前言 1
一、单句篇 1
二、段落篇 106
三、章节篇 252
The Song of the River (By William Somerset Maugham)河之歌(陈文伯 译) 253
Of Studies (By Francis Bacon)谈读书(王佐良 译) 257
How to Grow Old (By Bertrand Russell)怎样才能活得老(庄绎传 译) 261
Samuel Johnson to Lord Chesterfield (By Samuel Johnson)约翰逊致切斯特菲尔德伯爵书(黄继忠 译) 270
Pygmalion (Excerpt)(By George Bernard Shaw)卖花女(节选)(杨宪益 译) 277
Vanity Fair (Excerpt 1)(By William Thackeray)名利场(节选一)(杨必 译) 283
A Watering Place(By William Cobbef)温泉胜地(王佐良 译) 290
Stray Birds (Excerpts)(By Rabindranath Tagore)飞鸟集(节选)(郑振铎 译) 296
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling(Excerpt)(By Henry Fielding)弃儿汤姆&琼斯的历史(节选)(萧乾、李从弼 译) 302
Spring(Excerpt)(By James J.Kilpatrick)春(节选)(宋德利 译) 308
Night(By Max Weber)夜(郭沬若 译) 311
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Excerpt)(By Thomas Hardy)德伯家的苔丝(节选)(张谷若 译) 314
The Pleasures of Ignorance (By Robert Lynd)无知常乐(刘炳善 译) 319
When the Moon Follows Me (By Mary E.Potter)月儿随我同行(方杰 译) 329
Vanity Fair(Excerpt 2)(By William Thackeray)名利场(节选二)(杨必 译) 334
Hamlet (Excerpt)(By William Shakespeare)哈姆雷特(节选)(卞之琳 译) 338
National Prejudices (By Oliver Goldsmith)民族偏见(金衡山 译) 346
The Nightingale and the Rose (Excerpt)(By Oscar Wilde)夜莺与蔷薇(节选)(巴金 译) 355
On the Cries of London (By Joseph Addison)伦敦的叫卖声(刘炳善 译) 361
The Rubáiyát(Excerpt)(By Edward J.Fitzgerald)鲁拜集(节选)(郭沬若 译) 373
主要参考书目 381