《跨文化思辨阅读教程（生活篇）》将中西文化对比、阅读思辨能力培养、思政元素挖掘等较好地融合在一起，涉及生活方式、旅游景点、价值观、家庭教育、饮食方式、健康、地理、扶贫等方面，具有时新性、前沿性、高阶性的特点。本教材能有效开拓学生的视野，培养学生对中西方生活差异的敏感性和鉴别能力。本教材的阅读和练习，能够润物细无声地将课程思政理念传递给学生。

Unit 1 Ways of Life
Text A On Going about and Seeing Things
Text B Where I Lived and What I Lived for.
Unit 2 Collectivism vs. Individualism
Text A Collectivism and Its Impact on Contemporary Chinese Society
Text B Individualism: A Deeply American Philosophy
Unit 3 Parenting
Text A What Is a "Good Child"? -- Raising Child in Changing China
Text B Overprotective Parents and a New Generation of American Children.
Unit 4 Poverty and Wealth,
Text A China Creates a World Miracle in Poverty Reduction
Text B A Million New Millionaires Were Created in the US Last Year, and the Richest Got Richer, Report Says
Unit 5 Philosophy
Text A Confucius and The Analects
Text B The Apology of Socrates
Unit 6 Food
Text A Chinese Diet Trends: Changing for the Better
Text B What's Wrong with the American Diet?
Unit 7 Places of Interest
Text A The Palace Museum
Text B Buckingham Palace
Unit 8 Health
Text A Too Busy to Be Tired, Too Tired to Be Busy
Text B Lost Touch: How a Year Without Hugs Affects Our Mental Health
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