超越概念·高等院校英語專業(yè)系列教材:泛讀(第2冊)
定 價:37 元
- 作者:張衛(wèi)平 ,等 編
- 出版時間:2010/7/1
- ISBN:9787300122526
- 出 版 社:中國人民大學(xué)出版社
- 中圖法分類:H319.4
- 頁碼:278
- 紙張:膠版紙
- 版次:1
- 開本:16開
培養(yǎng)高校英語專業(yè)學(xué)生的文化素養(yǎng)要有合適的教材:不是那種僅僅文字漂亮卻沒有太多文化內(nèi)涵的傳統(tǒng)教材,而是具有時代特征,選自政治、經(jīng)濟、社會真實交往,含有豐富文化內(nèi)涵的讀本,同時兼有能夠啟發(fā)學(xué)生思考和分析的活潑、互動的教學(xué)方法以及配套的課外實踐活動。這就是中國人民大學(xué)出版社推出“超越概念”這套英語專業(yè)系列教材的宗旨。
超越權(quán)威:凝聚全國英語專業(yè)教學(xué)指導(dǎo)委員會主任何其莘教授數(shù)十年教學(xué)、科研及教材編寫經(jīng)驗.是何其莘教授的又一次自我超越。 超越國界:匯集眾多中美名家的經(jīng)驗與智慧,吸收國際先進理念,旨在提升本土教學(xué)水平。 超越傳統(tǒng):打破以功能訓(xùn)練為主的傳統(tǒng)教材編寫模式,充分考慮當(dāng)前教學(xué)實踐,新教學(xué)方法和手段,突出文化特征,培養(yǎng)學(xué)生人文素質(zhì)和文化意識。
培養(yǎng)高校英語專業(yè)學(xué)生的文化素養(yǎng)要有合適的教材:不是那種僅僅文字漂亮卻沒有太多文化內(nèi)涵的傳統(tǒng)教材,而是具有時代特征,選自政治、經(jīng)濟、社會真實交往,含有豐富文化內(nèi)涵的讀本,同時兼有能夠啟發(fā)學(xué)生思考和分析的活潑、互動的教學(xué)方法以及配套的課外實踐活動。這就是中國人民大學(xué)出版社推出“超越概念”這套英語專業(yè)系列教材的宗旨。
“超越概念”是一套完整的高校英語專業(yè)本科系列教材,涵蓋了2000年教育部頒布執(zhí)行的《高等學(xué)校英語專業(yè)英語教學(xué)大綱》中規(guī)定的“英語技能”和“英語知識”兩大課程板塊中的所有課程,由一批長期從事國內(nèi)高校英語專業(yè)本科教學(xué)的中國教師和一批美國學(xué)者(均為20世紀(jì)80年代赴美留學(xué),而后在美國大學(xué)獲得博士學(xué)位和終身教職的華裔教授)合作編寫而成。
與國內(nèi)高校當(dāng)前使用比較廣泛的幾套英語專業(yè)教材相比,“超越概念”有以下幾個特點:
第一,教材采用了中美教授、學(xué)者合作編寫的形式。由中外學(xué)者合編教材國內(nèi)已有先例,但是本套教材無論從編撰者的數(shù)量到編寫人員的素質(zhì),從雙方合作的廣度到相互交流的深度,從教材種類所涵蓋的范圍到其內(nèi)容的真實性,都是前所未有的。編寫初始由中方編者提出編寫思路、選材要求,之后將要求交付美方編者,由美方編者在美國選材。在選材過程中,雙方經(jīng)過多次討論,最后確定每一篇課文的內(nèi)容與長度。然后由中方編者根據(jù)所選內(nèi)容編寫配套的練習(xí),最后由美方審讀并潤色。這種分工方式最充分地利用了雙方的優(yōu)勢:中方編者不但有在國外學(xué)習(xí)、工作、獲取學(xué)位的經(jīng)歷,而且長期在國內(nèi)高校從事英語教學(xué),對國內(nèi)學(xué)生的需求以及國內(nèi)現(xiàn)有教材的情況了如指掌,可以準(zhǔn)確地把握教材的內(nèi)容和難易程度。而美方編者的優(yōu)勢在于對西方,特別是美國的英語教學(xué)和文化的認(rèn)知與了解。他們出國前均為國內(nèi)高校英語教師,并有在美國大學(xué)英語系不低于20年的教學(xué)經(jīng)驗。他們不但對國外的英語教學(xué)了如指掌,更重要的是對英語語言和文化有一種直覺的感知,而這種感知是從任何教科書中學(xué)不到的。憑著這種感知,他們不但可以在教材的最終審定過程中杜絕那種語法全對但讀起來不像英語的中式英語,更能夠在選材的過程中準(zhǔn)確把握住西方文化核心的東西。
何其莘,博士,北京外國語大學(xué)教授,博士生導(dǎo)師。1994年-2005年任北外副校長,現(xiàn)為中國人民大學(xué)外國語學(xué)院院長、清華大學(xué)雙聘教授、廣東外語外貿(mào)大學(xué)等29所院校的客座教授、教育部高校英語專業(yè)教學(xué)指導(dǎo)委員會主任、全國翻譯碩士專業(yè)學(xué)位教育指導(dǎo)委員會副主任、全國英國文學(xué)學(xué)會會長、全國有突出貢獻的中青年專家。
楊孝明,博士,教授。畢業(yè)于西安外國語大學(xué),后獲英國諾丁漢大學(xué)英語碩士學(xué)位、美國鮑陵格林州立大學(xué)英語博士學(xué)位。在俄亥俄州鮑陵格林大學(xué)和新澤西州海洋郡學(xué)院任教二十余年,教授英文寫作、英美文學(xué)和語言學(xué)等課程,現(xiàn)為新澤西州海洋郡學(xué)院英語系終身教授。
UNIT ONE
Thinking Starters
Text A: Speech at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Text B: Just Be Yourself
Reading Skills: Comparison and Contrast (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT TWO
Thinking Starters
Text A: War
Text B: A Glimpse of Heaven
Reading Skills: Comparison and Contrast (II)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT THREE
Thinking Starters
Text A: School Violence Is Exaggerated by the Media
Text B: The History of Gun Control
