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CHAPTER 1 The American Dream美国梦 1

PART 1 Americans:A Nation of Immigrants美国：移民之国 2

Ellis Island埃利斯岛 4

America:The Multicultural Society 美国：多元文化社会 8

Preface 前言 9

目录“英语阅读文库”丛书总序 11

Reference Guide to Reading Strategies 阅读策略指南 11

导读 13

PART 2 Housing:A Roof over Ones Head住房：遮风挡雨的归宿 13

National Home Ownership 国家住房计划 14

Acknowledgements致谢 16

Dedication致意 17

Home 家 18

WORD LIST 25

CHAPTER 2 Money 金钱 27

PART 1 The Economy:Business-Show Me the Money!经济风云：商业企业——财源滚滚来！ 28

Making Customers Come Back for More:How Starbucks Created a Brand on a Budget 抓住回头客：星巴克——精打细算创品牌 29

Ben a Jerrys:Caring Capitalism 本与杰利：关怀型资本主义 34

PART 2 Credit:Where Credit Is Due 信用:该还钱了 39

Giving Credit Where Debt Is Due 债务到期，用信用卡吧 40

Im No Credit to Their Industry 我可不信他们这个产业 45

WORD LIST 50

CHAPTER 3 Traditions 传统 53

PART 1 Traditions:Home for the Holidays 传统：节日的来源 54

Columbus Day 哥伦布节 55

Why I Love Thanksgiving 我为什么喜欢感恩节 59

PART 2 Food:Our Daily Bread 食品：我们的日常饮食 63

Cooking American 美国的烹调 63

Fast Food Becomes High Art in Ohio 俄亥俄州——快餐变艺术 69

WORD LIST 74

CHAPTER 4 People 国民 75

PART 1 Beauty:In the Eye of the Beholder 美：各持己见 76

Queen of the Universe 宇宙小姐 78

That Lean and Hungry Look 消瘦憔悴的脸 83

PART 2 Age:Only As Old As You Feel 年龄：全凭感觉 88

Bittersweet Farewell of a Grown-Up Child 向长不大的日子说再见 89

Central and Main 街心一刻 93

WORD LIST 98

CHAPTER 5 Geography 地理 99

PART 1 Regions:States of Mind 不同地区：恩想各异 100

An Age of Limits and Definitions 需要界定的年代 101

Boy in Search of Something 探索的男孩 105

PART 2 Lifestyles:Country Mice and City Mice 生活方式：城里人与乡下人 109

Fat Girls in Des Moines 得梅因的胖姑娘 110

The Land of Stories and Memories:Coney Island 充满传说和回忆的土地：科尼岛 114

WORDLIST 119

CHAPTER 6 Language 语言 121

PART 1 Trends:Ways with Words 潮流：语言发展之路 122

I Always Wanted to Say That 我一直都想那么说一次 123

Make Mine a Medium 给我一份中杯的 126

PART 2 Controversy:Fighting Words 争议：语言之争 130

Aria 独唱 132

Bilingual Education 双语教育 137

WORD LIST 145

CHAPTER 7 Virtues and Vices 美德与恶行 147

PART 1 Virtues:A Friend in Need 美德：患难之交 148

Love Thy Neighbor 爱你的邻居 149

Volunteer Angels 志愿者天使 154

PART 2 Vices:Bad Habits 恶行：坏习惯 158

How I QuitSmoking 戒烟记 159

Kicking Drugs:A Very Personal Story 远离毒品：我的亲身经历 163

WORD LIST 167

CHAPTER 8 Entertainment 娱乐 169

PART 1 Television:The Boob Tube 电视 170

Why You Watch What You Watch When You Watch 为什么看？看什么？什么时候看？ 171

The Famsworth Chronicles 法恩斯沃斯家史 175

PART 2 Sports:Play Ball 运动：打球 179

Baseball 棒球 180

Friday Night at the Coliseum 周五晚上体育馆见 186

WORD LIST 191

CHAPTER 9 Technology 技术 193

PART 1 Computers:Making Connections 计算机：连接一切 194

Redefining Café Society:Online 重新定义咖啡馆——上网新去处 195

Why I Wont Buy a Computer 拒绝计算机 199

PART 2 Information:The More You Know 信息：越多越妤，还是越多越糟？ 204

Cell Phones in the Wilderness 荒郊野外话手机 205

Letter from the President and Vice President in Announcement of White House Electronic Mail Address 总统来信 209

WORD LIST 213

CHAPTER 10 Popular Culture 流行文化 215

PART 1 All Decked Out 装扮一新 216

Dressing Down 风靡全球的牛仔裤 217

Dress Clothes 穿衣戴帽 221

PART 2 Icons:Larger than Life 偶像：重于泰山 224

Still the King:Interest Shows No sign of Waning 永远的王者：痴迷不减 225

What Makes Superman So Darned American? 超人为何如此美国化？ 230

WORDLIST 234

Almanac 年鉴 235

1．Total Population of the States in the United States 美国各州人口总数 236

2．Population of the States in the United States by Ethnic Background 美国各民族人口数 237

3．Major Events in United States History 美国历史大事记 238

4．Weights and Measures,Temperatures(Celsius and Fahrenheit) 度量衡和温度（摄氏和华氏） 238

5．Immigration Patterns 1860 to Present 1860年至今的移民模式 239

6．ToP Ten Holiday Movies and Foods 最受欢迎的十大节日影片与食品排行榜 240

7．U.S.Legal or Public Holidays 美国的法定或公立假日 241

8．Slogans of the 50 States 美国50个州的口号 242

9．Popular Sports Movies 流行体育类电影 244

10．Irregular Past Tenses and Past Participles 不规则动词过去式与过去分词 245

11．Common Prefixes and Suffixes 常用前缀与后缀 246

Credits 版权致谢 247

Answer key 答案 249

Videoscript 录像文字材料 260