正版新书]英语阅读能力训练这样听就对了(2)[美]莎雷?杜普伊斯

[nit 1 CULTURE

Lesson 01 Big and Beautiful? . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Lesson 02 The Japanese Tea Ceremony . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Unit 2 ARTS & LITERATURE

Lesson 03 Henrik Ibsen . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Lesson 04 Marc Chagall . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Review 1

Lesson 05 Urban Legends: Fact or Fiction? .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Lesson 06 Louis Armstrong . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Unit 3 POLITICS & BUSINESS

Lesson 07 You GO, Girls! . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Lesson 08 What Caused the Global Financial
Crisis? . . . . . . . . . . 42

Review 2

Lesson 09 Online Shopping Clubs . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Lesson 10 Go for the Gold! . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Unit 4 TECHNOLOGY

Lesson 11 Cyberbullying . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Lesson 12 Social Networks—User Beware! . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Unit 5 SCIENCE

Lesson 13 Love is Like a Drug . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Lesson 14 Doomsday? . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Review 3

Lesson 15 Pheromones, Our Sixth Sense . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Lesson 16 Human Androids . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Unit 6 HEALTH

Lesson 17 Fake Health Food . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Lesson 18 Monsters Inside You! . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Unit 7 ENTERTAINMENT

Lesson 19 The Vampire Phenomenon . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Lesson 20 (Un)Reality TV . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Review 4

Lesson 21 Asperger's Syndrome . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Lesson 22 Justin Bieber . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Unit 8 NATURE

Lesson 23 The Battle of the Bees . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Lesson 24 Plate Tectonics . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Unit 9 TRAVEL

Lesson 25 Napa Valley . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Lesson 26 Quebec City . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Review 5

Lesson 27 Cycling in the Netherlands . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Lesson 28 Big Bugs! . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Unit 10 SPORTS

Lesson 29 Ousted Olympic Sports . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Lesson 30 Competitive Eating . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Unit 11 LIFE

Lesson 31 An Introduction to Aromatherapy .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Lesson 32 The Smaller, the Better? . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Review 6

Lesson 33 Road Rage . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Lesson 34 Lance Armstrong . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

单词索引 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

翻译及答案 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

美]莎雷•杜普伊斯，第二语言教学与心理学荣誉学士、教育学士。拥有专业英语教学资格证，以及13年以上英语教学经验。出版作品包括各类计算机英语教学软件、托业考试准备用书。现居加拿大，为加拿大安大略省教师协会会员，并任职于渥太华天主教学校，教授ESL的专业资格老师。  

[美]马特•卡勒，阿姆斯特丹自由大学语言学博士。致力于濒危语言的研究，对语言习得及第二语言教育（ESL）有深厚兴趣。现定居于荷兰。

Unit 1 CULTURE

Lesson 01 Big and Beautiful?

Target Vocabulary

1 industry [??nd?str?] n. 工业；企业；行业

2 rural [?r??r?l] adj. 农村的；田园的

3 tradition [tr??d??n] n. 传统

4 obese [???bi:s] adj. 过胖的

5 calorie [?kæl?r?] n.（热量单位）卡；卡路里；千卡

6 prospect [?pr?spekt] n.（成功的）可能性；前景；前途

7 generation [?d?en??re??n] n. 世代；一代；同时代的人

8 couscous [?k?sk?s] n. 蒸粗麦粉（北非菜名）

9 will [w?l] n. 意愿

10 diabetes [?da???bi:ti:z] n. 糖尿病

11 modern [?m?dn] adj. 现代的；现代化的

Big and Beautiful?

Weight loss has become a multi-billiondollar industry1 in many parts of the world. But in rural2 western Africa, wheretradition3

values obese4 women, many young Mauritaniangirls are force-fed (also known as gavage 1 ) to become more attractive to men.While many women across the globe count calories 5, skip desser t , and pay forexpensive gym memberships, ten percent of Mauri tanian women are overeating topack on the pounds2, all in the name of beauty.

"A thin woman feels like bones. A fatwoman feels soft. It is interesting and exciting. When a woman is big, it showsthat she is well taken care of because her family can afford to feed her alot," says 25-year-old male Mohammed M'Barek. "It is tradition. It isour culture."

A recent study suggests that this custom isdying out. While over one-third of Mauritanian women over-ate to improvemarriage prospects6

a generation7 ago, only about 10 percentcontinue to engage in the practice. Many of these young girls are sent to"fat farms" to consume foods high in calories, such as couscous8 andcow and goat's milk, to gain weight. For many, it is against their will9. It isnot uncommon for girls to be woken up in the middle of the night to eat and tobe punished for refusing to eat.

