新时代大学学术英语阅读教程(下)/专门用途英语课程系列

本书为《新时代大学学术英语阅读教程》下册， 共8个单元，选材涵盖了自然科学和人文社科的重要话 题，充分考虑学生的专业学习需求。每单元包含两篇 学术文章，并根据文章介绍并分析学术英语阅读技能 ，配以不同形式的阅读练习和翻译练习，以检测学生 的阅读成效。

Unit 1 Higher Education Reading 1: Long-Term Thinking about Technology and Education Academic Reading Skill: Scanning, search reading and careful reading Reading 2: Let's Engineer a Better Education Academic Reading Skill: Identifying word class Unit 2 Social Networks Reading 1: Are Social Networking Sites Controlling Your Mind? Academic Reading Skill: Skimming to get guidance to understand jargon Reading 2: Social Networking: Is Generation Smartphone Really More Prone to Unhappiness? Academic Reading Skill: Building up familiarity with challenging texts Unit 3 Medical Care Reading 1: When Patients Read What Their Doctors Write Academic Reading Skill: Identifying fact, theory or opinion Reading 2: Surgery Near End of Life Is Common and Costly Academic Reading Skill: SQ3R reading method Unit 4 Gender Equality Reading 1: The Creativity Bias against Women Academic Reading Skill: Paragraph deconstruction Reading 2: "Elderly Woman" Is Not a Synonym for "Clueless Person" Academic Reading Skill: Identifying various relationships in the reasoning Unit 5 Artificial Intelligence Reading 1: Bots in Our Homes Academic Reading Skill: Summarizing Reading 2: Why Henry Kissinger -- or Anyone Else -- Shouldn't Fear AI Academic Reading Skill: Making connections Unit 6 Communication Reading 1: Why Is It So Hard to Talk about Money? Academic Reading Skill: Identifying the functions of different titles Reading 2: Stephen Hawking as Accidental Ambassador for Assistive Technologies Academic Reading Skill: Making inferences Unit 7 Forces of Nature Reading 1: Visiting a National Park This Summer? Hold Your Breath Academic Reading Skill: Effective steps for note-taking Reading 2: Climate Change Is Killing These Ancient Trees Academic Reading Skill: Critical reading Unit 8 Behavioral Science Reading 1: Why Too Much Experience Can Backfire Academic Reading Skill: Critical thinking as an extension of critical reading Reading 2: Who Speaks Up in the Face of Uncivil Behavior? Academic Reading Skill: Critical thinking process Appendix I Key to Exercises Appendix II Glossary