新潮大学英语阅读教程 第2册PDF电子书下载

Contents 1

Unit One 1

Related Words and Expressions 1

Text A Road Warriors 2

Text B Shark Attack 9

Text C Life,Death and an Avalanche 13

Reading Appreciation 17

Related Words and Expressions 19

Unit Two 19

Text A Women's Struggle for Equal Rights 20

Text B Why Is the World So Tough to Her? 26

Text C Domestic Violence against Women 30

Reading Appreciation 34

Unit Three 35

Related Words and Expressions 35

Text A The Teaching of Laura Bush 36

Text B You Glory Girl 42

Text C Great Expectation 46

Reading Appreciation 49

Unit Four 50

Related Words and Expressions 50

Text A The Great Musician Beethoven 51

Text B How Jazz Began 58

Text C Britney Spears 62

Reading Appreciation 66

Unit Five 67

Related Words and Expressions 67

Text A Secrets of Success at an Interview 68

Text B How to Start Planning Your Career 74

Text C Words That Get You Hired 78

Reading Appreciation 82

Unit Six 83

Related Words and Expressions 84

Text A The Wet and Wild Future of Computers 84

Text B Voice Technology Will Put Shopping Mall in Handsets 90

Text C The Earth Will Don an Electronic Skin 94

Reading Appreciation 99

Related Words and Expressions 101

Unit Seven 101

Text A Environmental Protection throughout the World 102

Text B Animals at Risk:Who Cares? 110

Text C The Killer Smogs 114

Reading Appreciation 118

Unit Eight 119

Related Words and Expressions 119

Text A Quality of Life Is Much More than a Job 120

Text B The American Stock Market 125

Text C The Electronic Office 128

Reading Appreciation 131

Unit Nine 132

Related Words and Expressions 132

Text A The Crisis of Global Capitalism 133

Text B Finance:Trick or Treat 140

Text C How the Markets Made It Worse 144

Reading Appreciation 148

Related Words and Expressions 149

Unit Ten 149

Text A The Web—My Main Source of Information 150

Text B Two Sociologists'Personal Experience 156

Text C Multiculturalism and a Multicultural Person 160

Reading Appreciation 165

Unit Eleven 166

Related Words and Expressions 166

Text A The Method of Scientific Investigation 167

Text B Scientific Attitudes 174

Text C Solving Problems Scientifically 178

Reading Appreciation 181

Unit Twelve 183

Related Words and Expressions 183

Text A The Miracle of Mother's Love 184

Text B Family of Angels 191

Text C Telling Him 195

Reading Appreciation 199

Practical English Readings 200

Key to Exercises 226