泛读(第2册)

本书为“超越概念——高等院校英语专业系列教材”之泛读教材，供大学本科一、二年级学生及同等水平学习者使用。泛读教材共四册，每册分16个单元，供任课教师每周处理一个单元。
 
本书的编写以《普通高中英语课程标准》对各种技能、知识和词汇量的要求为起点，以教育部颁布的《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》对各个级别的阅读量、难度和速度的要求为依据。其独特设计充分体现了泛读课程自身的特点，注重体裁和题材的多样化和视角的多元性，同时兼顾题材的系统性，旨在开阔学生的视野，增强其阅读能力和分析能力。

UNIT ONE
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: Speech at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Text B: Just Be Yourself
  Reading Skills: Comparison and Contrast (Ⅰ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT TWO
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: War
  Text B: A Glimpse of Heaven
  Reading Skills: Comparison and Contrast (Ⅱ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT THREE
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: School Violence Is Exaggerated by the Media
  Text B: The History of Gun Control
  Reading Skills: Long and Difficult Sentences (Ⅰ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT FOUR
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: Speech at Kean College
  Text B: The Anthropology of Manners
  Reading Skills: Long and Difficult Sentences (Ⅱ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT FIVE
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: I''m Still Me!--Steve''s Story
  Text B: Sex, Lies and Conversation
  Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion (Ⅰ)
  Readings and Self-testing
  #NIT SIX
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: The Case for a Sovereign Quebec
  Text B: Violence in the Media
  Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion (Ⅱ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT SEVEN
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: Diplomacy in the Age of Terror
  Text B: The Age of Nonpolarity
  Reading Skills: Making Inference (Ⅰ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT EIGHT
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: The Inheritance of Tools
  Text B: The Inheritance of Tools (continued)
  Reading Skills: Making Inference (Ⅱ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNITNINE
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: Two Kinds
  Text B: Two Kinds (continued)
  Reading Skills: Cause and Effect (Ⅰ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNITTEN
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: Why Men Become Men
  Text B: A Proposal I Never Thought I''d Consider
  Reading Skills: Cause and Effect (Ⅱ)
  Readings and Self-testing
  ELEVEN
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: Cyberspace: If You Don''t Love It, Leave It
  Text B: The Longest Day
  Reading Skills: Critical Reading (Ⅰ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT TWELVE
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: A Little Theory
  Text B: The Most Important Book I Read: The Stranger by Albert Camus
  Reading Skills: Critical Reading (Ⅱ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT THIRTEEN
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: Access to Cheap Drugs Can Slow the AIDS Epidemic in Africa
  Text B: The Global AIDS Epidemic Is a Serious Problem
  Reading Skills: Reading for Main Ideas
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT FOURTEEN
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: Working for a Constitution: James Madison
  Text B: To Move Toward Independence: Thomas Jefferson
  Reading Skills: Reading for Thesis Statement
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT FIFTEEN
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: Sixty Feet Deep
  Text B: Green Acres
  Reading Skills: Understanding Text Structure and Organization (Ⅰ)
  Readings and Self-testing

UNIT SIXTEEN
  Thinking Starters
  Text A: The Genes That Jump
  Text B: Understanding Eskimo Science
  Reading Skills: Understanding Text Structure and Organization (Ⅱ)
  Readings and Self-testing