《研究生英语（第2版）/复旦博学21世纪研究生英语系列》内容包括语言、教育、爱情、婚姻、人生、科研、演讲、诗歌共八个单元主题，突出硕士研究生阶段的学习和生活主题，力求在篇章结构上各单元主题、内容、和风格的互相协调和衔接，在体系结构上更加和谐和完整；旨在通过信息量大、知识性强、题材广泛的选文营造英语学习氛围、提高学习兴趣、开拓学术视野，适应硕士研究生的英语学习需求和未来工作需要。

Unit One Language
Warm-Up
Text A Brief History of English
Further Reading How to Talk About the World
Translating Skills English and Chinese
Writing Skills How to Say Nothing in Five Hundred Words

Unit Two Education
Warm-Up
Text How to Be a Good Graduate Student
Further Reading If I Were a Freshman Again
Translating Skills Nouns and Verbs
Writing Skills Writing Is Rewriting

Unit Three Science
Warm-Up
Text The Method of Scientific Investigation
Further Reading The Nature of Inquiry
Translating Skills Conversion and Inversion
Writing Skills Draft Writing Samples

Unit Four Love
Warm-Up
Text Is Love an Arty
Further Reading Men Are from Mars， Women Are from Venus
Translating Skills Amplification， Omission and Repetition
Writing Skills Concision

Unit Five Marriage
Warm-Up
Text The Story of an Hour
Further Reading Mr． Know-All
Translating Skills Negation， Division and Condensation
Writing Skills Words and Rules （1） ： Basics

Unit Six Life
Warm-Up
Text Reflections on My Eightieth Birthday
Further Reading Predictable Crises of Adult Life
Translating Skills Passives and Actives
Writing Skills Words and Rules （2）： Collocations， Idiorr~ and Synonyms

Unit Seven Speech
Warm-Up
Text Inaugural Address
Further Reading Adam Smith's Free-Market Capitalism
Translating Skills Translation of Long Sentences and Paragraphs
Writing Skills Words and Rules （3） ： Long and Complex Sentences

Unit Eight Poetry
Warm-Up
Text How Does a Poem Mean？
Further Reading Selected Poems
Translating Skills Translation Appreciation and Practice
Writing Skills Words and Rules （4）： Framing Thoughts into Words
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