高阶英语阅读教程（通用篇）研究生教材重庆大学出版社

Unit 1 Education and Learning ………………………………………………………… 1
Part Ⅰ Start⁃up ………………………………………………………………………………… 2
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore …………………………………………………………………… 3
Text A Learning Difficulties …………………………………………………………………… 3
Translation Tips Translating Numerals and Quantifiers ……………………………………… 7
Improving Reading Skills Identifying Main Ideas …………………………………………… 10
Text B Understanding Your Learning Styles ………………………………………………… 13
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building ……………………………………… 18
Extensive Reading ……………………………………………………………………………… 18
Language Building ……………………………………………………………………………… 23
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning …………………………………………………………………… 25
Unit 2 Cultural Differences ………………………………………………………………… 26
Part Ⅰ Start⁃up ………………………………………………………………………………… 27
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore …………………………………………………………………… 29
Text A Why Asians Wear Surgical Masks in Public ………………………………………… 29
Translation Tips Conversion ………………………………………………………………… 35
Improving Reading Skills Essay Structure …………………………………………………… 38
Text B Social Distancing: Why Has Compliance Been So Different Across Europe? ……… 44
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building ……………………………………… 51
Extensive Reading ……………………………………………………………………………… 51
Language Building ……………………………………………………………………………… 56
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning …………………………………………………………………… 59
Unit 3 Job and Career ……………………………………………………………………… 60
Part Ⅰ Start⁃up ………………………………………………………………………………… 61
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore …………………………………………………………………… 62
Text A That’s a Woman’s Job: How Do Certain Careers Acquire a Gender? ……………… 62
Translation Tips Amplification ……………………………………………………………… 67
Improving Reading Skills Identifying the Important Information …………………………… 69
Text B California Jobs Rise with Green Energy ……………………………………………… 71
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building ……………………………………… 75
Extensive Reading ……………………………………………………………………………… 75
Language Building ……………………………………………………………………………… 80
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning …………………………………………………………………… 83
Unit 4 Business and Industry …………………………………………………………… 84
Part Ⅰ Start⁃up ………………………………………………………………………………… 85
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore …………………………………………………………………… 86
Text A Stop Believing in Free Shipping ……………………………………………………… 86
Translation Tips Omission …………………………………………………………………… 89
Improving Reading Skills Distinguishing Facts from Opinions ……………………………… 91
Text B Netflix’s Accidental Coup …………………………………………………………… 93
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building ……………………………………… 97
Extensive Reading ……………………………………………………………………………… 97
Language Building …………………………………………………………………………… 102
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning ………………………………………………………………… 105
Unit 5 Science and Innovation ………………………………………………………… 106
Part Ⅰ Start⁃up ……………………………………………………………………………… 107
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore ………………………………………………………………… 108
Text A The Future of Home Delivery ……………………………………………………… 108
Translation Tips Translation of Passive Sentences ………………………………………… 112
Improving Reading Skills Guessing the Unknown Words in the Context …………………… 113
Text B Military Supply Lines Having No Truck with It …………………………………… 115
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building ……………………………………… 119
Extensive Reading …………………………………………………………………………… 119
Language Building …………………………………………………………………………… 124
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning ……………………………………………………………… 127
Unit 6 Earth and Climate ………………………………………………………………… 128
Part Ⅰ Start⁃up ……………………………………………………………………………… 129
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore ………………………………………………………………… 130
Text A Ice Melt Linked to Accelerated Regional Freshwater Depletion …………………… 130
Translation Tips Translation of Negation …………………………………………………… 134
Improving Reading Skills Understanding Logic of Sentences ……………………………… 136
Text B ……………………………………………………………………………………… 140
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building ……………………………………… 144
Extensive Reading …………………………………………………………………………… 144
Language Building …………………………………………………………………………… 148
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning ……………………………………………………………… 152
Unit 7 Computer and Society ………………………………………………………… 153
Part Ⅰ Start⁃up ……………………………………………………………………………… 154
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore ………………………………………………………………… 155
Text A Kids Learn Computer Science Without Computers ………………………………… 155
Translation Tips Translation of Noun Clauses ……………………………………………… 159
Improving Reading Skills Understanding Implications ……………………………………… 162
Text B Your Smartphone Reduces Your Brainpower ……………………………………… 164
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building ……………………………………… 168
Extensive Reading …………………………………………………………………………… 168
Language Building …………………………………………………………………………… 173
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning ………………………………………………………………… 175
Unit 8 Health and Medicine ……………………………………………………………… 176
Part Ⅰ Start⁃up ……………………………………………………………………………… 177
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore ………………………………………………………………… 178
Text A Laughter Is Really Good Medicine ………………………………………………… 178
Translation Tips Translation of Relative Clauses …………………………………………… 182
Improving Reading Skills Making Inferences ……………………………………………… 185
Text B Choose to Live a Healthy Lifestyle ………………………………………………… 186
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building ……………………………………… 191
Extensive Reading …………………………………………………………………………… 191
Language Building …………………………………………………………………………… 196
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning ………………………………………………………………… 199
Unit 9 Future of the World ……………………………………………………………… 200
Part I Start⁃up ………………………………………………………………………………… 201
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore ………………………………………………………………… 202
Text A War Robots & Nefarious Motives: How Humans Might Use AGI Is the Real Threat
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Translation Tips Translation of Adverbial Clauses ………………………………………… 206
Improving Reading Skills Understanding Author’s Attitude and Purposes ………………… 208
Text B The Future Is Now: Five Awesome Uses of Virtual Reality in Marketing ………… 211
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building ……………………………………… 215
Extensive Reading …………………………………………………………………………… 215
Language Building …………………………………………………………………………… 220
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning ………………………………………………………………… 224