， they can lettheir minds work at ease， learn information and then come out without difficulty on a test.An expert at the University of California explains， "With almost all students， relaxation and lessstress are felt after taking our program. Most of them experience better control during their tests.Almost all have some improvement. With some， the improvement is very great."