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Unit One　Biography 4

Chapter 1 Political Figures 4

Reading Selection 1 Bush as Businessman 4

—How the Texas governor made his millions(Ⅰ) 4

Contents 4

Reading Selection 2 Bush as Businessman 9

—How the Texas governor made his millions(Ⅱ) 9

Reading Selection 3 Putin s Win No Surprise 13

Reading Selection 4 Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ on Her 70th Birthday 19

Reading Selection 5 Herbert Hoover(1874—1964) 26

Reading Selection 1 Jane Austen Is Becoming Filmdom s Favorite Novelist 33

Chapter 2　Philosophical and Literary Figures 33

Reading Selection 2 Oscar Fingal O Flaherty Wilde(1854—1900) 39

Reading Selection 3 Socrates 44

Reading Selection 4 Percy Bysshe Shelley(1792—1822) 49

Chapter 3 Military and Religious Leaders 53

Reading Selection 1 So Close,So Far Apart 53

—The Bonds That Tie the Mideast s Dueling Leaders 53

Reading Selection 2 Who is Jesus? 60

Reading Selection 3 Napoleon s Last Try for Power 66

Reading Selection 4 Osama bin Laden(aka Usama bin Laden) 69

Reading Selection 5 Pope John Paul Ⅱ 74

Reading Selection 1 Muhammad Ali,the Boxer 78

Chapter 4 Pop Stars 78

Reading Selection 2 Ex-Beatle George Harrison,58,Dies 82

Reading Selection 3 Julia Roberts Ascends to Power 88

Reading Selection 4 Yo-Yo Ma 93

Reading Selection 5 Vincent Van Gogh(1853—1890) 99

Unit Two　World Culture Heritage 104

Chapter 5 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 104

Reading Selection 1 The Great Pyramid of Giza 104

Reading Selection 2 Hanging Gardens of Babylon 114

Reading Selection 3 Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 119

Reading Selection 4 Statue of Zeus at Olympia 124

Reading Selection 5 Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 129

Reading Selection 6 The Colossus at Rhode 134

Reading Selection 7 Pharos at Alexandria 138

Chapter 6 Tombs,Palaces and Castles 143

Reading Selection 1 The Majestic Taj Mahal 143

—India s Noble Tribute to the Grace of Indian Womanhood 146

Reading Selection 2 The Tower of London 146

Reading Selection 3 Edinburgh Castle—The Crag Where Edinburgh Began 155

Reading Selection 4 Potala Palace 160

Chapter 7 Temples and Cathedrals 164

Reading Selection 1 Athens and the Parthenon 164

Reading Selection 2 The Temple of Delphi,Greece 167

Reading Selection 3 The Temple of Epicurean Apollo 177

Reading Selection 4 Westminster Abbey 179

Reading Selection 5 Gothic Dreams—Approaching Cultural Legacy 184

Chapter 8 Historic Cities 190

Reading Selection 1 Jerusalem—The Holy City 190

Reading Selection 2 Petra,Jordan 201

Reading Selection 3 Troy 206

Reading Selection 4 Rome 218

Reading Selection 5 Angkor Wat 225

Reading Selection 6 Paris—The Banks of the Seine 228

Chapter 9 Monuments and Historic Relics 236

Reading Selection 1 The Mystery of the Megaliths 236

Reading Selection 2 Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang 239

Reading Selection 3 Colosseum 242

Reading Selection 4 Hadrian s Wall 245

Reading Selection 5 City of Bath 247

Reading Selection 6 Great Wall 250

Reading Selection 7 Origins of the Bible 253

Unit Three Literature and Humanity 257

Chapter 10 Men and Women 257

Reading Selection 1 The Story of an Hour 257

Reading Selection 2 A Rose for Emily 263

Reading Selection 3 A Rose for Emily 271

Reading Selection 4 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 279

Reading Selection 5 Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,1848 284

Reading Selection 6 The Quiet Movement of American Men 292

Chapter 11 Reality and Fantasy 298

Reading Selection 1 The Outside Chance 298

Reading Selection 2 The Pedestrian 303

Reading Selection 3 The Stone 312

Reading Selection 4 The Stone 319

Reading Selection 5 The Ugly Duckling 325

Reading Selection 6 The Ugly Duckling 332

Chapter 12 Double Humanity 339

Reading Selection 1 Valentine s Day s Roses 339

Reading Selection 2 The Lottery 344

Reading Selection 3 The Lottery 350

Reading Selection 4 The Necklace 357

Reading Selection 5 The Necklace 364

Reading Selection 6 Old Sayings 372

Reading Selection 7 Guests in the Night 379

Chapter 13 Meditation on Life Human Dignity 387

Reading Selection 1 Three Days to See 387

Reading Selection 2 Three Days to See 394

Reading Selection 3 What I Have Lived For 401

Reading Selection 4 The Colour of Life 405

Reading Selection 5 On Pleasure 410

Reading Selection 6 The Declaration of Independence 413

Reading Selection 7 I Have a Dream 420

Bibliography 427