Unit 1 Greek Mythology 1
TEXT A The Nature of Greek Gods and Goddesses 2
TEXT B The Nature of Greek Heroes 5
Unit 2 Greek Mythology 11
TEXT A The Sphinx of Greek Mythology 12
TEXT B Oedipus Tyrannus 15
Unit 3 Shakespeare 20
TEXT A Shakespeare's Tragedies 21
TEXT B Shakespeare's Characters 24
Unit 4 The Success of Literature 30
TEXT A Joanne Kathleen Rowling and Her Harry Potter 31
TEXT B The Ugly Duckling 36
Unit 5 Benjamin Franklin 40
TEXT A Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography(1) 41
TEXT B Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography(2) 45
Unit 6 The English Language 51
TEXT A English Vocabulary 51
TEXT B Shakespeare's Language 55
Unit 7 Nonverbal Communication 60
TEXT A Your Actions Speak Louder 61
TEXT B Watch What You Say 68
Unit 8 Movies 74
TEXT A The Early Movie Theaters 75
TEXT B Why Hollywood Is Girl Crazy? 80
Unit 9 TV 86
TEXT A Television Programming Time Periods 87
TEXT B Americans Captivated by"Reality Television" 92
Unit 10 Chivalry 98
TEXT A Chivalry 99
TEXT B Cervantes and Don Quixote 106
Unit 11 Music 112
TEXT A Music as a Political Tool 113
TEXT B Hitting the High Notes 118
Unit 12 Tower,Tow,Tower 125
TEXT A The Leaning Tower Straightens Up 126
TEXT B Eiffel Tower,Symbol of Paris 132
Unit 13 Ancient Architecture 140
TEXT A Chinese Architecture 141
TEXT B Egyptian Temples 146
Unit 14 Beethoven and Michelangelo 151
TEXT A Ludwig van Beethoven 152
TEXT B Michelangelo 155
Unit 15 Enjoy Art 159
TEXT A The Elements of Art 160
TEXT B The Enjoyment of Art 165
Unit 16 Wedding Ceremonies 171
TEXT A Weddings,Old and New 172
TEXT B Theme Weddings 177
Unit 17 Small Town Life 183
TEXT A Small-Town America—an Endangered Species? 184
TEXT B Main Street by Sinclair Lewis 189
Unit 18 Customs of India 195
TEXT A Some Customs of India 195
TEXT B Socializing in India 200
Unit 19 Funeral Customs 205
TEXT A Funeral Rites and Customs 206
TEXT B Symbolism of Decoration and 211
Funeral Customs 211
Unit 20 Wedding Ceremonies 216
TEXT A Can Marriage Be Universally Defined? 216
TEXT B Wedding Ceremonies and Customs in America 222
Unit 21 Greek Tradition 226
TEXT A Ancient Greece 227
TEXT B Traditional Greek Religion 231
Unit 22 American Culture 236
TEXT A The Diversity in American Culture 236
TEXT B American Dress 241
Unit 23 The American Character 246
TEXT A The American Character(1) 247
TEXT B The American Character(2) 254
Unit 24 Women of the 1920s and Women Today 261
TEXT A Roaring 20s Revisited at New York Women's Museum 262
TEXT B On Top of the World 268
Unit 25 American Class Structure—the Upper Class 275
TEXT A Class Structure in the U.S.—the Upper Class 276
TEXT B Money Is the Only Home 282
Unit 26 American Class Structure—the Middle and Lower Classes 286
TEXT A Class Structure in the U.S.—the Middle and Lower Classes 287
TEXT B Bricklayer's Boy 292
Unit 27 Religion 299
TEXT A Religion and People's Life 300
TEXT B Buddha and His Four Noble Truths 305
Unit 28 The Bible 311
TEXT A Translations of the Bible 312
TEXT B Rise of Christianity 318
Unit 29 Conformity and Groupthink 325
TEXT A Conformity and Groupthink 326
TEXT B The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life 332
Unit 30 Teachings of Great Masters of the East and the West 337
TEXT A Nature 338
TEXT B The Great Learning 343
附录一 Key to the Exercise 349
附录二 Glossary 370