高职高专英语泛读教程

出版时间：2009-3  出版社：外语教学与研究出版社  作者：龚耀　主编；张秀芹　等编  页数：149  

内容概要

《高职高专英语泛读教程》是一套实用新颖、学考并重的全新阅读教材。全套教材共分三册，每册十个单元，具有以下特点： 选材多样新颖，语言地道，内容深刻，篇幅及难度适中；课后练习丰富多样，从不同的角度训练和提高学生的英语水平和应用能力；系统讲解阅读技巧，并配以针对性强的练习，有效地巩固和提高学生的阅读技能；紧密结合“高职高专英语应用能力考试”和“大学英语四级考试”，使学生在日常学习中轻松备考。本书为其中的第二册。     本教材依据《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》，结合高等学校英语应用能力A、B级考试和大学英语四级考试，按照实用、够用的原则，设计、编排各单元的内容和体例，旨在帮助学生培养良好的阅读习惯，掌握实用的英语阅读知识和技巧，提高英语的文字处理能力，顺利通过A、B级和四级考试，并为学生的可持续性发展创造良好条件。该教程共三册，每册十个单元。本书为其中的第二册。

书籍目录

Unit 1 Advertisements Everywhere   Passage A Advertising--True or False?  Reading Skills Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions  Passage B Television Advertising Leads to Unhealthy Habits in Children  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun An AdUnit 2 Great Perseverance   Passage A A Brother's Song  Reading Skills Recognizing References  Passage B Ask, Ask, Ask  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun Mow LawnsJor FreeUnit 3 Going into the UN   Passage A History of the United Nations  Reading Skills Scanning  Passage B The Introduction of UN  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun Danish Air Force Compensates SantaUnit 4 Famous Celebrities   Passage A Forever Anita Mui  Reading Skills Skimming  Passage B Ted Turner--the Founder of CNN  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun A Hot ProposalUnit 5 Living with Mobiles   Passage A Can We Live Without Our Mobile Phones?  Reading Skills Detailed Reading  Passage B Mobile Phones  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun The Smart Way to Catch BurglarsUnit 6 Renewing Educational Concept   Passage A Nature School  Reading Skills Fast Reading  Passage B The School of Rock  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun A Dead RabbitUnit 7 Exploring Outer Space   Passage A Shenzhou VII Ready for Historic Task  Reading Skills Sequencing  Passage B Shenzhou VII Mission Marks'the Maiden Spacewalk by Clunese Astronauts  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun NASA and the NavajoUnit 8 Cloning Genes   Passage A My Sister, My Clone  Reading Skills  Underlining and Highlighting  Passage B Father of the Impossible Children  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun Pet Dog CloningUnit 9 Defining Success   Passage A Seeking the Meaning of Life  Reading Skills Making Inferences  Passage B A Commencement Address  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun Bigger and Better in TexasUnit 10 Microsoft's Development   Passage A Will Microsoft Still Be Microsoft Without Bill Gates?  Reading Skills Summarizing  Passage B ABC Interviews with Bill Gates  Reading Comprehension from PRETCO  Reading for Fun A Smart ItalianKey to Exercises

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　　If you dont try to do what you love， if you dont pursue what you think will be most meaningful， youwill regret it. Life is long. There is always time for Plan B. But dont begin with it.I think of this as my parking space theory of career choice， and I have been sharing it with students fordecades. Dont park 20 blocks from your destination because you think youll never find a space. Gowhere you want to be and then circle back to where you have to be.You may love investment banking or finance or consulting. It might be just right for you. Find workyou love. It is hard to be happy if you spend more than half your waking hours doing something youdont like.But what is ultimately most important here is that you are asking the question not just of me but ofyourselves. You are choosing roads and at the same time challenging your own choices. You have anotion of what you want your life to be and you are not sure the road you are taking is going to getyou there. This is the best news. Noticing your life， reflecting upon it， considering how you can live itwell， wondering how you can do good： These are perhaps the most valuable things that a liberal artseducation has equipped you to do. A liberal education demands that you live self-consciously. Thesurest way to have a meaningful， happy life is to commit yourself to striving for it. Dont settle. Beprepared to change routes. Remember the impossible expectations we have of you， and even as yourecognize they are impossible， remember how important they are as a lodestar guiding you towardssomething that matters to you and to the world. The meaning of your life is for you to make.I cant walt to see how you all turn out. Do come back， from time to time， and let us know.