目录 1
Unit One Proses 小品文 1
Text 1 Bill Gates'11 Rules (比尔·盖茨的11条人生规则) 1
Text 2 Three Days to See (给我三天光明) 6
Text 3 Auld Lang Syne—The World's National Anthem (全世界的歌《友谊地久天长》) 10
Text 4 That Lean and Hungry Look (胖子与瘦子) 16
Text 5 Rain of Seattle (西雅图的雨) 22
Text 6 Surrender to the Fact that Life isn't Fair (直面生活的不平等) 27
Unit Two Speeches 名家演说 30
Text 7 I Have a Dream (我有一个梦想) 30
Text 8 The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies (独立宣言) 39
Text 9 The Gettysburg Speech (在葛底斯堡的演说) 49
Text 10 Inaugural Address of the President of the Untited States (肯尼迪就职演说) 53
Unit Three Novels 长篇小说 60
Text 11 Jane Eyre(Excerpts) (《简·爱》节选) 60
Text 12 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Excerpts) (《哈克贝利·芬历险记》节选) 73
Text 13 Great Expectations(Excerpts)(《远大前程》节选) 85
Unit Four Poems 诗歌 92
Text 14 Poems 92
Poem 1 Because I Couldn't Stop for Death (因为我不能够停下等死) 92
Poem 2 Daffodils (水仙花) 93
Poem 3 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (雪夜伫立林边有感) 94
Poem 4 Sonnet ⅩⅧ(十四行诗18) 95
Unit Five Short Stories 短篇小说 103
Text 15 The Little Match Girl's Christmas Story (卖火柴的小女孩) 103
Text 16 The Law of Life (生命的规则) 108
Text 17 Shame (耻辱) 117
Unit Six Dramas 戏剧 124
Text 18 The Tragedy of Macheth(Excerpts)(悲剧《麦克白之死》节选) 124
Text 19 On the Knocking at the Gate (深夜叩门之声) 133
Unit Seven Journalistic Articles 时文 140
Text 20 History and Customs of Halloween (万圣节的来历) 140
Text 21 Why Harry's Hot (《哈里·波特》为什么这么火) 145
Text 22 Yao Ming:NBA is big in U.S.,bigger in China (姚明与NBA) 152
Text 23 1871 War on Terror (1871年反恐战争) 158
Unit Eight Economic and Financial Articles 经贸金融文章 169
Text 24 Hopes of Growth (中国增长新希望) 169
Text 25 New WTO Status Promises Benefits for China and World Commumity (WTO给中国和世界带来新的希望) 177
Text 26 The Dell Way (戴尔模式面临挑战) 186
Text 27 The Gap,Nike,Benneton and Wal-Mart:Corporate Slavemasters (血汗工厂) 194
Text 28 Money Laundering and Economic and Financial Development-Five Popular Economic Fallacies (金融“洗钱”与犯罪) 207
Unit Nine Ancient Chinese Classics 中国文化经典作品选读 218
Text 29 A Dream of Red Mansions(Excerpts) (《红楼梦》节选) 218
Text 30 The Analects(Excerpts) (《论语》节选) 234
Tao Te Ching(Excerpts) (《道德经》节选) 235