英语议论文读写教程(本科教材)

Unit 1 Business and Economics
Writing Skill Development
Basic Structure of an Argumentative Essay
Reading for Ideas
Text A Drain or Gain?
Text B Rent or Buy， a Matter of Lifestyle
Text C Comeback Kid-America’s Economy Is Once Again Reinventing Itself
Unit Summary

Unit 2 Engineering
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation（1）
Use of Reliable Sources（statistics， facts， quotation， illustrative incidents， etc．）
Reading for Ideas
Text A Altering the Forces of Nature： Genetic Engineering on Animals
Text B Genetically Modified Foods： A Solution to World Hunger or Potential Health Threat?
Text C Genetic Engineering and Cloning
Unit Summary

Unit 3 Science
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation（2）
Cause and Effect
Reading for Ideas
Text A Can Animals and Plants Adapt to Global Warming?
Text B Intermittent Exercise-Factors That Effect Performance
Text C Stem Cell Research-Why Is It Regarded as a Threat?
Unit Summary

Unit 4 Information Technology
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation（3）
Comparison and Contrast
Reading for ldeas
Text A iPads and Kindles Are Better for the Environment Than Books
Text B Stop Blaming the Internet
Text C We Should Not Permit Internet Censorship
Unit Summary

Unit 5 Philosophy
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation（4）
Deduction and Induction
Reading for Ideas
Text A Argument， Truth and the Social Side of Reasoning
Text B Who Needs the Humanities?
Text C Experiments in Philosophy
Unit Summary

Unit 6 Social Science
Writing Skill Development
Supporting Evidence and Effective Argumentation（5）
Clear Flow of Reasoning and Avoidance of False Arguments
Reading for ldeas
Text A The Many Career Opportunities for Recipients of Degrees in Mathematics
Text B Hidden Tigers： Why Do Chinese Children Do So Well at School?
Text C Why I Want a Wife
Unit Summary

Unit 7 Life SciencejHealth
Writing Skill Development
The Whole Essay（1）
Reading for Ideas
Text A A Scientist： “I Am the Enemy”
Text B An Argument in Support of Euthanasia or Physician- Assisted Suicide
Text C The Case Against Physician-Assisted Suicide： For the Right to End-of-Life Care
Unit Summary

Unit 8 Environment
Writing Skill Development
The Whole Essay（2）
Main Issue + Refutation + Support
Main Issue + Support + Refutation
Reading for Ideas
Text A The Food Miles Mistake
Text B Global Warming： Man-Made or Natural?
Text C The Environmental Argument for Reducing Immigration to the United States
Unit Summary

Appendix Glossary