Advanced English for graduate students

Unit One Education
Warm-Up
Text： The Idea of a University
Further Reading： General Education at Harvard College
Translation Appreciation and Practice： Of Studies
Academic Writing： Delimiting a Research Scope

Unit Two Research
Warm-Up
Text： The Nature of Scientific Reasoning
Further Reading： The Joys of Research
Translation Appreciation and Practice： Letter to Lord Chesterfield
Academic Writing： Terminology

Unit Three Creativity
Warm-Up
Text： Darwin's Middle Road
Further Reading： Those Crazy Ideas
Translation Appreciation and Practice： Rip Van Winkle
Academic Writing： Literature review

Unit Four Plagiarism
Warm-Up
Text： Falsity and Failure
Further Reading： The Truth about Lying
Translation Appreciation and Practice： Silent Spring
Academic Writing： Refutation

Unit Five Culture
Warm-Up
Text： The Many Faces of the Future
Further Reading： How to Talk about the World
Translation Appreciation and Practice. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Academic Writing. Analogy

Unit Six Gender
Warm-Up
Text： Men Are from Mars， Women Are from Venus
Further Reading. Girl Brain， Boy Brain?
Translation Appreciation and Practice： Pride and Prejudice
Academic Writing： Originality

Unit Seven Happiness
Warm-Up
Text： The Hierarchy of Basic Human Needs
Further Reading： The Road to Happiness
Translation Appreciation and Practice： The Gettysburg Address
Academic Writing： Citation Formats

Unit Eight Poetry
Warm-Up
Text： How Does a Poem Mean?
Further Reading.. Education by Poetry
Translation Appreciation and Practice
Academic Writing. Acknowledgements