今日世界 高级英语阅读教程PDF电子书下载

1 Departure 1

LEARNING GOALS 2

PREPARING TO READ 2

Reading 1:“Truce in Heaven,Peace on Earth” by Tran Van Dinh 5

Comprehension 7

REVIEWING 8

LANGUAGE STUDY 9

REACTIONS 10

PREPARING TO READ 10

Reading 2:“I Leave South Africa”by Mark Mathabane 11

Comprehension 15

LANGUAGE STUDY 15

REACTIONS 16

Reading Further 17

2 Arrival 19

LEARNING GOALS 20

PREPARING TO READ 20

Reading 1:“The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” by Elizabeth Wong 22

LANGUAGE STUDY 25

Comprehension 25

REVIEWING 26

PREPARING TO READ 28

Reading 2:“How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston 30

Comprehension 33

LANGUAGE STUDY 33

REACTIONS 34

PREPARING TO READ 35

Readig 3:“Legal Alien” by Pat Mora 35

LANGUAGE STUDY 36

EVALUATION 37

EXPANSION 39

Reading Further 39

3 Language 41

LEARNING GOALS 42

PREPARING TO READ 42

Reading 1:“The Language We Know” by Simon Ortiz 44

Comprehension 44

REVIEWING 46

Reading 2:“Spanglish” by Janice Castro,with Dan Cook and Cristina Garcia 48

PREPARING TO READ 48

Comprehension 51

LANGUAGE STUDY 51

REVIEWING 52

REACTIONS 53

PREPARING TO READ 54

Reading 3:“Guardians of English” by James Crawford 54

Comprehension 57

REVIEWING 58

LANGUAGE STUDY 59

REACTIONS 60

PREPARING TO READ 60

Comprehension 61

Chart:“Fewer Speak English in U.S.” 61

REVIEWING 62

EVALUATION 62

EXPANSION 64

Reading Further 64

4 Tribes 67

PREPARING TO READ 68

LEARNING GOALS 68

Reading 1:“People,Not States,Make Nations” by Jason W. Clay 69

Comprehension 72

REVIEWING 72

LANGUAGE STUDY 75

PREPARING TO READ 75

Reading 2:“The Concept of Tribe” by Fodil Fellag 77

Comprehension 80

REACTIONS 81

LANGUAGE STUDY 82

Reading 3:“Is There an American Tribe?” by Lewis H.Lapham 84

PREPARING TO READ 84

Comprehension 85

LANGUAGE STUDY 86

REACTIONS 86

REVIEWING 86

EVALUATION 86

EXPANSION 89

Reading Further 89

5 Challenges 91

PREPARING TO READ 92

LEARNING GOALS 92

Reading 1:“On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs 94

Comprehension 99

LANGUAGE STUDY 99

REACTIONS 102

PREPARING TO READ 102

Reading 2:“Welfare Hell” by John Callahan 103

Comprehension 106

LANGUAGE STUDY 106

Reading 3:“Blind Commuter” by Douglas Martin 108

REACTIONS 108

PREPARING TO READ 108

Comprehension 111

LANGUAGE STUDY 111

REACTIONS 112

REVIEWING 113

EVALUATION 114

EXPANSION 116

Reading Further 116

6 Relationships 117

LEARNING GOALS 118

PREPARING TO READ 118

Reading1:“One's Company:Is There Something Unnatural about Living Alone?”by Barbara Holland 120

Comprehension 124

LANGUAGE STUDY 125

REACTIONS 126

PREPARING TO READ 127

Reading 2:“We Are Family:Why Gays and Lesbians Form Strong Bonds” by Laura Markowitz 127

Comprehension 129

LANGUAGE STUDY 130

REACTIONS 131

PREPARING TO READ 131

Reading 3:“My Husband's Nine Wives” by Elizabeth Joseph 131

Comprehension 133

LANGUAGE STUDY 133

REACTIONS 134

REVIEWING 136

EVALUATION 137

EXPANSION 140

Reading Further 140

7 Information 141

PREPARING TO READ 142

LEARNING GOALS 142

Reading 1:“Who Will Own the Information Highway?” by Kevin Cooke and Dan Lehrer 144

Comprehension 147

LANGUAGE STUDY 148

PREPARING TO READ 148

Reading 2:“Third World Leapfrog” by Pete Engardio 149

Comprehension 152

LANGUAGE STUDY 152

Reading 3:“Computers Know a Lot About You” by Jennifer Vogel 154

PREPARING TO READ 154

Comprehension 156

LANGUAGE STUDY 157

REACTIONS 158

REVIEWING 159

EVALUATION 159

EXPANSION 162

Reading Further 162

8 Government 163

PREPARING TO READ 164

LEARNING GOALS 164

Reading 1:“South Africa:Free at Last” by Jerelyn Eddings and Eric Ransdell 166

Comprehension 169

LANGUAGE STUDY 169

REACTIONS 172

PREPARING TO READ 173

Reading 2:“How the World Will Look in 50 Years” by Bruce W. Nelan 173

Comprehension 177

LANGUAGE STUDY 177

EVALUATION 179

REACTIONS 179

EXPANSION 181

Reading Further 181

Appendix Ⅰ 182

EVALUATE YOUR READING RATE AND COMPREHENSION 183

Timed Reading:“How to Read Faster” by Bill Cosby 183

Comprehension Check 186

Appendix Ⅱ 188

Answer Keys to Comprehension Checks,Chapter Self-Tests,and Other Exercises 189

学习指导 192