大学英语系列读物 第2册 BOOK 2PDF电子书下载

Contents 3

STAGE ONE 3

1 As Others See Us 3

2 Riddles 6

3 Codes and Ciphers 10

4 Fables 13

5 Aesop and His Fables 18

6 The Spider's Story 25

7 Christmas Day 31

8 Deepavali 36

9 Living Together 39

10 The Chemistry Teacher 45

11 Unwelcome Silence 52

12 Chance 57

13 The Unhappy Hero 62

14 Faithful Hachiko 69

15 A Useful Stick 74

16 A Discussion 81

17 Training the Astronauts 92

18 Strange Minds 99

19 The Boy Who Painted Cats 107

20 Fairy Tales 114

21 The Enchanted Princess 117

22 The Bird of Truth 128

23 Proverbs 131

24 Legends 137

25 The Gift of Fire 142

26 Better Known as Mark Twain 148

27 A Matter of Honor 155

28 Lincoln's Autobiography 163

29 The Light of a Torch 168

30 The Start of a Horse Race 174

31 Danger—Keep Off! 180

32 Originality Is Not Everything 185

33 The Blanket 190

34 The Swan's Friends 196

35 Factory Life—a Student's Experience 201

STAGE TWO 209

1 Clocks Through Time 209

2 Why Cities Grew 214

3 Glass 218

4 Earthquake Prediction in China 224

5 Searching for a Uniform Sign Language 228

6 Origin of Language 232

7 How Languages Change 236

8 The Study of Words 240

9 Ability to Learn 245

10 Remembering and Forgetting 249

11 The Penny Post 254

12 Stamps and Stamp Collecting 258

13 Cleaning and Mounting Stamps 261

14 Making a Fim 264

15 Sightseeing in London 270

16 The British Museum 278

17 Sport in Britain 282

18 Schools in England and Wales 287

19 Freedom to Learn 292

20 Engineers of the Woods 300

21 New York City 306

22 Washington,D.C 313

23 The Weather and What to Pack 318

24 The Meaning of Science 321

25 He Called It Penicillin 327

26 Pavlov 332

27 John Gorrie—the Doctor Who Invented Air Conditioning and Refrigeration 338

28 Radar 346

29 The Computer 350

30 A Giant Leap for Mankind 356

31 Helicopters—Aeroplanes of Many Uses 363