《英語階梯閱讀（8）》為中級英語水平的學(xué)習(xí)者設(shè)計，包含50篇文章。內(nèi)容向人文、歷史、藝術(shù)、環(huán)境、科技等領(lǐng)域擴(kuò)展，選文的長度、語言的難度和內(nèi)容的深度都更上一個臺階。在鞏固前面所學(xué)的閱讀技能的基礎(chǔ)上，更加突出訓(xùn)練以下閱讀技能：掌握主旨大意，熟悉文本結(jié)構(gòu)安排，理清語境中的邏輯關(guān)系，根據(jù)語境猜測詞義以及運用詞匯的同義與反義來獲取詞義，從而更加全面、系統(tǒng)地幫助學(xué)習(xí)者提升英語閱讀能力。
How Do I Use This Book?
Unit 1 Why Do We Read?
Part 1 Information
1．It's\"Samming，\"in a Wore
2．Puppy Food
3．Natural Remediesfor Deling with Depressior
4．Geting a Good Nights sleep
Part 2 Enjoyment
5．Grafti：From Grafiato to Hip Hop
6．The Culture of the Wedding Ceremony
Unit 2 Reading for Understanding
Part 1 Key Points
7．Eclipses：Nature's Drama
8．Fascinating and True：The Story of Sam Walton and Walmart
Part 2 Details
9．Glaciers
10．Mercury
Part 3 Getting the Whole Picture
11．Near-Earth Asteroids-A Globally Unifying Event
12．Paul Gauguin
13．Teletubbies
Part 4 Summarizing
14．Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis： Our Glorious Nighttime Lights
15．Oktoberfest
16．Health Food for a Healthy，Vibrant Life
Part 5 Inference
17．The Liberty Bell，a Very Significant Symbol
Part 6 Critical Thinking
18．Stonehenge：A Thought-Provoking Connection
19．Can Vegetation Slow Down Global Warming?
Part 7 Analyzing Questions and Answers
20．Dear Diary
21．7-Eleven：A Name Synonymous with Convenience
Part 8 Review Test
22．Mad Cow Disease（BSE）
23．Cord Blood
24．Crop Circles
Unit 3 Vocabulary
Part 1 Homonyms，Synonyms，Antonyms，and Homophones
25．How to Survive a Plane Crash
26．The Gender of Your Brain
27．Bicycle Fever
Part 2 Words in Context and Words Derived from Other Words
28．Biofuels
29．The History of the Zipper
30．Morphological Derivation，a Highly Efective Process
Part 3 Review Test
31．The Steppe Mammoth
32．Technology Aids Amputees
33．Internet Fraud
Unit 4 Finding Out for Yourself
Using Reference Materials
34．Using a Dictionary： The slang Dictonary
35．Music-An Appreciation： Using the Table of Contents and Index
36．Using an Encyclopedia： Encyclopedia Brianmica Eleventn Editon
Unit 5 Maps，Graphs， and Tables
Using Maps，Graphs，and Tables
37．Using a Road Map：The Geneva Park District
38．Using a Special Purpose Map：Saint Leo University Campus
39．Scheduling with a Complex Bar Graph：The Gantt Charts
40．Using a Line Graph： Tracing Weight Training Progress
41．Reading a Line Graph：The Keeling Curve
42．Reading Tables & Graphs：Acceleration Due to Gravity
Unit 6 Final Review Test
43．Will E-Books Replace Traditional Books?
44．Ancient Greek Tragedy
45．Science Fiction
46．Cotton-The World's Fabric
47．Agraphia and Computer-Induced Agraphia
48．Environmentally Friendly Innovations
49．How the Cactus Survives in the Desert
50．Radio Frequency ldentification
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