Unit One Biography 4
Chapter 1 Political Figures 4
Reading Selection 1 Bush as Businessman 4
—How the Texas governor made his millions(Ⅰ) 4
Contents 4
Reading Selection 2 Bush as Businessman 9
—How the Texas governor made his millions(Ⅱ) 9
Reading Selection 3 Putin s Win No Surprise 13
Reading Selection 4 Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ on Her 70th Birthday 19
Reading Selection 5 Herbert Hoover(1874—1964) 26
Reading Selection 1 Jane Austen Is Becoming Filmdom s Favorite Novelist 33
Chapter 2 Philosophical and Literary Figures 33
Reading Selection 2 Oscar Fingal O Flaherty Wilde(1854—1900) 39
Reading Selection 3 Socrates 44
Reading Selection 4 Percy Bysshe Shelley(1792—1822) 49
Chapter 3 Military and Religious Leaders 53
Reading Selection 1 So Close,So Far Apart 53
—The Bonds That Tie the Mideast s Dueling Leaders 53
Reading Selection 2 Who is Jesus? 60
Reading Selection 3 Napoleon s Last Try for Power 66
Reading Selection 4 Osama bin Laden(aka Usama bin Laden) 69
Reading Selection 5 Pope John Paul Ⅱ 74
Reading Selection 1 Muhammad Ali,the Boxer 78
Chapter 4 Pop Stars 78
Reading Selection 2 Ex-Beatle George Harrison,58,Dies 82
Reading Selection 3 Julia Roberts Ascends to Power 88
Reading Selection 4 Yo-Yo Ma 93
Reading Selection 5 Vincent Van Gogh(1853—1890) 99
Unit Two World Culture Heritage 104
Chapter 5 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 104
Reading Selection 1 The Great Pyramid of Giza 104
Reading Selection 2 Hanging Gardens of Babylon 114
Reading Selection 3 Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 119
Reading Selection 4 Statue of Zeus at Olympia 124
Reading Selection 5 Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 129
Reading Selection 6 The Colossus at Rhode 134
Reading Selection 7 Pharos at Alexandria 138
Chapter 6 Tombs,Palaces and Castles 143
Reading Selection 1 The Majestic Taj Mahal 143
—India s Noble Tribute to the Grace of Indian Womanhood 146
Reading Selection 2 The Tower of London 146
Reading Selection 3 Edinburgh Castle—The Crag Where Edinburgh Began 155
Reading Selection 4 Potala Palace 160
Chapter 7 Temples and Cathedrals 164
Reading Selection 1 Athens and the Parthenon 164
Reading Selection 2 The Temple of Delphi,Greece 167
Reading Selection 3 The Temple of Epicurean Apollo 177
Reading Selection 4 Westminster Abbey 179
Reading Selection 5 Gothic Dreams—Approaching Cultural Legacy 184
Chapter 8 Historic Cities 190
Reading Selection 1 Jerusalem—The Holy City 190
Reading Selection 2 Petra,Jordan 201
Reading Selection 3 Troy 206
Reading Selection 4 Rome 218
Reading Selection 5 Angkor Wat 225
Reading Selection 6 Paris—The Banks of the Seine 228
Chapter 9 Monuments and Historic Relics 236
Reading Selection 1 The Mystery of the Megaliths 236
Reading Selection 2 Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang 239
Reading Selection 3 Colosseum 242
Reading Selection 4 Hadrian s Wall 245
Reading Selection 5 City of Bath 247
Reading Selection 6 Great Wall 250
Reading Selection 7 Origins of the Bible 253
Unit Three Literature and Humanity 257
Chapter 10 Men and Women 257
Reading Selection 1 The Story of an Hour 257
Reading Selection 2 A Rose for Emily 263
Reading Selection 3 A Rose for Emily 271
Reading Selection 4 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 279
Reading Selection 5 Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,1848 284
Reading Selection 6 The Quiet Movement of American Men 292
Chapter 11 Reality and Fantasy 298
Reading Selection 1 The Outside Chance 298
Reading Selection 2 The Pedestrian 303
Reading Selection 3 The Stone 312
Reading Selection 4 The Stone 319
Reading Selection 5 The Ugly Duckling 325
Reading Selection 6 The Ugly Duckling 332
Chapter 12 Double Humanity 339
Reading Selection 1 Valentine s Day s Roses 339
Reading Selection 2 The Lottery 344
Reading Selection 3 The Lottery 350
Reading Selection 4 The Necklace 357
Reading Selection 5 The Necklace 364
Reading Selection 6 Old Sayings 372
Reading Selection 7 Guests in the Night 379
Chapter 13 Meditation on Life Human Dignity 387
Reading Selection 1 Three Days to See 387
Reading Selection 2 Three Days to See 394
Reading Selection 3 What I Have Lived For 401
Reading Selection 4 The Colour of Life 405
Reading Selection 5 On Pleasure 410
Reading Selection 6 The Declaration of Independence 413
Reading Selection 7 I Have a Dream 420
Bibliography 427