21世纪大学英语(S版)阅读教程2

《21世纪大学英语（S版）阅读教程》是一套 以教育部《大学英语课程教学要求》为指导、紧扣 大学英语四、六级考试阅读新题型而编写的阅读教 材。本套教材结合大学英语教学改革与发展的方向 ，以外语教学理论为指导，遵循“以人为本”的教 学理念，强调大学英语的人文性及工具性。在教材 的选材中，关注社会热点问题，重视文章内容的时 代性、信息性、知识性、多学科性及可读性。 根据大学英语四、六级阅读试题的要求，长篇 阅读不但要求学生对文章全篇内容能够有所理解， 同时也要求学生对文章的一些细节能够把握，新题 型对学生的宏观概括总结能力则有较为明显的提升 要求，要求学生要将知识赋予运用转换能力，不仅 要读懂，更强调测试考生在实践语言环境中查询有 效信息的能力，还要对所掌握的信息积极地加工处 理。鉴于此，本套教材以阅读技能开篇，重视学生 学习方法的训练，强调学生的英语综合应用能力的 培养，增强阅读信息获取的能力，提高阅读效能。 本套教材适用于职业本科院校一、二年级非英 语专业学生，可作为课堂教材或自学材料。

Unit 1 Cultural Diversity Text A New School Program Allowing Multicultural Students to Share Stories and Experiences Text B Culturally Diverse University Matters Text C How Universities Can Teach Their Students to Respect Different Cultures Reflection and Extension Unit 2 Online Shopping Text A Guilt-free Online Shopping Text B How to Become a Professional Shopper Text C Cannot Resist Splurging on Online Shopping Reflection and Extension Unit 3 Mental Health Therapy Text A Dog Therapy: What I Have Learned Overseeing 60 Canine Campus Teams Text B Resilience Classes Aim to Improve Mental Health of a Generation Text C Phone Addiction Is Real — And So Are Its Mental Health Risks Reflection and Extension Unit 4 Technologies and Life Text A How Marketers Use Algorithms to Read Your Mind Text B Your Phone Can Fix Its Own Smashed Screen Text C Would You Eat a 3D Printed Pizza Reflection and Extension Unit 5 Technology of Business Text A Keeping Rats out of Kitchens and Bedbugs out of Hotels Text B New Ways to Help Ill Pets Text C What Can You Use Instead of Google and Facebook Reflection and Extension Unit 6 Celebrity Scientists Text A Is the 2015 Nobel Prize a Turning Point for Traditional Chinese Medicine Text B The Father of Hybrid Rice Text C Sky-high Ambition Reflection and Extension Unit 7 Waste Management Text A Meet One of Thailand's Trash Heroes Text B China's Waste Ban: "An Opportunity for Innovation Text C Can We Fix Our Way out of the Growing E-Waste Problem Reflection and Extension Unit 8 Green Life Text A Food Waste: Using Sustainable Innovation to Cut Down What We Throw Away Text B Green School Students Make Biofuel for Bali Buses Text C Is a Substitute for Plastic Coming Anytime Soon Reflection and Extension Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Suggested Answers to the Exercises