Part One Literature and History(文学与历史篇) 3
Unit1 The Case of the Durable Detective 3
Unit2 The Man Who Wrote Moby Dick 9
Unit3 Nineteen Eighty-Four——Analysis of Plot Structure 15
Unit4 The Life of Lord Byron 21
Unit5 What Is a Novel? 31
Unit6 What Is Literature? 39
Unit7 Joseph Heller and His Novel Catch-22 47
Unit8 American Literature in 1996 54
Unit9 An Introduction to American Literature in the First Half of the 20th Century(partⅠ) 62
Unit10 An Introduction to American Literature in the First Half of the 20th Century(partⅡ) 70
Unit11 The Industrial Revolution 78
Unit12 Enlightenment 86
Unit13 American Revolution 94
Unit14 A Prelude to World WarⅡ(PartⅠ) 101
Unit15 A Prelude to World WarⅡ(PartⅡ) 109
Part Two Physics(体育篇) 121
Unit16 A Champion's Journey 121
Unit17 I Will Be There for You 128
Unit18 When the Cheering Stopped 133
Unit19 All the Way Across the U.S.A 139
Unit20 The Greatest Gift 145
Unit21 Ashby Harper's Incredible Swim 151
Unit22 How Do They Make It Look So Easy? 158
Unit23 ...Sydney 166
Unit24 A Walk Across the Sky 172
Unit25 Fu Mingxia 177
Unit26 Chasing the Wild Bulls 181
Unit27 On the Path to Everest 187
Unit28 Young Men in a Hurry 194
Part Three Art(艺术篇) 201
Unit29 Unforgettable Gone With the Wind 201
Unit30 The Soul of a Prodigy 208
Unit31 The Missing Masterpiece 214
Unit32 World's Greatest Showman 221
Unit33 Oscar:Little Statue of Dreams 227
Unit34 Randy Travis Making Country Music Hot Again 234
Unit35 Master Builder of Magic Places 241
Unit36 Unforgettable Pearl Bailey 247
Unit37 You Must Remember These 254
Unit38 Bob Barr 261
Key to Reading Comprehension 269
References 271