新世纪大学英语文史知识阅读PDF电子书下载

Part One Literature and History(文学与历史篇) 3

Unit1 The Case of the Durable Detective 3

Unit2 The Man Who Wrote Moby Dick 9

Unit3 Nineteen Eighty-Four——Analysis of Plot Structure 15

Unit4 The Life of Lord Byron 21

Unit5 What Is a Novel? 31

Unit6 What Is Literature? 39

Unit7 Joseph Heller and His Novel Catch-22 47

Unit8 American Literature in 1996 54

Unit9 An Introduction to American Literature in the First Half of the 20th Century(partⅠ) 62

Unit10 An Introduction to American Literature in the First Half of the 20th Century(partⅡ) 70

Unit11 The Industrial Revolution 78

Unit12 Enlightenment 86

Unit13 American Revolution 94

Unit14 A Prelude to World WarⅡ(PartⅠ) 101

Unit15 A Prelude to World WarⅡ(PartⅡ) 109

Part Two Physics(体育篇) 121

Unit16 A Champion's Journey 121

Unit17 I Will Be There for You 128

Unit18 When the Cheering Stopped 133

Unit19 All the Way Across the U.S.A 139

Unit20 The Greatest Gift 145

Unit21 Ashby Harper's Incredible Swim 151

Unit22 How Do They Make It Look So Easy? 158

Unit23 ..．Sydney 166

Unit24 A Walk Across the Sky 172

Unit25 Fu Mingxia 177

Unit26 Chasing the Wild Bulls 181

Unit27 On the Path to Everest 187

Unit28 Young Men in a Hurry 194

Part Three Art(艺术篇) 201

Unit29 Unforgettable Gone With the Wind 201

Unit30 The Soul of a Prodigy 208

Unit31 The Missing Masterpiece 214

Unit32 World's Greatest Showman 221

Unit33 Oscar：Little Statue of Dreams 227

Unit34 Randy Travis Making Country Music Hot Again 234

Unit35 Master Builder of Magic Places 241

Unit36 Unforgettable Pearl Bailey 247

Unit37 You Must Remember These 254

Unit38 Bob Barr 261

Key to Reading Comprehension 269

References 271