研究生学术英语读译教程

Unit 1 1

Part A Who Was the First Scientist? 1

Part B The Nature of Scientific Reasoning 9

Unit 2 15

Part A America’s Lacking Language Skills 15

Part B World Englishes，English as an International Language and Applied Linguistics 23

Unit 3 31

Part A Why Study Humanities？What I Tell Engineering Freshmen 31

Part B Why the Liberal Arts Need the Sciences（and Vice Versa） 39

Unit 4 43

Part A When Teaching Critical Thinking Backfires 43

Part B Young Minds in Critical Condition 50

Unit 5 55

Part A Can a“Triple Package”of Personality Traits Explain Success? 55

Part B Zuckerberg’s Letter to Daughter 62

Unit 6 69

Part A Driverless Cars Could Make Transportation Free for Everyone—with a Catch 69

Part B Self-driving Vehicles—The Threat to Consumers 80

Unit 7 87

Part A Advice from a Dinosaur? 87

Part B Job Interviews 94

Unit 8 103

Part A The Lesson of Economics 103

Part B The Belt and Road Initiative 110

Unit 9 119

Part A The Failure of Privatization 119

Part B Inequality Is Not the Problem 128

Unit 10 133

Part A Daoism 133

Part B The Idea of a Cultural Construct 143

Unit 11 149

Part A Solutions for Climate Change 149

Part B Ecology at the Start of the 21st Century 159

Unit 12 165

Part A The Perils of“Sharenting” 165

Part B Our Social Media Obsession：What Is Driving People to Constantly Check in with Social Media? 175

Unit 13 183

Part A The History of Common Core State Standards 183

Part B Section Ⅰ Who Is Fighting for Common Core? 192

Section Ⅱ Who Is Fighting Against Common Core? 195

Unit 14 199

Part A Artificial Intelligence 199

Part B A New Kind of Soft Battery,Inspired by the Electric Eel 208

Unit 15 213

Part A Affluenza：The Psychology of Wealth 213

Part B Please Help Us Tackle Urgent Problems of Homelessness and Destitution 221