中學生拓展課程系列

前言

　　閱讀既是理解和吸收語言文化信息的重要手段之一，又是語言文化信息的最便捷的輸入源。我國教育部新制定的全日制義務教育和普通高級中學《英語課程標準》對學生的閱讀技能從三級到九級提出了明確的要求。在目前國內(nèi)外的各種英語測試中，閱讀理解所占的比重越來越大。為此，我們特向你推薦“中學英語拓展閱讀叢書”（Timed Readings Plus）。本叢書含有以下3個子系列：社會科學（Social．Studies）、自然科學（Science）及數(shù)學（Mathematics），由上海外語教育出版社從美國McGraw Hill Glencoe公司引進出版。社會科學和自然科學各有10個分冊，社會科學每冊有24課，自然科學每冊有25課，每課兩篇閱讀材料；數(shù)學有5個分冊，每冊有15課，每課兩篇閱讀材料。本叢書語言地道，知識面廣，信息量大，能有效訓練學生的閱讀理解能力，提高他們的閱讀速度。每課的第一篇閱讀材料篇幅長400單詞左右，側重訓練學生的快速閱讀能力；閱讀理解題則主要檢查學生是否能在快速閱讀后掌握閱讀材料中的事實和材料所傳達的思想。每課中的第二篇閱讀材料較短，著重訓練學生的閱讀技巧，如：從上下文中猜測生詞的含義，找出作者的觀點，得出中心思想，排列事件順序，推斷作者的論點等。因此，我們認為它是一套訓練學生閱讀速度及閱讀理解能力并能同時開拓他們視野的拓展型叢書，適合外國語學校初二及以上年級學生和非外國語學校高中學生課內(nèi)、外使用?！　≡鯓邮褂帽鞠盗袇矔兀课覀冇幸韵碌囊恍╅喿x策略供大家參考。　　1．閱讀時，要集中注意力?！　?．用一分鐘閱讀標題，并思考以下問題：我是否了解這一話題？我從這個話題中能學到什么？這個話題引起了我怎樣的思考？　　3．重點閱讀文章第一句和最后一句，因為第一句和最后一句往往是作者提出自己觀點和總結全文觀點的關鍵句子。　　4．快速閱讀全文以獲得材料所傳達給你的信息。如遇到含有姓名、日期或數(shù)字等的內(nèi)容，你應該放慢速度，以便記住這些內(nèi)容?！　≡鯓硬攀且粋€快速閱讀者？

內(nèi)容概要

《中學英語拓展閱讀叢書》包含社會科學、自然科學和數(shù)學三個系列。社會科學和自然科學各10冊，數(shù)學有5個分冊。只要堅持每天閱讀，你的閱讀能力一定會有明顯提高。我們期盼你在趣味盎然的閱讀環(huán)境中培養(yǎng)閱讀能力、遨游知識天地，學習地道英語?！　　渡鐣茖W系列（4）》為社會科學系列第三分冊，適合外國語學校及外語特色學校初中三年級學生使用。

書籍目錄

致學生致老師1 A The Blues1 B Muddy Waters2 A The Significance of Harvest: Harvest Festivals2 B Chusok3 A The Great Seal of the United States3 B Uncle Sam4 A The Ice Age in North America4 B The Finger Lakes of New York State5 A Lewis and Clark and Their Relations with Native Americans5 B Sacagawea6 A The Social Impact of Television6 B Television and Children7 A From a Bill to a Law7 B What Is THOMAS? 8 AKing Tutankhamun8 B Imhotep and the Step Pyramid of Djoser9 A The History of Soccer9 B The Oneidas: First American Soccer Team10 A Life in the Stone Age10 B Stone Age Tools11 ASpace Technology and Geography11B The Global Positioning Satellite System12 A Historical Fiction12 B Avi: Writer of Historical Fiction13 A The Storming of the Bastille13 B Bastille Day14 AFranklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal14 B WPA Workers15 AP.hotojournalism: Telling the Story Through Pictures15 B Dorothea Lange and Her Migrant Mother16 ACity Management: Responsibilities of a Mayor16 B Fiorello LaGuardia17 A The Plains Indians and the Buffalo17 B Plains Indians Powwows18 A Everyday Life in the Middle Ages18 B Medieval Clothing19 A The Euro: Coin of the European Union19 B Travel and Money20 AKeeping Workers Safe on the Job20 B The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire21 A Farming and Towns in the Ancient Middle East21 B Catal Huyuk22 ARenaissance Sports and Games22 B Children's Games of the Renaissance23 A Confederate Women Spies23 B The Moon Sisters24 A Early Days of the Grand Canal24 B A Trip Down the Grand Canal附錄Answer KeyReading RateComprehension ScoreComprehension Skills Profile

章節(jié)摘錄

　　From a Bill to a　　The draft version of a proposed law is called a bill. Only the United States Congress can in- troduce bills and pass laws. There are two houses of Congress， the House of Representatives and the Senate. A bill must get a majority vote in both to become law. Passing a bill is not easy. Read this example of how an education bill is managed.　　First， a member of Congress introduces the bill. Then it is sent to a committee in the House and another in the Senate. Both committees specialize in education issues and laws. These committees may or may not consider the bill. Committee members decide which bills to consider.　　If members decide to consider the bill， a committee may hold public hearings （聽證會）. Education experts and concerned citizens will share their expertise， offer advice， and answer questions. After the hearings， committee members hold a "mark-up" session. There， com- mittee members make changes in the bill. Then they vote on whether to send the bill to the full Congress.　　If they do send the bill to Congress， there is no rule that forces Congress to consider it. That is up to the leaders of the majority political party —— the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader. If party leaders decide to consider the education bill， it is debated separately in each house of Congress. Members of each house may make changes. In time， all of the changes are made. The members of each house vote on the revised version of the bill. If it gets a majority vote in both houses， it passes.　　The bill passed by the House is likely to be somewhat different from the bill passed by the Senate. The two bills must be reconciled （調(diào)和的，相一致的）. That is， their differences must be resolved. So the two versions are sent to a conference committee. This committee has members from both houses of Congress. The members decide on a final acceptable ver- sion of the bill. The compromise bill is voted on again by all members of each house. If it gets a majority vote in both houses of Congress， the bill passes。

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