New Concept English Reading, Book 4

Author: (English) Patton
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: A full set of eight volumes, graded writing, illustrated, and progressive. The articles collected were written by renowned American scientists, journalists, science popularizers, columnists, and literary writers. The content covers dozens of disciplines such as astronomy, geography, history, economics, mathematics, and biology, integrating knowledge and fun. The language is pure and authentic, with scientifically designed exercises, making it an excellent reading material for middle school students and self-learners to study English and expand their reading and knowledge. For Chinese English learners, one important way to improve English is through extensive reading. The quality of reading materials directly affects learners' outcomes. Therefore, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press has introduced and published this series of New Concept Reading from McGraw-Hill, one of the largest educational publishing groups in the United States. This book is the fourth volume in the New Concept Reading series, designed for students and self-learners to improve their English reading skills while learning and understanding knowledge from various disciplines. All reading articles in this book revolve around four basic concepts: first, some things are not as they appear; second, people's perceptions of things change over time; third, different groups view the same idea or concept in different ways; and fourth, similar things change at different speeds around the world. The reading articles in this book are written using materials from various disciplines that reflect these concepts, covering history, art, biology, economics, earth science, space science, political science, engineering, anthropology, and geography. The purpose of this design is to ensure that learners' interests in different disciplines are satisfied. Additionally, the book includes several folk tales or legends. The more challenging vocabulary and their explanations, as well as some proper nouns, are listed in the order of the articles on pages 6-12 of this book. Each reading article is followed by carefully designed reading comprehension exercises to help readers assess their reading progress.