《精读英语教程》第四册为英语专业精读课的教材，主要供二年级学生在第二学期使用。全书共有五个主题单元：Quest for Meaning,Content and Form,Critique,The Spirit of Science of Thought。从总体上讲，第四册更趋完整，课文内容更具挑战性，各种练习与课文之间的配合也更密切，更求实效。
课文的练习包括七个部分：Pre-reading Discussion,Understanding the Text,Vocabulary Development,Expression & Structure,Discussion Forum,Translation,Writing Practice。
每一单元内还配有推荐书目，目的在于增加学生的阅读量，劳于读书，逸于作文，既扩展他们的视野，也为比类之盛，有利于学生写作时的仿效。此外，每个单元之后均附一份阅读中存在的问题，促使他们学会有效的阅读方法。
目录
Unit One Quest for Meaning
Text 1 Rope
Text 2 Eveline
Text 3 Dying-And Killing-For One's Country
Unit Two Content and Form
Text 1 Against Interpretation(I)
Text 2 Against Interpretation(II)
Text 3 What is Style？
Unit Three Critique:Literature and Art
Text 1 The Greatest of All Sentimental Novels
Text 2 Picasso at Guernica
Text 3 Art for Art's Sake
Unit Four The Spirit of Science
Text 1 Humanities and Science
Text 2 Little Things Can Mean a Lot
Text 3 Darwin's Middle Road
Unit Five Modes of Thought
Text 1 The Death of Infant Doe:Jesus and the Neonates
Text 2 Creationism Isn’t Science
Text 3 The Postmodern Mind
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