CHAPTER 1 The American Dream美国梦 1
PART 1 Americans:A Nation of Immigrants美国：移民之国 2
Ellis Island埃利斯岛 4
America:The Multicultural Society 美国：多元文化社会 8
Preface 前言 9
目录“英语阅读文库”丛书总序 11
Reference Guide to Reading Strategies 阅读策略指南 11
导读 13
PART 2 Housing:A Roof over Ones Head住房：遮风挡雨的归宿 13
National Home Ownership 国家住房计划 14
Acknowledgements致谢 16
Dedication致意 17
Home 家 18
WORD LIST 25
CHAPTER 2 Money 金钱 27
PART 1 The Economy:Business-Show Me the Money!经济风云：商业企业——财源滚滚来！ 28
Making Customers Come Back for More:How Starbucks Created a Brand on a Budget 抓住回头客：星巴克——精打细算创品牌 29
Ben a Jerrys:Caring Capitalism 本与杰利：关怀型资本主义 34
PART 2 Credit:Where Credit Is Due 信用:该还钱了 39
Giving Credit Where Debt Is Due 债务到期，用信用卡吧 40
Im No Credit to Their Industry 我可不信他们这个产业 45
WORD LIST 50
CHAPTER 3 Traditions 传统 53
PART 1 Traditions:Home for the Holidays 传统：节日的来源 54
Columbus Day 哥伦布节 55
Why I Love Thanksgiving 我为什么喜欢感恩节 59
PART 2 Food:Our Daily Bread 食品：我们的日常饮食 63
Cooking American 美国的烹调 63
Fast Food Becomes High Art in Ohio 俄亥俄州——快餐变艺术 69
WORD LIST 74
CHAPTER 4 People 国民 75
PART 1 Beauty:In the Eye of the Beholder 美：各持己见 76
Queen of the Universe 宇宙小姐 78
That Lean and Hungry Look 消瘦憔悴的脸 83
PART 2 Age:Only As Old As You Feel 年龄：全凭感觉 88
Bittersweet Farewell of a Grown-Up Child 向长不大的日子说再见 89
Central and Main 街心一刻 93
WORD LIST 98
CHAPTER 5 Geography 地理 99
PART 1 Regions:States of Mind 不同地区：恩想各异 100
An Age of Limits and Definitions 需要界定的年代 101
Boy in Search of Something 探索的男孩 105
PART 2 Lifestyles:Country Mice and City Mice 生活方式：城里人与乡下人 109
Fat Girls in Des Moines 得梅因的胖姑娘 110
The Land of Stories and Memories:Coney Island 充满传说和回忆的土地：科尼岛 114
WORDLIST 119
CHAPTER 6 Language 语言 121
PART 1 Trends:Ways with Words 潮流：语言发展之路 122
I Always Wanted to Say That 我一直都想那么说一次 123
Make Mine a Medium 给我一份中杯的 126
PART 2 Controversy:Fighting Words 争议：语言之争 130
Aria 独唱 132
Bilingual Education 双语教育 137
WORD LIST 145
CHAPTER 7 Virtues and Vices 美德与恶行 147
PART 1 Virtues:A Friend in Need 美德：患难之交 148
Love Thy Neighbor 爱你的邻居 149
Volunteer Angels 志愿者天使 154
PART 2 Vices:Bad Habits 恶行：坏习惯 158
How I QuitSmoking 戒烟记 159
Kicking Drugs:A Very Personal Story 远离毒品：我的亲身经历 163
WORD LIST 167
CHAPTER 8 Entertainment 娱乐 169
PART 1 Television:The Boob Tube 电视 170
Why You Watch What You Watch When You Watch 为什么看？看什么？什么时候看？ 171
The Famsworth Chronicles 法恩斯沃斯家史 175
PART 2 Sports:Play Ball 运动：打球 179
Baseball 棒球 180
Friday Night at the Coliseum 周五晚上体育馆见 186
WORD LIST 191
CHAPTER 9 Technology 技术 193
PART 1 Computers:Making Connections 计算机：连接一切 194
Redefining Café Society:Online 重新定义咖啡馆——上网新去处 195
Why I Wont Buy a Computer 拒绝计算机 199
PART 2 Information:The More You Know 信息：越多越妤，还是越多越糟？ 204
Cell Phones in the Wilderness 荒郊野外话手机 205
Letter from the President and Vice President in Announcement of White House Electronic Mail Address 总统来信 209
WORD LIST 213
CHAPTER 10 Popular Culture 流行文化 215
PART 1 All Decked Out 装扮一新 216
Dressing Down 风靡全球的牛仔裤 217
Dress Clothes 穿衣戴帽 221
PART 2 Icons:Larger than Life 偶像：重于泰山 224
Still the King:Interest Shows No sign of Waning 永远的王者：痴迷不减 225
What Makes Superman So Darned American? 超人为何如此美国化？ 230
WORDLIST 234
Almanac 年鉴 235
1．Total Population of the States in the United States 美国各州人口总数 236
2．Population of the States in the United States by Ethnic Background 美国各民族人口数 237
3．Major Events in United States History 美国历史大事记 238
4．Weights and Measures,Temperatures(Celsius and Fahrenheit) 度量衡和温度（摄氏和华氏） 238
5．Immigration Patterns 1860 to Present 1860年至今的移民模式 239
6．ToP Ten Holiday Movies and Foods 最受欢迎的十大节日影片与食品排行榜 240
7．U.S.Legal or Public Holidays 美国的法定或公立假日 241
8．Slogans of the 50 States 美国50个州的口号 242
9．Popular Sports Movies 流行体育类电影 244
10．Irregular Past Tenses and Past Participles 不规则动词过去式与过去分词 245
11．Common Prefixes and Suffixes 常用前缀与后缀 246
Credits 版权致谢 247
Answer key 答案 249
Videoscript 录像文字材料 260