英語(yǔ)時(shí)文泛讀-第三冊(cè)

前言

　　北京大學(xué)出版社自2005年以來(lái)已出版《語(yǔ)言與應(yīng)用語(yǔ)言學(xué)知識(shí)系列讀本》多種，為了配合第十一個(gè)五年計(jì)劃，現(xiàn)又策劃陸續(xù)出版《21世紀(jì)英語(yǔ)專業(yè)系列教材》。這個(gè)重大舉措勢(shì)必受到英語(yǔ)專業(yè)廣大教師和學(xué)生的歡迎?！　∽鳛橛⒄Z(yǔ)教師，最讓人揪心的莫過(guò)于聽(tīng)人說(shuō)英語(yǔ)不是一個(gè)專業(yè)，只是一個(gè)工具。說(shuō)這些話的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和教師的用心是好的.為英語(yǔ)專業(yè)的畢業(yè)生將來(lái)找工作著想，因此要為英語(yǔ)專業(yè)的學(xué)生多多開(kāi)設(shè)諸如新聞、法律、國(guó)際商務(wù)、經(jīng)濟(jì)、旅游等其他專業(yè)的課程。但事與愿違，英語(yǔ)專業(yè)的教師們很快發(fā)現(xiàn)，學(xué)生投入英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的時(shí)間少了，掌握英語(yǔ)專業(yè)課程知識(shí)甚微，即使對(duì)四個(gè)技能的掌握也并不比大學(xué)英語(yǔ)學(xué)生高明多少，而那個(gè)所謂的第二專業(yè)在有關(guān)專家的眼中只是學(xué)到些皮毛而已?！　∮⒄Z(yǔ)專業(yè)的路在何方？有沒(méi)有其他路可走？這是需要我們英語(yǔ)專業(yè)教師思索的問(wèn)題。中央領(lǐng)導(dǎo)關(guān)于創(chuàng)新是一個(gè)民族的靈魂和要培養(yǎng)創(chuàng)新人才等的指示精神，讓我們?cè)趯訉用造F中找到了航向。顯然，培養(yǎng)學(xué)生具有自主學(xué)習(xí)能力和能進(jìn)行創(chuàng)造性思維是我們更為重要的戰(zhàn)略目標(biāo)，使英語(yǔ)專業(yè)的人才更能適應(yīng)21世紀(jì)的需要.迎接21世紀(jì)的挑戰(zhàn)?！　∪缃?，北京大學(xué)出版社外語(yǔ)部的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和編輯同志們，也從教材出版的視角探索英語(yǔ)專業(yè)的教材問(wèn)題.從而為貫徹英語(yǔ)專業(yè)教學(xué)大綱做些有益的工作，為教師們開(kāi)設(shè)大綱中所規(guī)定的必修、選修課程提供各種教材?！?1世紀(jì)英語(yǔ)專業(yè)系列教材》是普通高等教育“十一五”國(guó)家級(jí)規(guī)劃教材和國(guó)家“十一五”重點(diǎn)出版規(guī)劃項(xiàng)目《面向新世紀(jì)的立體化網(wǎng)絡(luò)化英語(yǔ)學(xué)科建設(shè)叢書》的重要組成部分。這套系列教材要體現(xiàn)新世紀(jì)英語(yǔ)教學(xué)的自主化、協(xié)作化、模塊化和超文本化，結(jié)合外語(yǔ)教材的具體情況，既要解決語(yǔ)言、教學(xué)內(nèi)容、教學(xué)方法和教育技術(shù)的時(shí)代化.也要堅(jiān)持弘揚(yáng)以愛(ài)國(guó)主義為核心的民族精神。因此，今天北京大學(xué)出版社在大力提倡專業(yè)英語(yǔ)教學(xué)改革的基礎(chǔ)上，編輯出版各種英語(yǔ)專業(yè)技能、英語(yǔ)專業(yè)知識(shí)和相關(guān)專業(yè)知識(shí)課程的教材，以培養(yǎng)具有創(chuàng)新性思維的和具有實(shí)際工作能力的學(xué)生，充分體現(xiàn)了時(shí)代精神。

內(nèi)容概要

　　外交學(xué)院英語(yǔ)教學(xué)專家編寫。　　高等院校本科英語(yǔ)教育核心課程教材，北京市高等教育精品教材立項(xiàng)項(xiàng)目，北京市精品課程英語(yǔ)泛讀教學(xué)用書?！　∵x材語(yǔ)言地道，內(nèi)容新穎，題材廣泛，貼近生活，時(shí)代氣息濃郁，可讀性強(qiáng)。　　根據(jù)不同主題設(shè)置不同單元，知識(shí)內(nèi)容自成體系?！　【毩?xí)設(shè)計(jì)合理、實(shí)用，緊扣課文內(nèi)容，針對(duì)性強(qiáng)，形式靈活?！　‰y易程度恰當(dāng)，有助于擴(kuò)大國(guó)際視野，以適應(yīng)日益增長(zhǎng)的外交與對(duì)外文化交流的需要。

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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