大學英語分級閱讀：第二冊（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2冊）》選編的閱讀材料嚴格遵照上述標準進行選擇，從而確保同一級別閱讀材料難度符合實際級別水平，避免出現以往因閱讀材料難度不一造成學生無所適從的現象，大大提高了閱讀材料的使用效率，有助於快速提升學生的閱讀能力。同時，《高等教育“十二五”部委級規劃教材：大學英語分級閱讀（第2冊）》內容涵蓋面廣，從學習者實際出發，把英語學習中接觸較多、需求廣泛的題材編輯為八大板塊，分別以文化、教育、科技、經濟、醫藥衛生、政治、法律和生物等領域的相關文章為主題構成全書的八個單元。每個單元配有一定的翻譯、閱讀理解和完型填空，幫助學生鞏固和消化閱讀材料的內容。《高等教育“十二五”部委級規劃教材：大學英語分級閱讀（第2冊）》閱讀難度符合藍斯測量的分級區間（1100L-1200L），每個單元的選材在相應題材範圍內比第一冊涵蓋面更廣、內容更豐富，並遵循循序漸進的原則，和本系列的一、三冊有較好的銜接。

《高等教育"十二五"部委級規劃教材:大學英語分級閱讀(第2冊)》是《大學英語分級閱讀》系列的第二冊，閱讀難度符合藍斯測量的分級區間（1100L—1200L），每個單元的選材在相應題材范圍內比第一冊涵蓋面更廣、內容更豐富，并遵循循序漸進的原則，和本系列的一、三冊有較好的銜接。

Unit 1 The Power of CultureText A What is Culture？Text B Adapting to a New CultureSupplementary ExercisesUnit 2 Education PoliciesText A Beyond Unions： Five New Rules for TeachersText B Classroom SecretsSupplementary ExercisesUnit 3 Cutting-edge TechnologyText A Designing a Car for Blind DriversText B Mobile Devices Saving Lives in EmergenciesSupplementary ExercisesUnit 4 Personal ConsumptionText A Rent or Buy， a Matter of LifestyleText B Credit Card Rewards Could Be Hard to CollectSupplementary ExercisesUnit 5 Healthy LifeText A A Study of Food Allergies Among KidsText B Pain CareSupplementary ExercisesUnit 6 Political InstitutionText A American Political InstitutionsText B Why the Monarchy MustSupplementary ExercisesUnit 7 Laws and RulesText A Developments in Same-Sex Marriage LawText B Student Codes of ConductSupplementary ExercisesUnit 8 Biological GardenText A How Sharks Have Paid the PriceText B Biological EvolutionSupplementary ExercisesKeyReference

1.Restrictions on evaluation
4 Provisions in teachers'contracts limit who can conduct evaluations and how often，and they even specify how much notice a teacher must be given prior to being observed.By contrast，in most professional workplaces，evaluation is ongoing and both formal and informal.It's the same way in many high—performing schools where evaluation is a regular and continuous part of the improving process."Classroom visits are not just more numerous but dramatically so"in the best schools，says Tim Daly，president of the New Teacher Project，a nonprofit organization for teachers analyzing education policy.In those schools，instead of"zero，one or two（visits），it's 30 to 40 per year，"according to Daly.
2.Last in，first out
5 With layoffs appearing，policies that require"last in，first out"are hotly debated across the country.These rules can be found in both state law and union teachers' contracts.They require that teachers be laid off according to seruority，without attention to classroom effectiveness.In other words，when layoffs happen，newer teachers—who in some cases still have several years of experience—are let go first，even if they're more effective than the veterans who are displacing them.These policies would make sense if veterans were always better than newer teachers，but abundant research shows that longevity alone is not a great predictor of effectiveness.Last month，civilrights groups won a landmark court decision in Los Angeles which changes how layoffs and seniority rules work there.But just this week，an arbitrator in Hartford，Conn.—a city praised by national leaders，including Arne Duncan，as a model for labor—management collaboration—ruled in favor of using"last in，first out"there.