Reading Skills: Long and Difficult Sentences (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT FOUR
Thinking Starters
Text A: Speech at Kean College
Text B: The Anthropology of Manners
Reading Skills: Long and Difficult Sentences (II)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT FIVE
Thinking Starters
Text A: Im Still Me!--Steves Story
Text B: Sex, Lies and Conversation
Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion (I)
Readings and Self-testing
#NIT SIX
Thinking Starters
Text A: The Case for a Sovereign Quebec
Text B: Violence in the Media
Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion (II)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT SEVEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Diplomacy in the Age of Terror
Text B: The Age of Nonpolarity
Reading Skills: Making Inference (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT EIGHT
Thinking Starters
Text A: The Inheritance of Tools
Text B: The Inheritance of Tools (continued)
Reading Skills: Making Inference (11)
Readings and Self-testing
UNITNINE
Thinking Starters
Text A: Two Kinds
Text B: Two Kinds (continued)
Reading Skills: Cause and Effect (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNITTEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Why Men Become Men
Text B: A Proposal I Never Thought Id Consider
Reading Skills: Cause and Effect (II)
Readings and Self-testing
ELEVEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Cyberspace: If You Dont Love It, Leave It
Text B: The Longest Day
Reading Skills: Critical Reading (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT TWELVE
Thinking Starters
Text A: A Little Theory
Text B: The Most Important Book I Read: The Stranger by Albert Camus
Reading Skills: Critical Reading (11)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT THIRTEEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Access to Cheap Drugs Can Slow the AIDS Epidemic in Africa
Text B: The Global AIDS Epidemic Is a Serious Problem
Reading Skills: Reading for Main Ideas
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT FOURTEEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Working for a Constitution: James Madison
Text B: To Move Toward Independence: Thomas Jefferson
Reading Skills: Reading for Thesis Statement
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT FIFTEEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: Sixty Feet Deep
Text B: Green Acres
Reading Skills: Understanding Text Structure and Organization (I)
Readings and Self-testing
UNIT SIXTEEN
Thinking Starters
Text A: The Genes That Jump
Text B: Understanding Eskimo Science
Reading Skills: Understanding Text Structure and Organization (11)
Readings and Self-testing
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