英文閱讀與溝通
Authentic reading and communication
學期
106-1
學分
2
學分
當期課號
A793
永久課號
B0138
開課單位
人文與社會中心
類別
其他通識
上課時間表
| 節 | 週五 |
|---|---|
1 08:00–08:50 | 英文閱讀與溝通 2 節連堂 |
2 09:00–09:50 |
* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列
週次計畫
| 週次 | 主題 |
|---|---|
| 第 1 週 | Introduction Introduce the materials that will be used for the course, how those materials are used and what students are expected to do in this course. Some demonstration will be conducted to help students visualize what this course will be like for the rest of the semester. |
| 第 2 週 | Relationship 閱讀範圍: 1.Obsessed (Cosmopolitan February 2015) 2.I do, or do I (Cosmopolitan June 2015) 3.I want to get married for the status (Cosmopolitan June 2015) 4.First comes love, then comes (Cosmopolitan February 2015) 5.When happens when your great love already had his great love (Cosmopolitan June 2015) 6.Rules of attraction (Esquire May 2015) 7.Boys on the side (Women’ health September 2015) 8.The big Bang theory 9.The new dating game. (TIME, February 17, 2014) |
| 第 3 週 | Popular and influential people 閱讀範圍: 1.2010 Person of the year Mark Zuckerberg. (TIME December 27, 2010-January 3, 2011) 2.Bill Gates goes back to school. (TIME, June 18, 2007) 3.Merkel’s Moment. (TIME, January 11, 2011) 4.“Hi. It’s Steve.” Aaron Sorkin on an unforgettable phone call 5.The patriot: Shinzo Abe. (TIME, April 28, 2014) |
| 第 4 週 | Do you want a baby? 閱讀範圍: 1.Love , Sex, Freedom and the Paradox of the Pill: (TIME, May 3, 2010). 2.The credible, surprising, controversial new ways to make a baby (Time May 2015) 3.Who crowdfunds a baby? (Cosmopolitan February 2015) 4.Editing humanity (the Economist August 2015) 5.The age of the red pen (the Economist August 2015) |
| 第 5 週 | Income inequality 閱讀範圍: 1.It’s expensive to be poor (the Economist September 2015) 2.Is a $15 minimum wage too high? 3.Can a hedge fund manager fix income inequity? (Fortune September 2015) 4.The new grad’s guide to money (Money May 2015) |
| 第 6 週 | Being old 閱讀範圍: 1.The next social security crisis (Time August 2015) 2.The age of unreason (the Economist July 2015) 3.Age and Enlightenment (Discover October 2015) 4.Final Certainty (the Economist June 2015) 5.Do you really need a long-term care plan? (Money May 2015) |
| 第 7 週 | Online networking 閱讀範圍: 1.Facebook: friends without borders. (TIME, May 31, 2010) 2.How twitter will change the way we live (in 140 characters or less). (June 15, 2009) 3.Linkedln’s networker in chief. (Fortune, August 11, 2014) 4.Instagram is ready to take its shot (Fortune, July 2014) 5.From Weibo to WeChat (the Economist, January 2014) |
| 第 8 週 | Being addicted 閱讀範圍: 1.Divisive devices (Complete wellbeing April 2015) 2.Resetting the addictive brain (Discover May 2015) 3.The antisocial network (Time July 2014) |
| 第 9 週 | Mid-term exam |
| 第 10 週 | Obesity 閱讀範圍: 1.Why Exercise won’t make you thin. (TIME, August 17, 2009). 2.A heavy truth: Doctors hate telling you to lose weight as much as you hate hearing it. But their silence can imperil your health. (TIME, September 17, 2007) 3.Obesity and bacteria: Greedy guts? (The Economist, January 6, 2007). 4.Obesity: Enter the obesogen. (The Economist. February 24, 2007). 5.13 things you never know about your weight. (Reader Digest, March 4, 2010 ). 6.When children are overweight, changes for the whole family (The New York Times, February 11, 2010). |
