英語時文泛讀-第三冊

前言

　　北京大學出版社自2005年以來已出版《語言與應用語言學知識系列讀本》多種，為了配合第十一個五年計劃，現(xiàn)又策劃陸續(xù)出版《21世紀英語專業(yè)系列教材》。這個重大舉措勢必受到英語專業(yè)廣大教師和學生的歡迎?！　∽鳛橛⒄Z教師，最讓人揪心的莫過于聽人說英語不是一個專業(yè)，只是一個工具。說這些話的領導和教師的用心是好的.為英語專業(yè)的畢業(yè)生將來找工作著想，因此要為英語專業(yè)的學生多多開設諸如新聞、法律、國際商務、經(jīng)濟、旅游等其他專業(yè)的課程。但事與愿違，英語專業(yè)的教師們很快發(fā)現(xiàn)，學生投入英語學習的時間少了，掌握英語專業(yè)課程知識甚微，即使對四個技能的掌握也并不比大學英語學生高明多少，而那個所謂的第二專業(yè)在有關專家的眼中只是學到些皮毛而已。　　英語專業(yè)的路在何方？有沒有其他路可走？這是需要我們英語專業(yè)教師思索的問題。中央領導關于創(chuàng)新是一個民族的靈魂和要培養(yǎng)創(chuàng)新人才等的指示精神，讓我們在層層迷霧中找到了航向。顯然，培養(yǎng)學生具有自主學習能力和能進行創(chuàng)造性思維是我們更為重要的戰(zhàn)略目標，使英語專業(yè)的人才更能適應21世紀的需要.迎接21世紀的挑戰(zhàn)?！　∪缃?，北京大學出版社外語部的領導和編輯同志們，也從教材出版的視角探索英語專業(yè)的教材問題.從而為貫徹英語專業(yè)教學大綱做些有益的工作，為教師們開設大綱中所規(guī)定的必修、選修課程提供各種教材?！?1世紀英語專業(yè)系列教材》是普通高等教育“十一五”國家級規(guī)劃教材和國家“十一五”重點出版規(guī)劃項目《面向新世紀的立體化網(wǎng)絡化英語學科建設叢書》的重要組成部分。這套系列教材要體現(xiàn)新世紀英語教學的自主化、協(xié)作化、模塊化和超文本化，結合外語教材的具體情況，既要解決語言、教學內(nèi)容、教學方法和教育技術的時代化.也要堅持弘揚以愛國主義為核心的民族精神。因此，今天北京大學出版社在大力提倡專業(yè)英語教學改革的基礎上，編輯出版各種英語專業(yè)技能、英語專業(yè)知識和相關專業(yè)知識課程的教材，以培養(yǎng)具有創(chuàng)新性思維的和具有實際工作能力的學生，充分體現(xiàn)了時代精神。

內(nèi)容概要

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書籍目錄

UNIT ONE HEALTH AND HEALTHCAREText A Children in the BalanceText B Chubby Gets a Second LookText C The Diagnosis for Health CareUNIT TWO PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTText A Global Warming： Struggling to Save the PlanetText B Chemical GenerationText C Brazil， Alarmed， Reconsiders Policy on Climate ChangeUNIT THREE AGRICULTURE VS URBANIZATIONText A Life on the LandText B Urbanisation in China： Chinas ChicagoText C Kenyan Farmers Fate Caught Up in US Aid RulesUNIT FOUR US DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICSText A IF Bush Ruled the WorldText B Sino-US Relations： The Economic AspectText C All in the FamiliesUNIT FIVE THE CHANGING ENGLISH LANGUAGEText A Double Trouble SpeakText B The World is EnglishingText C Bible and the English LanguageUNIT SIX THE WAY BUSINESS OPERA TESText A Young Entrepreneurs Have the EdgeText B Its Whats on the Outside that CountsText C If You Whistle a Happy Tune， Dont Call it a JingleUNIT SEVEN LIFE GOES ONText A Why Montana Is Turning BlueText B The Art of UnhappinessText C Holding the Mirror Up to VanityUNIT EIGHT CHINA AND THE OLYMPICSText A Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony Blends Technology and TraditionText B Ex-Chinese Star Guides US to Win in VolleyballText C Reviving the Olympic Spirit 75 Years LaterGLOSSARY

章節(jié)摘錄

　　16 The latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,issued in April, has added to concerns here. "By mid-century, increases in temperature and associated decreases in soil water are projected to lead to gradual replacement of tropical forest by savanna in eastern Amazonia," it predicted, while also warning that "crop productivity is projected to decrease for even small local temperature increases" in tropical areas, "which would increase risk of hunger."17 Among climatologists who study the Amazon, the buzz words these days are "tipping point"——-the moment at which damage to the environment is so severe and widespread that it pushes the ecosystem into an irreversible cycle of self-destruction.18 Scientists disagree how close the Amazon is to such an event. Some warn that it is just a few years away, while others argue that the margin of safety is decades. But almost all agree that the danger exists.19 "Obviously the uncertainty range is huge, but the momentum is pushing us in that direction, and the fact that it is close is important, because the process is like steering a big ship," said Philip Fearnside, a researcher here at the National Institute for Amazon Research."People on the Titanic saw the iceberg, but they couldnt turn in time."20 In the debate over how to reduce carbon emissions and postpone or avoid such a tipping point, one area of disagreement between Brazil and the international community has been the issue of compensation for what is known as "avoided deforestation." This approach sets a monetary value for greenhouse gas emissions and pays farmers and indigenous people not to raze the forest.　　Brazil has been wary of allowing such a market mechanism, preferring that donations flow into a government fund that it would administer. Potential donors say they worry about waste and inefficiency and fear that such a fund would end up, as one person said, asking not to be identified because negotiations were still under way, being "money down a rathole, a total scam that did nothing at all for the people out there in the forest."

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