《欧美文化文章选读》PDF下载

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  • 作  者:冯艳荣等主编
  • 出 版 社:北京市:北京大学出版社
  • 出版年份:2008
  • ISBN:7301129645
  • 页数:301 页
图书介绍:本书是根据实际教学和市场的需要而编写的一本高校英语选修课的教科书,旨在为学生提供一些欧美文化方面的信息和知识。它是一本学生了解英美文化很好的学习用书,不但能帮助学习者掌握英美文化方面的基础知识,而且也能提高他们的语言能力和英语表达水平以及综合水平。

Unit OnePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Harvard's Founding 1

Reading PassageⅡ Okies 4

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ What to Do with Solid Waste 7

Reading PassageⅡ Coins in Our Lives 10

Unit TwoPart 1 ReadingPassageⅠ The Queen,As She Was 12

Reading PassageⅡ Italy's Finest Resource—Its People 16

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Conservation the Future Is Now 19

Reading PassageⅡ The Early Navigator's Best Friends 21

Unit ThreePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ A Fuel with Flavor 24

Reading PassageⅡ What's Wrong with Using the V Word? 28

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Keeping It Clear 31

Reading PassageⅡ The Lion's Share 33

Unit FourPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Thanksgiving Day 36

Reading PassageⅡ Thanksgiving Day(Continued) 39

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Help for the Elderly 42

Reading PassageⅡ Playing It Safe Abroad 45

Unit FivePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Life Style 48

Reading PassageⅡ Life Style(Continued) 51

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Following the Rules 55

Reading PassageⅡ Unsafe at Warm Temperature 57

Unit SixPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Our Changing Lifestyle:Trends and Fads 60

Reading PassageⅡ Philanthropy 63

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Three Masters 65

Reading PassageⅡ Liquids,Granules and Powders 68

Unit SevenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ St.Patrick's Day 70

Reading PassageⅡ Music—Lighting Up the Brain 73

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ A Winning Match 77

Reading PassageⅡ Remember You Are a Guest 79

Unit EightPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ NSGVP in Quebec 82

Reading PassageⅡ Danish Culture 85

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ London—A Good Place to Start Your Tour 88

Reading PassageⅡ Counting the World's Population 90

Unit NinePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Free Sport—the Wheel Deal 93

Reading PassageⅡ Germany—a Land of Culture 96

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Read the Label 100

Reading PassageⅡ Crossroads of the World 102

Unit TenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Vincent van Gogh 105

Reading PassageⅡ Fingerprints 108

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ A Place for All Seasons 112

Reading PassageⅡ Using Energy Efficiently 114

Unit ElevenPart 1 ReadingPassageⅠ New Zealand 117

Reading PassageⅡ Dangers to the Environment 120

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Problems of Older American 124

Reading PassageⅡ Louis Pasteur 126

Unit TwelvePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Hearty Breakfasts 129

Reading PassageⅡ Big Ben 132

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Income Tax 135

Reading PassageⅡ Curds and Whey 137

Unit ThirteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Greenwich Mean Time 140

Reading PassageⅡ The Peoples of Britain 143

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Life Around Olympus 145

Reading PassageⅡ Liberty and Peace 148

Unit FourteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Queen's Day in Holland 150

Reading PassageⅡ Rome 153

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Money 156

Reading PassageⅡ The Cost of Civilization 158

Unit FifteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Table Manners 161

Reading PassageⅡ Paris 165

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Chocolate:Everyone's Favorite Sweet 168

Reading PassageⅡ Fifteen Tons a Minute 170

Unit SixteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Women's Status Higher in North Europe than South 173

Reading PassageⅡ To Salt or Not to Salt? 176

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ The Magic Potion Notion 179

Reading PassageⅡ Rub,Pour,Sprinkle,and Spray 182

Unit SeventeenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ The Television Camera 185

Reading PassageⅡ Geneva—Capital of Peace 188

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ The Big Cheese 191

Reading PassageⅡ A Humble Leader 193

Unit EighteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Tchaikovsky 197

Reading PassageⅡ An Experience of Watching a Bullfight in Spain 201

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Refuse or Resource? 204

Reading PassageⅡ Construction Queries 206

Unit NineteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Bridges 210

Reading PassageⅡ Samaranch,the Olympic Patriarch 213

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Paying for Protection 215

Reading PassageⅡ The Christmas Tree and the Wedding 218

Unit TwentyPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Some Rituals of American Marriage 221

Reading PassageⅡ Ladies First 223

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Food Additives 226

Reading PassageⅡ Idaho's Finest 229

Unit Twenty-OnePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Living a Long Life 232

Reading PassageⅡ Birthday Parties and Potluck Parties 234

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ America's Architect 237

Reading PassageⅡ A New Respect for Drugs 240

Unit Twenty-TwoPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Forty Miners 243

Reading PassageⅡ Disneyland 246

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Starting a Small Business 249

Reading PassageⅡ Rose Hips and Dandelions 251

Unit Twenty-ThreePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Christmas Songs 254

Reading PassageⅡ "Die"or"Pass Away" 256

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Life Insurance 259

Reading PassageⅡ Handiwork of the Gods 261

Unit Twenty-FourPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ The National Trust in Britain 264

Reading PassageⅡ Blue Monday and"Thank God It's Friday" 266

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Cat's Eyes 269

Reading PassageⅡ A Symbol of the Free Spirit 271

Unit Twenty-FivePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Ballet 274

Reading PassageⅡ Olympic Games 277

Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Bears 279

Reading PassageⅡ Artificial Reefs 281

Key 284