《大学英语》 修订本 快速阅读自学导读 第4册PDF电子书下载

前言 1

Unit One 1

Lesson One 1

Self-Protection 1

Reading Skill: Denotation and Connotation(1) 6

快速阅读障碍与技巧 7

Lesson Two 8

The Blues--the Song of the Walking Wounded 8

Reading Skill: Denotation and Connotation(2) 17

Unit Two 20

Lesson Three 20

A Carrot a Day May Keep Cancer Away 20

Reading Skill: Denotation and Connotation(3) 27

Lesson Four 30

Just the Job 30

Reading Skill: Denotation and Connotation(4) 36

Lesson Five 39

1066 and All That 39

Unit Three 39

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(1) 46

Lesson Six 48

Top Soloist or “Trained Seal”? 48

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(2) 54

Unit Four 56

Lesson Seven 56

Living a Long Life 56

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(3) 61

A New Island for Iceland 68

Lesson Eight 68

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(4) 74

Unit Five 82

Lesson Nine 82

Inside Story 82

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(5) 85

Lesson Ten 88

The Underclass--An Open Wound in Society s Belly 88

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(6) 93

What Can a Child Do at Five? 98

Unit Six 98

Lesson Eleven 98

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(7) 102

Lesson Twelve 107

Rembrandt 107

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(8) 110

Unit Seven 113

Lesson Thirteen 113

The Television Camera 113

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(9) 116

Lesson Fourteen 122

Nowhere to Call Home 122

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(10) 125

Unit Eight 130

Lesson Fifteen 130

Christmas in the Antarctic 130

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(11) 134

How I Rowed Across the Atlantic and Found Florida 139

Lesson Sixteen 139

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(12) 142

Unit Nine 147

Lesson Seventeen 147

From Cattle to Cash 147

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(13) 150

Lesson Eighteen 158

The Nixies 158

Reading Skill: Making Inferences(14) 161

A Sound Sleeper 164

Unit Ten 164

Lesson Nineteen 164

Reading Skill: Drawing Conclusions(1) 168

Lesson Twenty 174

The Door Swings Open 174

Reading Skill: Drawing Conclusions(2) 178

References 189

Bibliography 191

Key to Exercises 192