新世纪博士生综合英语

Unit 1 1

Part 1 Reading Practice 1

Text：The Burden of Womanhood 1

Part 2 Developing Skills 17

Listening and speaking：Offering and Requesting Clarification 17

Writing：Mechanics 22

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 30

Gore’s Speech after the Defeat 31

Unit 2 35

Part 1 Reading Practice 35

Text：A Deadly Drug，A New Generation 35

Listening and speaking：Asking for Confirmation 47

Part 2 Developing Skills 47

Writing：E-mails 52

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 56

(1)Of Studies 56

(2)Of Beauty 58

Unit 3 60

Part 1 Reading Practice 60

Text：Patents in Genetic Age 60

Part 2 Developing Skills 79

Listening and speaking：Making Generalizations 79

Writing：Memorandum 82

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 86

(1)The High-minded Man 86

(2)On Wisdom 88

Unit 4 91

Part 1 Reading Practice 91

Text：The Many Faces of the Future 91

Part 2 Developing Skills 109

Listening and speaking：Expressing Opinions 109

Writing：Business Letters 113

Part 3 Reading Enioyment 118

On the Future of Africa 119

Unit 5 123

Part 1 Reading Practice 123

Text：Crime in Cyberspace 123

Listening and speaking：Shifting Focus 140

Part 2 Developing Skills 140

Writing：Letters of Application and Resume 144

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 150

Technology and its Positive Impact on Kids 150

Unit 6 155

Part 1 Reading Practice 155

Text：Death and Justice 155

Part 2 Developing Skills 168

Listening and speaking：Divulging Information 168

Writing：Summary 172

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 177

How to Be a Patient Person 177

Text：Desperately Seeking Aliens 183

Unit 7 183

Part 1 Reading Practice 183

Part 2 Developing Skills 201

Listening and speaking：Stating Reasons 201

Writing：Technical Description 204

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 211

(1)A Lover of Books Explains their Charm 211

(2)Books 213

Unit 8 218

Part 1 Reading Practice 218

Text：Reassessing the Economic Assumption 218

Listening and speaking：Expressing Doubt or Disbelief 236

Part 2 Developing Skills 236

Writing：Instruction 243

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 250

Resolve to Be Honest 250

Unit 9 254

Part 1 Reading Practice 254

Text：At Long Last—A Nobel of a Loner 254

Part 2 Developing Skills 270

Listening and speaking：Making Negative Statements or Comments Politely 270

Writing：Abstract 276

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 280

Acceptance Speech at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 281

Text：Discovering the Self 286

Part 1 Reading Practice 286

Unit 10 286

Part 2 Developing Skills 303

Listening and speaking：Persuading and Giving In 303

Writing：Short Report 309

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 315

(1)Self-Mastery 315

(2)How to be True to Yourself 317

Unit 11 321

Part 1 Reading Practice 321

Text：Television and Cultural Behavior 321

Listening and speaking：Extending Congratulations and Condolences 338

Part 2 Developing Skills 338

Writing：Research Paper 343

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 351

Change Your Bad Habits to Good 351

Unit 12 356

Part 1 Reading Practice 356

Text：The Artistry of Nature 356

Part 2 Developing Skills 370

Listening and speaking：Speculating About the Future Reminiscing about the Past 370

Writing：Oral Presentation 375

Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 381

President-elect Bush’s Speech 382

Bibliography 388