大学英语读写教程

Part 1 Pre-reading Activities
Part I Pre-reading Activities
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1. Listen to the passage E-publishing Overview and then discuss
with your classmates the topic: Comparison between traditional
3． “It is a truth universally acknowledged”： The complete sentence is “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” It is the beginning sentence of the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
(c) on the Internet
Part 2 Theme-related Reading
Part II Theme-related Reading
Text A
Ⅰ. About the Author Ⅱ. Information Related to the Text
Ⅲ. Text A Turning the Page
2．YouTube： YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. YouTube was created in mid-February 2005 by three former PayPal employees. The San Bruno-based service uses Adobe Flash technology to display a wide variety of video content, including movie clips, TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos.
Ⅰ. About the Author
Part 2 Theme-related Reading
Anna Quindlen is the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling novelist. She joined Newsweek as a contributing editor in October, 1999, succeeding the late Meg Greenfield. Her column appears every other week on the magazine’s back page.
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大学英语 读写教程 II
Unit 2
Education
The book is the ship across the sea of time.
——Francis Bacon
Contents
Part I Pre-reading Activities Part II Theme-related Reading Text A Part III Theme-related Reading Text B Part IV Writing Practice Part V After-class Activities
Part 2 Theme-related Reading
Ⅱ. Information Related to the Text
1．Steven Paul Jobs： Steven Paul Jobs (1955—2011) was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs was also the co-founder and previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.
Jobs announced his resignation due to health problems in August 2011. On October 5, 2011, he died at his home in Palo Alto, California, aged 56.
Part 2 Theme-related Reading
reading and e-reading.
Script
ramification n. : 分支
familiarize vt. : 使熟悉，使亲近
print-on-demand(POD) : 按需出版
astounding a. : 令人惊奇的
Part 1 Pre-reading Activities
2. Look at the pictures and complete the following table, then tell your classmates where you read.
Where to find books (a) in a bookstore (b) in a library