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Unit 1 Greek Mythology 1

TEXT A The Nature of Greek Gods and Goddesses 2

TEXT B The Nature of Greek Heroes 5

Unit 2 Greek Mythology 11

TEXT A The Sphinx of Greek Mythology 12

TEXT B Oedipus Tyrannus 15

Unit 3 Shakespeare 20

TEXT A Shakespeare's Tragedies 21

TEXT B Shakespeare's Characters 24

Unit 4 The Success of Literature 30

TEXT A Joanne Kathleen Rowling and Her Harry Potter 31

TEXT B The Ugly Duckling 36

Unit 5 Benjamin Franklin 40

TEXT A Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography(1) 41

TEXT B Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography(2) 45

Unit 6 The English Language 51

TEXT A English Vocabulary 51

TEXT B Shakespeare's Language 55

Unit 7 Nonverbal Communication 60

TEXT A Your Actions Speak Louder 61

TEXT B Watch What You Say 68

Unit 8 Movies 74

TEXT A The Early Movie Theaters 75

TEXT B Why Hollywood Is Girl Crazy? 80

Unit 9 TV 86

TEXT A Television Programming Time Periods 87

TEXT B Americans Captivated by"Reality Television" 92

Unit 10 Chivalry 98

TEXT A Chivalry 99

TEXT B Cervantes and Don Quixote 106

Unit 11 Music 112

TEXT A Music as a Political Tool 113

TEXT B Hitting the High Notes 118

Unit 12 Tower,Tow,Tower 125

TEXT A The Leaning Tower Straightens Up 126

TEXT B Eiffel Tower,Symbol of Paris 132

Unit 13 Ancient Architecture 140

TEXT A Chinese Architecture 141

TEXT B Egyptian Temples 146

Unit 14 Beethoven and Michelangelo 151

TEXT A Ludwig van Beethoven 152

TEXT B Michelangelo 155

Unit 15 Enjoy Art 159

TEXT A The Elements of Art 160

TEXT B The Enjoyment of Art 165

Unit 16 Wedding Ceremonies 171

TEXT A Weddings,Old and New 172

TEXT B Theme Weddings 177

Unit 17 Small Town Life 183

TEXT A Small-Town America—an Endangered Species? 184

TEXT B Main Street by Sinclair Lewis 189

Unit 18 Customs of India 195

TEXT A Some Customs of India 195

TEXT B Socializing in India 200

Unit 19 Funeral Customs 205

TEXT A Funeral Rites and Customs 206

TEXT B Symbolism of Decoration and 211

Funeral Customs 211

Unit 20 Wedding Ceremonies 216

TEXT A Can Marriage Be Universally Defined? 216

TEXT B Wedding Ceremonies and Customs in America 222

Unit 21 Greek Tradition 226

TEXT A Ancient Greece 227

TEXT B Traditional Greek Religion 231

Unit 22 American Culture 236

TEXT A The Diversity in American Culture 236

TEXT B American Dress 241

Unit 23 The American Character 246

TEXT A The American Character(1) 247

TEXT B The American Character(2) 254

Unit 24 Women of the 1920s and Women Today 261

TEXT A Roaring 20s Revisited at New York Women's Museum 262

TEXT B On Top of the World 268

Unit 25 American Class Structure—the Upper Class 275

TEXT A Class Structure in the U.S.—the Upper Class 276

TEXT B Money Is the Only Home 282

Unit 26 American Class Structure—the Middle and Lower Classes 286

TEXT A Class Structure in the U.S.—the Middle and Lower Classes 287

TEXT B Bricklayer's Boy 292

Unit 27 Religion 299

TEXT A Religion and People's Life 300

TEXT B Buddha and His Four Noble Truths 305

Unit 28 The Bible 311

TEXT A Translations of the Bible 312

TEXT B Rise of Christianity 318

Unit 29 Conformity and Groupthink 325

TEXT A Conformity and Groupthink 326

TEXT B The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life 332

Unit 30 Teachings of Great Masters of the East and the West 337

TEXT A Nature 338

TEXT B The Great Learning 343

附录一 Key to the Exercise 349

附录二 Glossary 370