中國文化閱讀

前言

　　英語教學的主要目的是使學習者通過學習英語了解世界，但是，隨著改革開放的深化，隨著我們加入WT0，中國已經(jīng)融入了世界大家庭，世界開始越來越關(guān)注中國的發(fā)展，各國人民越來越想了解中國。英語教學已經(jīng)不能僅僅停留在介紹西方社會和文化階段，而應該使學習者能以英語為工具，向世界介紹中國的社會、歷史、文化、語言、生活、經(jīng)濟等等。　　目前的大學英語教學仍然基本停留在基礎階段的教學，主干教材仍然以學習語言基礎知識和西方文化為主，我們的大學生經(jīng)過從中學（甚至小學、幼兒園）十多年的英語學習，已經(jīng)基本掌握了一般的交流所需要的英語詞語、結(jié)構(gòu)和表達方式，他們已經(jīng)可以也應該能夠向國際友人介紹中國了。但是到了真正和外國人進行口頭或筆頭交流的時候，對于自己的國家他們卻往往感到想說的說不出來，想寫的寫不清楚。根據(jù)我們的調(diào)查，有關(guān)中國的英文材料在我國的大學和中學教材中很少出現(xiàn)。本教材正是為了適應國家和社會對大學生英語能力的要求，為了改變上述現(xiàn)象而編寫的?！　”窘滩牧D從多角度反映具有中國特色的社會與文化現(xiàn)象，而不是僅僅局限于一般意義的中國文化。我們的選材主要來自國內(nèi)外書報刊中有關(guān)中國社會和文化的介紹，這些作者不少是在中國工作過或仍在中國工作的外國友人。我們也選取了部分中國近現(xiàn)代作者所寫的關(guān)于中國的文章。他們從不同的角度用地道的英語介紹了中國的社會和文化。本教材內(nèi)容涉及節(jié)日習俗、飲食、旅游、歷史人物、神話故事、中醫(yī)、武術(shù)、音樂、藝術(shù)、語言、社會、政治、經(jīng)濟、科技、教育、道德意識、大學生活、新聞媒體、社會問題等等，從多方面展現(xiàn)了當代中國風貌，為學習者提供了用英語講述中國的生動素材。

內(nèi)容概要

《中國文化閱讀》是一本用英語介紹中國的大學通識課教材。本教材力圖從多角度反映具有中國特色的社會與文化現(xiàn)象，課文的選材涉及節(jié)日習俗、飲食、旅游、歷史人物、神話故事、中醫(yī)、武術(shù)、音樂、藝術(shù)、語言、社會、政治、經(jīng)濟、科技、教育、道德意識、大學生活、新聞媒體、社會問題等。這些文章用地道的英語介紹了中國的社會和文化，展現(xiàn)了當代中國風貌，為學習者提供了通過英語了解和介紹當代中國的生動素材。    《中國文化閱讀》采用主題教學模式，每個單元含兩篇文章，一篇作為課文，一篇作為補充閱讀材料。兩篇文章均有較詳細的注釋，注釋以介紹文章中的中國文化元素為主。練習有閱讀理解、詞匯、英漢互譯等，并設有特色鮮明的、生動活潑的課堂活動。    《中國文化閱讀》英語地道，視角新穎獨特，可作為：1．高等學校非英語專業(yè)學生的選修課教材；2．有相當水平的英語學習者的閱讀教材；3．有志到國外教授漢語的學習者的輔助教材；4．以漢語為第二語言的母語為英語的學習者學習中國文化的教材。

書籍目錄

Unit 1 Traditional Festivals in ChinaUnit 2 The Great Wall: A Miracle of the WorldUnit 3 Chinese Table EtiquetteUnit 4 Technology and Education: A Trans-century StrategyUnit 5 Approach to LifeUnit 6 China Enters the WTOUnit 7 Does Culture Stifle Creativity？Unit 8 Im Glad My Son Is Growing Up in ChinaUnit 9 The Cowherd and the Weaving MaidUnit 10 A Review of Chinese StampsUnit 11 My Chinese Classmates Should Get Their Priorities Right！Unit 12 Buddhist Philosophy on Health BuildingUnit 13 Chinas Media RushUnit 14 Web-shopping　E-commerce Gaining in AcceptabilityUnit 15 In Search of the Great Leisure SeekerUnit 16 LiKa-shingandaCoinUnit 17 Battle against AIDSUnit 18 Big Ideas Drive ChinaS Quest for Super StatusUnit 19 Schoolyard Rhymes Evoke Wide ConcernUnit 20 The Personnel　Market　in ChinaUnit 21 China Increasingly Accepts PsychologyUnit 22 Students Live off Campus My MotherUnit 23 Health Is Not EnoughUnit 24 The Spirit of the Chinese PeopleUnit 25 Chinas First Sexual Harassment LawsuitUnit 26 Key to the Exercises

章節(jié)摘錄

　　Meanwhile, up in heaven, the little fairies escapade eventually reached the ears of the queen mother, who was especially angry with Weaving Maid who had dared to remain on earth, this she regarded as a deliberate violation of family rules as well as a challenge to her authority. She vowed to find her and bring her back for the most severe punishment.　　The queen mother dispatched troops to earth to look for her granddaughter, but it was a long time before they found out that she had married Cowherd and was living with him.Then one day the old lady herself went down to Cowherds hut. As he happened to be away in the fields, she grabbed Weaving Maid and began dragging her out. Weaving Maid looked back tearfully at her two children, crying on the doorstep. Her heart burned with hatred, there were many things she wanted to say, but she could only shout: "Quick, go and find Father！"　　Cowherd hurried home, only to find reels of thread lying idle on half-finished cloth and rice steaming in the pot. He wanted to go in pursuit and rescue his wife, but how could he possibly fly up to heaven.？ Then suddenly the words of the buffalo came to his mind. He hastily cloaked himself in the hide, found two baskets and put his children in them, then carried them out of door. As soon as he stepped outside, he found himself flying through the air, the wind whistling past his ears. It was not long before he saw his wife and the old woman in the distance. "Stop！" he shouted, "Im coming！"　　The children, too, called to their mother. He drew nearer and nearer; soon he would overtake them. But suddenly the old woman pulled out a jade pin from her hair and drew a line with it in the air behind her. Alas, in an instant, a broad river appeared between Cowherd and his wife, its waves so high that he could not fly across. Thus the couple was separated, one on each side of the river, and while they could see each other across the waters, never again would they be able to live together. Today, they have become the stars Altair and Vega on either side of the Milky Wav.　　Weaving Maid was severely punished, but she remained faithful to Cowherd and insisted that she be allowed to rejoin him. As time passed, the queen mother, unable to bend her by force or persuasion, relented and permitted them to meet once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

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