《高级英语阅读》系列教材（Advanced English Reading）是以《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》为指导，遵照在学习语言中使用语言、在使用语言中学习语言的客观规律，为大学英语专业高级年级学生及各个专业硕士研究生编写的阅读课教材。本教材编写的指导思想是扩大知识面，打好语言基本功，通过阅读课的教学培训学生获取知识的能力、运用知识的能力、分析问题的能力和创新的能力。

本教材是以拓宽学生的人文知识和科技知识，提高他们使用英语的综合能力为目的。

Unit One Sociology

Text A：Can Human Survive Unrestricted Population Growth?

Text B：Introduction to Sociology

Text C：Cyberpunk

Unit Two Anthropology

Text A：Shakespeare in the Bush

Text B：Introduciton to Anthropology

Text C：Culture,Not Race,Explains Hnman Diversity

Unit Three Linguistics

Text A：The Quare Gene

Text B：Introduction to Linguistics-The Scientific Study of Human Language

Text C：Why Don't You Say What You Mean?

Unit Four Archaeology

Text A：From Bear Pit to Zoo

Text B：Introduction to Archaeology

Text C：How Can We Obtain Information on Gender Relations from Past Societies

Unit Five Mythology

Text A：Native American Mythology

Text B：Introduction to Mythology

Text C：The Age of Fable

Unit Six Religion

Text A：Sins of the Fathers

Text B：Introduction to Religion

Text C：Religion in America

Unti Seven Philosophy

Text A：Existentialism

Text B：What Is Philosophy?

Text C：Jean-Paul Sartre

Unit Eight Psychology

Unit Nine Criminology

Unti Ten Economics

Unti Eleven Political Science

Unti Twelve Education

Unti Thirteen Literature

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