大學英語分級閱讀(第四冊)（簡體書）

《高等教育"十二五"部委級規劃教材:大學英語分級閱讀(第4冊)》由東華大學出版社出版。

Unit l Modern Marriage in America
Text A Is There Hope for the American Marriage？
Text B Who Needs Marriage？ A Changing Institution
Supplementary Exercises
Unit 2 Education for Better Survival
Text A How to Raise a Global Kid
Text B Colleges Now Offering Education in Disaster
Supplementary Exercises
Text A Your Brain on Tech: How Being Connected 24/7 Affects Us.
Text B Steve Jobs
Supplementary Exercises
Text A Lehman's Fall: The What-Ifs Linger
Supplementary Exercises
Unit 5 Acceptance of Plastic Surgery and HIV Tattoos
Text A A 'Necessary Vanity' （excerpted）
Text B Tattoos: A journey of HIV acceptance
Supplementary Exercises
Text A The Union's Spy Game Undermined America
Text B Presidential Debates
Supplementary Exercises
Unit 7 Empathy vs Fidelity: What Shall We Look for？
Text A Here we go again
Text B Here is thy sting
Supplementary Exercises
Unit 8 Gender Troubles
TextA Gender stereotypes easing more for girls than boys
Text B The End of Men （excerpted）
Supplementary Exercises
Reference

4 According to a 2009 Intel study, 80 percent of online U.S.adults believe there are unspoken rules about mobile technology usage-and 69 percent agree that violations are unacceptable.But what are the rules？ When does "fun" cross into "gone too far"？ I decided to ask experts for the lowdown.
5 According to Dan Ariely, author of The Upside of Irrationality:The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Home and at Work （Harper）, advances in technology have made seemingly benign behaviors-like my husband's aforementioned indecision-a problem. Ariely likens this to, of all things,doughnuts. "A long time ago in our evolutionary history, when we found sugar and fat, it made sense, survival-wise, to gobble up as much as we possibly could," he says. Technology changed the world faster than we evolved and those once-rare doughnuts are now cheap and widely available. What was once a survival mechanism is now a health hazard？
6 "We have the same problem with information," he says.Delaying decisions is smart, allowing you to consider options,seek advice, and fully understand criteria before committing.There was a time when gathering information was hard work. The effort required set a natural limit on pondering.Today, thanks to Google, limitless info is accessible with a few keystrokes. This can lead to an overwhelming desire to know more before making even simple choices.