| 第 11 週 | Tiger mother your life 閱讀範圍: 1.The roar of the tiger mom. (TIME, January 31, 2011) 2.Why genes aren’t destiny. (TIME, January 18, 2010) 3.The upside of being an introvert. (TIME, February 12, 2012) 4.Playing favorites. (TIME, November 14, 2011) 5.Depression child, big worries. 6.Tales of a tiger mother. (Reader Digest, June 2011) 7.Sit, stay, Whoa! (Reader Digest, May 2011) 8.Teachers, leave those kids alone. (TIME, October 3, 2011) 9.The superiority complex (TIME, February 3, 2014) 10.In praise of the ordinary child (Time August 2015) |
| 第 12 週 | Our neighboring country: China 閱讀範圍: 1.How to think about China. (TIME, April 19, 2010) 2.The end of cheap labor in China. (TIME, June 27, 2011) 3.The China effect. (TIME, April 25, 2011) 4.Split personality. (TIME, January 24, 2011) 5.China’s new continent. (TIME, July 5, 2010) 6.How China Sees the world (Time June 2013) 7.Crouching tiger, slowing dragon (Bloomberg Market July-August 2015) 8.The China decade (Time August 2015) |
| 第 13 週 | National health service 閱讀範圍: 1.Heath care: Can Obama find a cure? (TIME, August 10, 2009). 2.The health care crisis hits home. (TIME, March 16, 2009). 3.America- Heading for the emergency room. (The Economist, June 27, 2009). 4.Britain- Heath-care politics: Can Gordon fix the National Health Service? (The Economist, September 1, 2007) 5.Britain- the National Health Service: the power game. (The Economist, March 3, 2007). 6.NHS audit: Big spender, unwise spender. (The Economist, September 15, 2007). 7.The $272 billion swindle. (The Economist, May 31, 2014) 8.Young, fit and uninterested. (The Economist, January 18, 2014) 9.Uphill all the way (The Economist, March 29, 2014) 10.Health reform in a cold climate. (The Economist, March 29, 2014) |
| 第 14 週 | All about sex 閱讀範圍: 1.How gay marriage won? (TIME, April 8, 2013) 2.Windsor’s knot. (The Economist, June 29, 2013) 3.Fifty shades of pink. (The Economist, July 6, 2013) 4.Pride and prejudice. (The Economist, January 25, 2014) 5.We’ll always have ... Utah? (The Economist, January 4, 2014) 6.Criminal relations. (The Economist, April 5, 2014) 7.What is it about power that makes men crazy? (TIME, May 30, 2011) 8.What the Bible really says about sex? (Newsweek, February 14, 2011 ) 9.He says goodbye, he says hello (Vanity Fair July 2015) 10.The truth about sex addition. (TIME, March 14, 2011) 11.Insatiable (GQ May 2015) |
| 第 15 週 | Young generation 閱讀範圍: 1.The new greatest generation. (TIME, May 20, 2013) 2.The broken hopes of a generation. (TIME, June 20, 2009) 3.They want to be heard. (TIME, August 31, 2009) 4.Taking it to the street. (TIME, October 24, 2011) 5.Rage, rap, and revolution. (TIME, February 28, 2011) 6.Intern Planet. (TIME, September 12, 2011) 7.Is college worth it? (The Economist, April 5, 2014) 8.Head Trip. (TIME, April 7, 2014) |
| 第 16 週 | Food 閱讀範圍: 1.What’s so great about organic food? (TIME, September 6, 2010) 2.Nutrition in a pill? (TIME, October 10, 2011) 3.The Oz diet. (TIME, September 12, 2011) 4.Balance your diet (Complete wellbeing April 2015) 5.The end of eating 6.How safe is your beef? Consumer Report October 2015) |
| 第 17 週 | Our brain 閱讀範圍: 1.The optimism bias. (TIME, June 6, 2011) 2.The happiness of pursuit (TIME, July 8-15, 2013) 3.Free to be happy. (TIME, July 8-15, 2013) 4.How faith can heal. (TIME, February 23, 2009) 5.The amazing teen brain (Scientific American June 2015) 6.Revenge (Men’s Health September 2015) 7.Brain under siege (New Scientist June 2015) 8.Secrets: are yours slowly killing you? (Men’s Health January 2015) 9.Bored? Well, Don’t be (New Scientist August 2015) 10.Under the radar |
| 第 18 週 | Final examination |