大学英语阅读与训练 我们变化的语言 第1册PDF电子书下载

Unit One 1

1. My Grandma s House 1

2. The Grocery Store 8

3. Uncle Carmine 16

4. Greens Want to Make Peasants Out of Us All 23

Unit Two 30

5. Information Revolution 30

6. Color Me Pink 37

7. And the Lucky Number Is 45

8. Our Changing Language 53

Unit Three 61

9. How Much Is Jordan Worth? 61

10. Love Affairs Bloom on the Internet 67

11. How Do American Consumers Borrow?(Ⅰ) 74

12. How Do American Consumers Borrow?(Ⅱ) 80

Unit Four 86

13. Clones: Will There Be Carbon Copy People? 86

14. Politeness in Britain 93

15. The Marriage Partnership 99

16. What Men Don t understand about Women? 106

Unit Five 113

17. How to Select the Course? 113

18. Information Technology 119

19. The Cause of the El Nino Phenomenon 125

20. Tragedy of the Unemployed in the U.S. 131

Unit Six 138

21. Buying on the Installment Plan 138

22. Learning from Failure 145

23. Student Rags 151

24. Elysee Palace 157

Unit Seven 164

25. The Weather in England 164

26. Sounds Unfriendly 171

27. British and American English 178

28. Supermarkets Suit Consumers 185

Unit Eight 192

29. Instant Foods-Americans Favorite 192

30. An Advertising Gimmick Shown on TV 199

31. Stonehenge 206

32. Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. 212

Unit Nine 220

33. Dog Phrases 220

34. What Are Biorhythms? 227

35. Disney World 233

36. The Birth of Blue Jeans 239

37. Why Are Most Homes Painted White? 245

Unit Ten 245

38. The Origins of Doughnuts and Their Holes 252

39. Legends of Love 259

40. The Road Ahead 266

Unit Eleven 272

41. Martin Luther King 272

42. Some Differences between Britain and France 280

43. Why Are Many Children So Secretive to Their Parents? 287

44. For What Do We Go to See the Doctor? 295

45. A Legal Plagiary 302

Unit Twelve 302

46. How Did the African Blacks First Arrive in America? 309

47. A Key to Success 316

48. Tarawa - a Pearl in the South Sens 324

Unit Thirteen 331

49. Lung Cancer and Carotene 331

50. Volcanoes 338

51. Jefferson Had Child with Slave 344

52. Aspirin and Its Effective Use 350

53. Police Report on Diana s Death 357

Unit Fourteen 357

54. Crime Cycles throughout the Year 364

55. Arab Custom 370

56. Interstellar Exploration 377

Unit Fifteen 384

57. Yellowstone National Park - a Wildlife Heaven 384

58. A Famous Speech 392

59. Absenteeism 399

60. John Glenn Returns to Space 406