读写教程-二

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《21世纪应用型大学英语系列教材》是以学生感兴趣的话题，如教育、节假日、人口与环境、科学技术、语言与文化、健康、日常生活、社会及人物传记等文化知识为主体，以发展语言实践能力为主线，突出语言的交际功能及其工具性特点，以培养学生考过四级为近期目标和用英语进行交流的能力为*终目的的立足独立学院英语教学的教材。
本书为该系列之一的读写教程2。

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