研究生英語核心教材（下）

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《研究生英語核心教材-綜合教程（下）》是為研究生公共英語課程編寫的教材。本書共分十個(gè)單元，各個(gè)單元之間題材與體材盡量不一，但每個(gè)單元都由三篇同一個(gè)主題的文章組成。每單元的第一篇，設(shè)計(jì)了一系列基于課文以及由課文進(jìn)一步延伸的問題。隨后的兩篇同一主題的泛讀文章為第一篇的問題提供不同的觀點(diǎn)與視角，以利于論題做更深入和廣泛的討論，因此也可視為第一篇的有機(jī)組成部分。     所選課文盡量語言質(zhì)樸流暢，具有一定的思想性。讓學(xué)生認(rèn)識(shí)到，好的英語往往是質(zhì)樸的英語，質(zhì)樸的語言往往更能表達(dá)復(fù)雜豐富的思想。

書籍目錄

Unit 1  The Unabomber  Passage One  The Disease of the Modem Era  Passage Two  SolitudeUnit 2  The Future of Science... Is Art?  Passage One  The Future of Science: A Conversation with Alan Lightman  Passage Two  The Impact of Science on SocietyUnit 3  Ronald Reagan: Remarks on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day  Passage One  On the 50th Anniversary of the End of the World War II in Europe  Passage Two  Marshall Plan SpeechUnit 4  Caught Between Places  Passage One  The Joys of Writing  Passage Two  Simpicity in ArtUnit 5  Marco Polo's Legacy  Passage One  Italy -- The Cradle of the Renaissance  Passage Two  The Breakdown of Medieval CivilizationUnit 6  Same Sex Marriage in the United States  Passage One  Gay Parenting  Passage Two  Universal Declaration of Human RightsUnit 7  Winston Smith  Passage One  Brave New World  Passage Two  Animal FarmUnit 8  SummerhiU Education vs Standard Education  Passage One  Universities and Their Function  Passage Two  Oxford as I See ItUnit 9  The Clash of Civilizations?  Passage One  When Cultures Collide  Passage Two  Let's Make EnemiesUnit 10  Professional Women and Domestic Violence  Passage One  Harsher Penalties can Reduce Family Violence  Passage Two  Lessons from the Domestic Violence Intervention Project

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　　The belief that the Titanic was unsinkable was so strong that passengers and crew alikeclung to the belief even as she was actually sinking. This attitude was not helped by CaptainSmith, who had not acquainted his senior officers with the full situation. For the first hourafter the collision, the majority of people aboard the Titanic, including senior crew, were notaware that she would sink, that there were insufficient lifeboats or that the nearest shipresponding to the Titanics distress calls would arrive two hours after she was on the bottomof the ocean. As a result, the officers in charge of loading the boats received a very half-hearted response to their early calls for women and children to board the lifeboats. People feltthat they would be safer, and certainly warmer, aboard the Titanic than perched in a littleboat in the North Atlantic Ocean. Not realising the magnitude of the impending disasterthemselves, the officers allowed several boats to be lowered only half full.Procedures again were at fault, as an additional reason for the officers reluctance tolower the lifeboats at full capacity was that they feared the lifeboats would buckle under theweight of 65 people. They had not been informed that the lifeboats had been fully tested priorto departure. Such procedures as assigning passengers and crew to lifeboats and lifeboatloading drills were simply not part of the standard operation of ships nor were they included increw training at this time.As the Titanic sank, another ship, believed to have been the Californian, was seenmotionless less than twenty miles away. The ship failed to respond to the Titanics eightdistress rockets. Although the officers of the Californian tried to signal the Titanic with theirflashing Morse lamp, they did not wake up their radio operator to listen for a distress call. Atthis time, communication at sea through wireless was new and the benefits not wellappreciated, so the wireless on ships was often not operated around the clock. In the case ofthe Californian, the wireless operator slept unaware while 1,500 Titanic passengers and crewdrowned only a few miles away.After the Titanic sank, investigations were held in both Washington and London. In theend, both inquiries decided that no one could be blamed for the sinking. However, they didaddress the fundamental safety issues which had contributed to the enormous loss of life. As aresult, international agreements were drawn up to improve safety procedures at sea. The newregulations covered 24 hour wireless operation, crew training, proper lifeboat drills, lifeboatcapacity for all on board and the creation of an international ice patrol.

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