內容大鋼
《21世紀大學英語應用型長篇閱讀（第2版）》（1—4）是「21世紀大學英語應用型系列教材」中的一個子系列教材，是一套適應《大學英語教學指南（2020版）》中提出的培養大學生英語聽、說、讀、寫、譯的能力和跨文化交際能力，以及正確的世界觀、人生觀和價值觀而編寫的教材，著力加強訓練學生在浩瀚的知識海洋中提取重點信息的能力，以及大學英語四、六級考試中長篇閱讀部分的應試能力和技巧。每單元習題還包括段落翻譯、選詞填空和短文寫作題型。此次修訂，編者調整和更換了部分單元主題，與本系列主教材的單元主題基本同步；與時俱進地更換了60％以上的選文及相關練習，凸顯課程思政特色。
《21世紀大學英語應用型長篇閱讀.4》共分8個主題單元，每個主題單元包括3篇和大學英語四、六級考試真題相似長度和難度的文章。其中Passage 1和Passage 2為教師上課選擇主講的課文，而Passage 3可以安排學生課後自主練習。每篇文章后附有相關的文化背景知識註釋。
目錄
Unit 1 The Chinese Dream
Passage 1 Why the Chinese Dream Matters to the World
Passage 2 A Foreigner's Chinese Dream
Passage 3 China's Modernization Through the Lens (視角) of My Story
Unit 2 Privacy
Passage 1 Striking the Balance Between Innovation and Privacy Protection
Passage 2 I Love You, Let's Stalk (跟蹤) Each Other
Passage 3 An Experiment to Opt Out of (退出) Big Data
Unit 3 Marriage
Passage 1 Falling Marriage Rate Creates Concern
Passage 2 Marry Him!
Passage 3 Following a Wife's Move
Unit 4 Innovation
Passage 1 Innovation Inspires China's Competitiveness
Passage 2 The Death of Innovation, the End of Growth
Passage 3 The Future of Innovation Belongs to the Megacity (特大城市)
Unit 5 Money and Investment
Passage 1 How to Set up a Budget: An Easy Guide for College Students and Recent Grads (abridged)
Passage 2 In 10 Years, Banking Will Look Like a Sci-Fi Film
Passage 3 Why Don't Americans Save More Money?
Unit 6 Global Community
Passage 1 Yuan Globalization: The World Needs a New Reserve Currency
Passage 2 Clean Team
Passage 3 Our Future with AI Hinges on Global Cooperation — To harness the power of AI for good, democratic societies need to work together
Unit 7 Career
Passage 1 The Career Ladder to Nowhere
Passage 2 Young Workers Decide to Go It Alone
Passage 3 More Gen Z Choose Grass-roots Employment, Boosting Rural Revitalization
Unit 8 Code of Nature
Passage 1 They Really Are Concrete Jungles!
Passage 2 We Have Crossed "Planetary Boundaries"
Passage 3 Youth Frontliners Lead Charge for Green Future
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