英语泛读教程 第1册(第二版)

本书作为英语专业基础阶段的阅读教材旨在扩大学生的词汇量，增强英语语感，丰富文化知识，提高人文素质，并培养学生的逻辑思维和形象思维能力，训练略读、寻读、细读、评读等阅读技巧。为满足扩充词汇量、拓展知识面的需要，本书选题范围较广，内容丰富；为提高学生的思辨能力和阅读欣赏能力，优先选择具有经典意义和收藏价值的文章, 有助于学生从西方传统文化和现当代文化中汲取精华部分，了解其独特的精神内涵。配套练习旨在引导学生去解读、思考、分析、批评，并激发学生更强烈的阅读欲望。

首都师范大学外国语学院院长 二级教授、博士研究生导师。上海外国语大学外国语言学及应用语言学专业博士研究生毕业，文学博士。 现任第十四届全国政协委员，民革陕西省委会副主委，西安外国语大学副校长。

Unit One Text A Essay on America Text B Western Civilization, Our Tradition Unit Two Text A French and English Text B The American Character Unit Three Text A Professions for Women Text B The Beauty Industry Unit Four Text A The Road to Happiness Text B Entropy Unit Five Text A Philistines and Philistinism Text B The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life Unit Six Text A Expressing One's Individuality Text B Defining the Authentic Self Unit Seven Text A The Worker as Creator or Machine Text B Where I Lived, and What I Lived for Unit Eight Text A On the Sense of Humor Text B On Human Nature and Politics Unit Nine Text A Creativity Will Dominate Our Life Text B Unlock Your Own Creativity Unit Ten Text A The Long-Haul Degree Text B Graduate Degrees, Are They Worth It? Unit Eleven Text A Global Warming & Climate Change Text B They Cheat, I Tell You Unit Twelve Text A The Trouble with Television Text B Dolly's False Legacy