二十一世纪大学英语泛读教程 第2册PDF电子书下载

CONTENTS 1

Unit One 1

1．The 4th of July-a Day of Rejoicing 1

2．California's GIANTS 6

3．The Telephone and Its Inventor 11

Unit Two 17

4．Soul of a Champion 17

5．Disney World 23

6．National Parks 29

7．Louis Armstrong, Mr. Jazz 35

Unit Three 35

8．Home at the Office 41

9．Magic 47

Unit Four 52

10．Good-Bye, My Son 52

11．The Corn Belt 59

12．Telecommuters 65

Unit Five 71

13．What Women Do Better 71

14．The Information Superhighway: What's in It for You ? 76

15．Growing up-at Home and at School 82

16．Garbage in, Garbage out 88

Unit Six 88

17．Too Many People 94

18．Deforestation 99

Unit Seven 106

19．Hollywood's Three Big Lies 106

20．Historical Thermometers 112

21．Pollution 118

Unit Eight 124

22．Why We Dream What We Dream 124

23．Deep Blue Funk 131

24．Sowing the Seeds of Super Plants 137

Unit Nine 143

25．What Can We Learn from Art? 143

26．Family Patterns Today. 149

27．Clones: Will There Be “Carbon Copy” People? 155

Unit Ten 162

28．Einstein=MC2 162

29．The World's Cities—a Major Cause of Destruction in the Environment (1) 167

30．The World's Cities—a Major Cause of Destruction in the Environment (2) 173

Glossary 179

Answer Key 202