Unit 1 Education 1
Text A College A Transition Point in My Life 1
Post-Reading 4
Text B Lifetime Learning 7
Post-Reading 10
Unit 2 Anecdotes of Celebrities 12
Text A The"King of Pop" 12
Post-Reading 16
Text B Florence Nightingale 18
Post-Reading 21
Unit 3 Fable and Myth 23
Text A Monkey Looks for Trouble 23
Post-Reading 26
Text B How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes 29
Post-Reading 31
Unit 4 Growth and Wisdom 34
Text A One Small Step 34
Post-Reading 37
Text B Daniel Webster's First Case 40
Post-Reading 43
Unit 5 Perseverance 47
Text A The Old Man and the Sea 47
Post-Reading 50
Text B A Surgeon Again 53
Post-Reading 55
Unit 6 Fathers'Love 58
Text A The Missed Blessings 58
Post-Reading 61
Text B His Life's Work 64
Post-Reading 66
Unit 7 Culture Past and Present 69
Text A The Mystery of the Maya 69
Post-Reading 71
Text B Americans on the Move 74
Post-Reading 77
Unit 8 Finance 80
Text A The Cashless Society 80
Post-Reading 83
Text B Opening a Checking Account 86
Post-Reading 88
Unit 9 Knowledge 91
Text A Education Does Count 91
Post-Reading 93
Text B The Golden Peanut 96
Post-Reading 99
Unit 10 Friendship 102
Text A Friendships 102
Post-Reading 105
Text B Best Friends 108
Post-Reading 112
Unit 11 Love 115
Text A The Chain of Love 115
Post-Reading 118
Text B Net Love 121
Post-Reading 123
Unit 12 Success and Happiness 126
Text A Sccrets of Success and Happiness 126
Post-Reading 128
Text B Happiness Does Not Need a List 131
Post-Reading 134
Unit 13 Life Strategies 136
Text A How to Cope with Criticism 136
Post-Reading 139
Text B How to Make a Good Impression 143
Post-Reading 147
Unit 14 Entertainment 150
Text A Secrets of Magic 150
Post-Reading 153
Text B How the Movies Do It 157
Post-Reading 160
Unit 15 Science 163
Text A Amazing Black Holes 163
Post-Reading 166
Text B Silicon Valley America's High Tech Center 168
Post-Reading 171
Unit 16 Health 174
Text A How Colors Affect Our Life 174
Post-Reading 176
Text B The Path to a Healthy Heart 179
Post-Reading 182
附录 184
参考答案 184
参考译文 211
词汇表 241
短语表 264