内容提要

本书根据原国家教委颁布的《全国非英语专业研究生英语教学大纲》编写，分

上、中、下三册。下册共有十课课文。每课内容分课文、练习、写作和阅读实践四个

部分。练习内容较多，题量也较大。大部分练习和全部阅读材料均与课文紧密结

合。全部课文及90％以上的阅读材料均选自英美书刊。书后附总词汇表。本书

供非英语专业硕士研究生及具有相当水平的英语自学者使用。

CONTENTS

Lesson l

Text: A Memory For All Seasonings

Exercises

Writing: l Fundamentals of an Essay

Reading Practice

1 I'll Remember It in a Minute

2 Under the SkuU

Lesson 2

Text: Three Days To See

Exercises

Writing: 2 Essay Development by Examples

Reading Practice

l The Most Important Day in My Life

2 A Symbol of the Indomitable Human Spirit

Lesson 3

Text: The Mystery Of Dreams

Exercises

Writing: 3 Classification

Reading Practice

1 Dreams: Thoughts of the Heart

2 Against All Odds

Lesson 4

Text: Doctor's Dilemma: Treat Or Let Die?

Exercises

Writing: 4 Process

Reading Practice

l Why l Believe in Voluntary Enthanasia?

2 The Control of Death

Lesson 5

Text: Smart Cards

Exercises

Writing: 5 Comparison/Contrast

Reading Practice

1 Smart Card Technology

2 Smart Cards

Lesson 6

Text: The Amazing Green-Gene Revolution

Exercises

Writing: 6 Cause/Effect

Reading Practice

1 Sowing the Seeds of Super Plants

2 Biotechnology Breakthroughs And the Public Reactions

Lesson 7

Text: The Silicon Age? It's Just Dawning

Exercises

Writing: 7 Argumentation

Reading Practice

l How IBM Became a Growth Company Again?

2 It's in the E-mail

Lesson 8

Text: Olympia Olympiads And Olympics

Exercises

Writing: 8 Abstract

Reading Practice

1 Boxing Puts Bite on Tyson

2 Women and the Olympic Movement

Lesson 9

Text: Area 51

Exercises

Writing: 9 Resume

Reading Practice

1 Flying Objects

2 An Interview with Robert Lazar

Lesson l0

Text: Hope With An Asterisk

Exercises

Writing: lO. The Cover Letter

Reading Practice

1 The Tao of Ho

2 The Global Epidemic

Glossary

subordinate n. someone who is of lower rank in a job, and takes orders from his superi-

or

innate a. (of a quality) which sb was bom with; possessed as an essential characteristic

entree n. (esp.BrE) a small meat dish, served after the fish and before the main dish in a

formal dinner; (esp.AmE) the main dish of a meal

heavy-set a. rather broad and strong-looking, sometimes rather fat

turkey n. a large bird, rather like a large chicken, kept on fanns for its meat which is eaten,

esp. at Christmas and (in the US) at Thanksgiving

dressing n. a usu. liquid mixture for adding to a dish, esp. a salad; material used to cover a

wound

starch n. a white tasteless substance forming an important part of foods such as grain, rice,

beans and potatoes; food containing this; a product made from this, usu. in powder form, for

stiffening cloth

chunk n. a thick piece or lump with a usu. irregular shape; a large part or amount

phonetic a. of or about the sounds of human speech; using special signs, often different

from ordinary letters, to represent the actual sounds of speech

contention n. a point of view that one argues in favour of assertion; arguing, compet-

ing, struggling between people

intrigue v. arouse the interest or curiosity of; make secret plots n. a secret or underhand

scheme; plot

Phrases and Expressions

on the lookout watching closely; searching for

come under suffer; receive (sth. usu. bad)

break down divide into types; classify

result from happen as a consequence of; be the result of

in sum in brief; in simple words

Proper Name

Peter Polson（人名）彼得·波尔森 professor of the Psychology Department at the

University of Colorado

Colorado a state of the west central U. S. 科罗拉多州

Boulder a city of north central Colorado, northwest of Denver

John Conrad （人名）约翰·康拉德 a restaurant waiter with an extraordinary memory

Anders Ericsson（人名）安德斯·埃里克森 a Swedish Psychologist

Alexander R. Luria （人名）亚历山大·阿里路里亚 former Soviet psycho-

logist

Shereshevskii(人名)谢里谢夫斯基 Russian newspaper reporter

Arturo Toscanini(人名)阿图罗·托斯卡尼尼 (1867－1957) Italian

conductor

Comell University康奈尔大学in ithaca, New York State

Ulric Neisser(人名) 尤尔里克·尼塞尔 ComellUniversitypsychologist

Camegie-Mellon University卡内基·梅隆大学a private university in Pitts-

burgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh a city in the south-west of Pennsylvania

William Chase (人名)威兼·蔡斯 psychologist in Camegie-Mellon University

Steve Faloonl(人名)史蒂夫·法隆

Matthew Erdelyi(人名)马修·埃德里 psychologist at Brooklyn College

Note

This text is taken from Mosaic ll . A Reading Skills Book, by Brenda Wegmann, Miki Prijic

Knezevic and Marilyn Bemstein, published by Random House in New York.

Exercises

Part l Understanding the text

Choose the best answer for each of the following:

1. The psychology professor discovered John Conrad's incredible ability to memorize ____.

a. in school b. on a test

c. in a restaurant d. at the University of Colorado

2. Conrad agreed to let the professor study his memory because ____.

a. Conrad was interested in psychology

b. Conrad wanted to increase his income

c. Conrad needed to improve his memory

d. Conrad tried to show his gratitude for the large amount of tip

3. The famous Russian nmemonist Shereshevskii used a memory trick called loci to remember objects

by____.

a. associating them with events in Russian history

b. imagining them placed along a street in Moscow

c. picturing each one in his mind in a different color

d. taking a walk along a street in Moscow such as Gorky Street

4. The memory trick used by Steve Faloon was the association of certain numbers with ____.

a. mnning times b. important dates

c. important events d. none of the above