Contents
Unit 1 Sports and Health                    1
Part I Reading and Translating                          2
Text A: What to Eat Before a Workout?                    2
Text B: Seven Exercises That Will Transform
Your Body              7
Part II Academic Reading: Becoming an E­
cient Reader               10
Part III Academic Writing: Sentence
Types                     13
Part IV Translating Skill: 直译和意译                        15
Unit 2 Soccer and World Cup                   19
Part I Reading and Translating                          20
Text A: Enjoy Yourselves During the World
Cup                 20
Text B: Does Euros Produce Better Soccer
than the World Cup?          25
Part II Academic Reading: Scanning for
Speci? c Information              29
Part III Academic Writing: Paragraphs                       33
Part IV Translating Skill: 重复法                          36
Unit 3 Music and Love                    39
Part I Reading and Translating                          40
Text A: My Father’s Music                         40
Text B: LifeinaViolinCase                         45
Part II Academic Reading: Skimming                       47
Part III Academic Writing: Punctuation
(1)                     52
Part IV Translating Skill: 省略法                          55
Unit 4 Music and Mood                     59
Part I Reading and Translating                          60
Text A: Music Can Do More than Just Make
You Feel Good            60
Text B: Singing Changes Your Brain                     65
Part II Academic Reading: Summarizing                      68
Part III Academic Writing: Punctuation
(2)                     70
Part IV Translating Skill: 增译法                          72
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Unit 5 Art and Artists                     75
Part I Reading and Translating                          76
Text A: Mona Lisa                             76
Text B: 10 Things About Being an Artist
That Art Teachers Don’t Tell You      81
Part II Academic Reading: Note-taking for
Reading                 85
Part III Academic Writing: Citation
(1)                       88
Part IV Translating Skill: 词类转译法                        91
Unit 6 Art in Life                        95
Part I Reading and Translating                          96
Text A: Color Psychology                         96
Text B: Nail Art                             100
Part II Academic Reading: Surveying the
Text                   103
Part III Academic Writing: Citation
(2)                      105
Part IV Translating Skill: 语序转换法                       110
Unit 7 Interior Design                     115
Part I Reading and Translating                         116
Text A: Principles of Interior Design                    116
Text B: Elements of Interior Design                    121
Part II Academic Reading: Understanding
Text Structure (1)             124
Part III Academic Writing: Features of
Academic Writing—Formality          125
Part IV Translating Skill: 正反、反正表达法                    128
Unit 8 Fashion and Design                   131
Part I Reading and Translating                         132
Text A: A Fashion Designer’s Second
Act                  132
Text B: Cheap Chic Is “Wasteful”?                     136
Part II Academic Reading: Understanding
Text Structure (2)             139
Part III Academic Writing: Features of
Academic Writing—Precision          141
Part IV Translating Skill: 分译法                         143
Glossary                          149
参考答案                          161