Part I
Skills needed for extensive reading
Unit 1 How to deal with new words or phrases 2
Warm-up 2
In-class reading 2
Text 1 What is autism? 2
Text 2 Lip-synching 3
Group discussion 5
Further practice 7
Text 3 Uniform appeal: Entertainment in South Korea 7
Skill acquisition check 9
Unit 2 How to make predictions 10
Warm-up 10
In-class reading 10
Text 1 Four kinds of reading 11
Text 2 The cat and the grizzly 14
Group discussion 15
Further practice 19
Text 3 John Nash19
Skill acquisition check 22
Unit 3 How to skim and scan what you read 23
Warm-up 23
In-class reading 23
Text 1 Fake foning 23
Text 2 Deliver a presentation like Steve Jobs 25
Group discussion 28
Further practice 31
Text 3 High-tech trash 31
Skill acquisition check 34
Contents
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Extensive and Analytical Reading in English
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Unit 4 How to outline what you read 35
Warm-up 35
In-class reading 35
Text 1 Why so little Chinese in English? 36
Text 2 Little match children 37
Group discussion 42
Further practice 46
Text 3 Coincidences and the meaning of life 46
Skill acquisition check 55
Unit 5 How to read analytically and critically 57
Warm-up 57
In-class reading 57
Text 1 The plot against people 58
Text 2 Why women aren¡¯t funny59
Group discussion 63
Further practice 66
Text 3 Are tote bags really good for the environment? 66
Skill acquisition check 70
Part II
Theme-based extensive and analytical reading
Unit 6 On extensive reading 72
Pre-class reading tasks 72
Text 1 What is extensive reading? 72
Text 2 Extensive reading: Why? and how? 74
Text 3 Extensive reading 81
Classroom activities 84
Unit 7 Western mythology 86
Pre-class reading tasks 86
Text Cupid and Psyche 87
Classroom activities 94
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Contents
Unit 8 Pollution: Who to blame? 96
Pre-class reading tasks 96
Text 1 Smog 96
Text 2 China fights uphill battle against air pollution 105
Text 3 China: Ecological civilization rising? 108
Classroom activities 110
Unit 9 China in western people¡¯s eyes 113
Pre-class reading tasks 113
Text 1 Gilded age, gilded cage 114
Text 2 Symphony of millions 123
Classroom activities 133
Unit 10 Disputes over science 136
Pre-class reading tasks 136
Text 1 What happens when we all live to 100? 137
Text 2 The illusion of ¡®natural¡¯ 155
Classroom activities 160
Unit 11 Detective stories 163
Pre-class reading tasks 163
Text 1 The False Burton Combs 164
Text 2 The Adventure of the Six Napoleons 188
Classroom activities 207
Unit 12 Adolescent stories 209
Pre-class reading tasks 209
Text 1 Peter Two 210
Text 2 The Catcher in the Rye (Chapters 22, 24 and 25) 217
Classroom activities 248
Sources of Texts 250
