《英语阶梯阅读（8）》为中级英语水平的学习者设计，包含50篇文章。内容向人文、历史、艺术、环境、科技等领域扩展，选文的长度、语言的难度和内容的深度都更上一个台阶。在巩固前面所学的阅读技能的基础上，更加突出训练以下阅读技能：掌握主旨大意，熟悉文本结构安排，理清语境中的逻辑关系，根据语境猜测词义以及运用词汇的同义与反义来获取词义，从而更加全面、系统地帮助学习者提升英语阅读能力。
How Do I Use This Book?
Unit 1 Why Do We Read?
Part 1 Information
1．It's\"Samming，\"in a Wore
2．Puppy Food
3．Natural Remediesfor Deling with Depressior
4．Geting a Good Nights sleep
Part 2 Enjoyment
5．Grafti：From Grafiato to Hip Hop
6．The Culture of the Wedding Ceremony
Unit 2 Reading for Understanding
Part 1 Key Points
7．Eclipses：Nature's Drama
8．Fascinating and True：The Story of Sam Walton and Walmart
Part 2 Details
9．Glaciers
10．Mercury
Part 3 Getting the Whole Picture
11．Near-Earth Asteroids-A Globally Unifying Event
12．Paul Gauguin
13．Teletubbies
Part 4 Summarizing
14．Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis： Our Glorious Nighttime Lights
15．Oktoberfest
16．Health Food for a Healthy，Vibrant Life
Part 5 Inference
17．The Liberty Bell，a Very Significant Symbol
Part 6 Critical Thinking
18．Stonehenge：A Thought-Provoking Connection
19．Can Vegetation Slow Down Global Warming?
Part 7 Analyzing Questions and Answers
20．Dear Diary
21．7-Eleven：A Name Synonymous with Convenience
Part 8 Review Test
22．Mad Cow Disease（BSE）
23．Cord Blood
24．Crop Circles
Unit 3 Vocabulary
Part 1 Homonyms，Synonyms，Antonyms，and Homophones
25．How to Survive a Plane Crash
26．The Gender of Your Brain
27．Bicycle Fever
Part 2 Words in Context and Words Derived from Other Words
28．Biofuels
29．The History of the Zipper
30．Morphological Derivation，a Highly Efective Process
Part 3 Review Test
31．The Steppe Mammoth
32．Technology Aids Amputees
33．Internet Fraud
Unit 4 Finding Out for Yourself
Using Reference Materials
34．Using a Dictionary： The slang Dictonary
35．Music-An Appreciation： Using the Table of Contents and Index
36．Using an Encyclopedia： Encyclopedia Brianmica Eleventn Editon
Unit 5 Maps，Graphs， and Tables
Using Maps，Graphs，and Tables
37．Using a Road Map：The Geneva Park District
38．Using a Special Purpose Map：Saint Leo University Campus
39．Scheduling with a Complex Bar Graph：The Gantt Charts
40．Using a Line Graph： Tracing Weight Training Progress
41．Reading a Line Graph：The Keeling Curve
42．Reading Tables & Graphs：Acceleration Due to Gravity
Unit 6 Final Review Test
43．Will E-Books Replace Traditional Books?
44．Ancient Greek Tragedy
45．Science Fiction
46．Cotton-The World's Fabric
47．Agraphia and Computer-Induced Agraphia
48．Environmentally Friendly Innovations
49．How the Cactus Survives in the Desert
50．Radio Frequency ldentification
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