新潮大学英语阅读教程 第4册PDF电子书下载

Unit One 1

Related Words and Expressions 1

Text A Entering the World of Work 2

Text B Stay-at-home Fathers 8

Text C Staying Home:My Choice 12

Reading Appreciation Quotations 19

Unit Two 20

Related Words and Expressions 20

Text A Light and IT Technology 21

Text B China Launch Won't Ignite New Space Race 26

Text C Segway Robot Opens Doors 31

Reading Appreciation So We'll Go No More A-roving 39

Unit Three 41

Related Words and Expressions 41

Text A Forests 42

Text B Tree Planting 48

Text C Forests and Global Warming 52

Reading Appreciation Quotations 59

Related Words and Expressions 61

Unit Four 61

Text A Computer Viruses 62

Text B Fuel for the Future 68

Text C The World's First Test Tube Baby 73

Reading Appreciation A Humorous Story 82

Unit Five 83

Related Words and Expressions 83

Text A Trade Makes the World a Better Place 84

Text B Joint-stock Banking to Get a Boost 92

Text C China Pauses for Breath 96

Reading Appreciation Quotations 104

Unit Six 105

Related Words and Expressions 105

Text A HIV Infection 106

Text B Genetic Testing 113

Text C Under the Skull 119

Brain Teasers 128

Related Words and Expressions 129

Unit Seven 129

Text A Branding It like Beckham 130

Text B Puma and Adidas Rediscover Their Sole 137

Text C Makers of Sports Equipment Defy Consumption Crisis 141

Humor 149

Unit Eight 150

Related Words and Expressions 150

Text A Futurology 151

Text B Life in the Grid 158

Text C Robots Built to Make Farming Easier,More Productive 164

Reading Appreciation Books 172

Unit Nine 173

Related Words and Expressions 173

Text A Work and Play 174

Text B The American Attitude Toward Manual Labor 180

Text C How Should One Make the Best out of the Two-day Weekend? 185

Reading Appreciation Success 193

Related Words and Expressions 195

Unit Ten 195

Text A Evil as Love and as Liberation 196

Text B Screaming 203

Text C Mourning and the Failure to Mourn 209

Reading Appreciation Whose Heart is Better? 216

Unit Eleven 218

Related Words and Expressions 218

Text A The Olympic Games 219

Text B Soccer's World Cup Scramble 225

Text C American Baseball 229

Reading Appreciation Quotations 237

Unit Twelve 238

Related Words and Expressions 238

Text A What You Make of Your Life Is up to You 239

Text B Einstein's View of Life 245

Text C Hard Work Pays Off 250

Reading Appreciation Return to Innocence 258

Key to Exercises 259