本書精選美國課堂教材“社會(huì)學(xué)科·歷史與地理”“科學(xué)”“數(shù)學(xué)”“語言與文學(xué)”“觀賞藝術(shù)”“音樂”中的材料,閱讀主題豐富多彩,讓英語學(xué)習(xí)變得更加輕松、有趣。每篇閱讀材料都配有大量的練習(xí)。除了隨堂練習(xí)外,還特別設(shè)置課后練習(xí)、學(xué)科綜合練習(xí),幫助學(xué)習(xí)者理解文章主旨,抓住閱讀重點(diǎn),逐步提升閱讀能力。詞匯是閱讀的基礎(chǔ),本書專門制作了單詞表,收錄閱讀中的重要單詞,讓學(xué)習(xí)者可以反復(fù)學(xué)習(xí),直至掌握。本書收錄的閱讀材料都配有聽力,掃描二維碼即可收聽地道英語,課后練習(xí)還專門設(shè)置了聽寫題,讓學(xué)習(xí)者的閱讀和聽力水平同步提升。
[美] 普特萊克,畢業(yè)于美國塔夫茨大學(xué),獲得英語文學(xué)學(xué)士和歷史學(xué)碩士學(xué)位。他撰寫的多部英語學(xué)習(xí)類暢銷書被眾多學(xué)子鼎力推薦。
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Social Studies ? History and Geography
Unit 01 ………………………………… 7
History and Culture
Clues from the Past
Unit 02 ………………………………… 11
The American Government
Three Important American Documents
Unit 03 ………………………………… 15
The Election System of the United States
The American Presidential Election System
Unit 04 ………………………………… 19
The American Civil War
The Civil War
Unit 05 ………………………………… 23
Post-Civil War
Reconstruction
Unit 06 ………………………………… 27
The Nation Grows
Industrialization and Urbanization
Unit 07 ………………………………… 31
War and Revolution
The Age of Imperialism
Unit 08 ………………………………… 35
World War II
World War II
Wrap-Up Test 1 ……………………… 39
Chapter 2 Science
Unit 09 ………………………………… 43
Living Things and Their Environments
Interactions among Living Things
Unit 10 ………………………………… 47
How Do Ecosystems Change?
Biomes and Ecological Succession
Unit 11 ………………………………… 51
Earth’s Surface
Earth’s Changing Crust
Unit 12 ………………………………… 55
Earth’s Atmosphere
What Makes Up the Atmosphere?
Unit 13 ………………………………… 59
The Properties and Structure of Matter
Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
Unit 14 ………………………………… 63
Matter and How It Changes
Mixtures and Solutions
Unit 15 ………………………………… 67
The Human Body
The Stages of Growth in the Human Body
Wrap-Up Test 2 ……………………… 71
Chapter 3 Mathematics ? Language?Visual Arts ? Music
Unit 16 ………………………………… 75
Computation
The Order of Operations and Inverse Operations
Unit 17 ………………………………… 79
Probability and Statistics
Ratios, Percents, and Probabilities
Unit 18 ………………………………… 83
Stories, Myths, and Legends
Echo and Narcissus
Unit 19 ………………………………… 87
Learning about Language
Common Mistakes in English
Unit 20 ………………………………… 91
The Renaissance
The Rebirth of the Arts
Unit 21 ………………………………… 95
Musical Instructions
Italian for Composers
Wrap-Up Test 3 ……………………… 99
? School Textbook 101
? Answers and Translations 145
? Word List 162