內容介紹
《英語綜合高級教程(下冊)》是“國家精晶課程”的依託教材，由四川外語學院組織編寫。《英語綜合高級教程》是英語專業本科高年級階段的精讀教材，也可作為非英語專業學生、英語愛好者達到四級、六級水平後，進一步提高英語語言能力、發展言語能力的精讀教材。
《英語綜合高級教程(下冊)》特點：
·注重引導學生養成語篇鑑賞以及批判性思維能力。
·注重靈活運用辭彙短語。設定辭彙短語填空練習、派生辭彙練習、釋義練習、修辭手段識別練習等。
·根據tem-8考試特點，設定有人丈知識練習和校對練習。
·text one為示範性話語材料，供教師學生課堂分析討論。text two為學生獨立學習之用。題材、體裁、難易程度與text one基本一致，便於學生模仿學習，建構相應話語，形成相應圖式。
作品目錄
Unit One Language 1 Section A Text One You Are What You Say 1 Text Two The Story of Human Language 12 Section B Text One The World of Doublespeak 21 Text Two Sexism and Language 33Unit Two Society 42 Section A Text One The Cost of Starting Families First 42 Text Two Balding, Wrinkled, and Stoned 52 Section B Text One What Makes New Yorkers Tick 61 Text Two Looking for a Few Good Snitches 70Unit Three Economy 79 Section A Text One Unretired: Retirees are Back, Looking for Work 79 Text Two Tex-mix 91 Section B Text One All change, No change 101 Text Two Dahn Yoga: Body, Brain and Wallet 112Unit Four Philosophy 122 Section A Text One A Definition of Philosophy 122 Text Two Against Happiness 132 Section B Text One In Praise of Idleness 141 Text Two An Apology for Idlers 150Unit Five Chinese Culture 159 Section A Text One A Chinese Philosopher 159 Text Two The Spirit of the Chinese People 169 Section B Text One Confucianism in China 177 Text Two Ancestor Worship 187Unit Six Politics and Military Affairs 195 Section A Text One The Other Side of the Coin: Reading the Politics of the 2008 Financial Tsunami 195 Text Two The Third Race 207 Section B Text One Conflict Without Victory: The Iran-Iraq War 216 Text Two Henry Kissinger Jewish Immigrant Experience in the Cold War 227Unit Seven International Relations 238 Section A Text One The Psychology of Power and Weakness 238 Text Two US Primacy in the International System 250 Section B Text One International Relations after the Cold War 261 Text Two East Asia: A Region of Focus and Transformation 275
