21世纪大学英语 学习辅导 第2册PDF电子书下载

Unit One 1

Background Knowledge 1

Text A Winston Churchill-His Other Life 2

Text B Little Sister of the Poor 10

Text C Diana,Princess of Wales:1961-1997 16

Notes to Fast Reading 20

Supplementary Exercises 22

Background Knowledge 26

Unit Two 26

Text A Why They Excel? 27

Text B Methods of Education:East and West 33

Text C Cheating as Culture:Insights for Foreign Teachers 36

Notes to Fast Reading 40

Supplementary Exercises 43

Unit Three 47

Background Knowledge 47

Text A The Tale of a Cultural Translator 47

Text B A Multicultural Person 53

Text C A Lifetime of Learning to Manage Effectively 57

Notes to Fast Reading 61

Supplementary Exercises 63

Unit Four 67

Background Knowledge 67

Text A Turning Failure into Success 68

Text B Failure? No! Just Temporary Setbacks 75

Text C Heart of a Champion 79

Notes to Fast Reading 82

Supplementary Exercises 84

Unit Five 88

Background Knowledge 88

Text A Holding Onto a Dream 88

Text B The Soft Sell 96

Text C Workin for A Livin 99

Notes to Fast Reading 102

Supplementary Exercises 104

Text A Brief History of Stephen Hawking 107

Unit Six 107

Background Knowledge 107

Text B Inventor of the Future 115

Text C The New Frontier of Beauty 119

Notes to Fast Reading 121

Supplementary Exercises 122

Unit Seven 125

Background Knowledge 125

Text A Thinking:A Neglected Art 125

Text B How to Teach Your Child to Think 135

Text C Developing Your Thinking 140

Notes to Fast Reading 142

Supplementary Exercises 144

Unit Eight 148

Background Knowledge 148

Text A Unwritten Rules 148

Text B A Traffic Light Is a Brainless Machine 158

Text C In Ourselves we Trust 162

Notes to Fast Reading 166

Supplementary Exercises 169

Unit Nine 173

Background Knowledge 173

Text A Get Ready for Some Wid Weather 174

Text B Study Finds Good Effects of El Ni?o 183

Text C What s Wrong with Our Weather 188

Notes to Fast Reading 192

Supplementary Exercises 195

Unit Ten 198

Background Knowledge 198

Text A The Next 30 Years 198

Text B Our Forecasts 30 Years Later 205

Text C The 21st Century:Information and Man 210

Notes to Fast Reading 212

Supplementary Exercises 216

Key to Supplementary Exercises 219