"This tradition is old-fashioned.Obesity is known to cause many health issues such as diabetes10 and heartdisease. I don't want my daughter to die young," said the mother of anine-year-old girl who will not be sent to one of many "fat farms" inrural Mauritania along with

some of her friends. "Modern11Mauritanian women want to eat normally and be healthy, not be force-fed."

1 gavage（法文），指强饲。

2 pack on the pounds 指增胖。

After You Read

A. Reading Skill: 用“5W1H”获取信息

报刊文章通常会有一定的格式。了解此类文章的撰写方式，可以帮助读者找出文章的重要信息。一般来说，文章的段会提供整篇文章重要的信息。而另一个可以帮助读者找出重要信息的方式，就是通过下列的“5W1H”来获取信息：

5W1H：

How ... is the story about?

Who ... is the story about?

What ... is the story about?

Where ... does the story take place?

When ... does the story take place?

Why ... is this happening?

Re-read the first paragraph of the readingpassage and complete the chart below.

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

How?

B. Word Study: 同义词

英文里有非常多的同义词，同义词（synonym）指具有相同或相近意思的单词或短语。作者在写作时通常会使用同义词，以增加文章的变化性和可读性。在本篇文章中，就包含了许多同义词，包括：

fat, big, and obese tradition and customeat and consume 2 Use synonyms found in the Word Box to fill in the blanks.

1. Jessica prefers modern (contemporary)furniture in her home.

2. People across the (world) share some ofthe same ideals for beauty.

3. It is (rare) for there to still be snowon the ground in May.

4. If you want to keep (fit), don't eatjunk food.

5. The student was (reprimanded) forstarting a fight at school.

6. Maria (declined) the job offer.

2 Target Vocabulary

From the list of target vocabulary, choosethe word that best completes the sentence.

rural prospect calorie diabetes generationindustry couscous will

1. The health food 　　　　　　　 isconstantly growing.

2. Margaret attended piano lessons againsther 　　　　　　　 to please her mother.

3. My uncle was diagnosed with 　　　　　　　 athis last doctor's appointment.

4. Many families choose to raise theirchildren in 　　　　　　　 communities.

5. How many 　　　　　　　 are in oneslice of pizza?

6. Most people from my grandmother's 　　　　　　　 areunfamiliar with new technology.

7. Jane says the 　　　　　　　 offinding a job in the field aren't very high.

8. I think I'll make 　　　　　　　instead of rice to serve with the chicken.

3 Critical Thinking

1. What might be some of the challengesyoung girls in Mauritania face when being sent to a fat farm against theirwill?

2. Imagine a young Mauritanian girl asksyou for advice on whether or not she should begin gavage. What advice would yougive her?

3. What are some beliefs you would assume aMauritanian man has if he supports the force-feeding of young women?

4. What are some of the pressures women and/ or men in your culture have faced throughout history to meet standards ofbeauty?

美]莎雷•杜普伊斯，第二语言教学与心理学荣誉学士、教育学士。拥有专业英语教学资格证，以及13年以上英语教学经验。出版作品包括各类计算机英语教学软件、托业考试准备用书。现居加拿大，为加拿大安大略省教师协会会员，并任职于渥太华天主教学校，教授ESL的专业资格老师。  

[美]马特•卡勒，阿姆斯特丹自由大学语言学博士。致力于濒危语言的研究，对语言习得及第二语言教育（ESL）有深厚兴趣。现定居于荷兰。

本书精选了11个话题，34篇文章，囊括文化、时政、经济、艺术、科技、自然等各类主题与日记、新闻、传记、书信、图表等体裁，并依文章内容精选出关键词汇和词组，完整提供字汇与阅读演练。每个话题后都有两套多元活用阅读练习，涵盖阅读技巧练习、词汇与词类变化规则、全面增进阅读技巧，提升词汇能力。本书配图精美，题型设计巧妙，选材与时俱进，综合提高听、读、写能力，是一本难得的实用性很强的英语学习材料。如果你想了解日本茶道发展史、*大胃王比赛、食品安全问题、金融危机的起源等等五花八门的内容，就快快翻开本书吧！

本书精选了11个话题，34篇文章，囊括文化、时政、经济、艺术、科技、自然等各类主题与日记、新闻、传记、书信、图表等体裁，并依文章内容精选出关键词汇和词组，完整提供字汇与阅读演练。每个话题后都有两套多元活用阅读练习，涵盖阅读技巧练习、词汇与词类变化规则、全面增进阅读技巧，提升词汇能力。本书配图精美，题型设计巧妙，选材与时俱进，综合提高听、读、写能力，是一本难得的实用性很强的英语学习材料。如果你想了解日本茶道发展史、*大胃王比赛、食品安全问题、金融危机的起源等等五花八门的内容，就快快翻开本书吧！