Unit 1 1
Part 1 Word Bank 1
Three Days to See 3
Part 2 Word Bank 7
Self-reliance 10
Part 3 Word Bank 12
Solitude 15
Part 4 Word Bank 18
Taking Home Your Gold 20
Part 5 Word Bank 23
Of Beauty 25
Unit 2 27
Part 1 Word Bank 27
The Ticket That Knows Who You Are 28
Part 2 Word Bank 30
Dinosaur Tracks Discovered on Arabian Peninsula 32
Part 3 Word Bank 34
New Safety Program to Monitor Medicare Drug Use 36
Part 4 Word Bank 39
China Quake Victims Flee Flood 41
Part 5 Word Bank 43
Eastwood,Jolie in Running for Cannes Prizes 44
Unit 3 48
Part 1 Word Bank 48
The Introduction of Soca 49
Part 2 Word Bank 50
Background Music and Learning 53
Part 3 Word Bank 56
Vincent van Gogh 57
Part 4 Word Bank 60
Ballet Through the Centuries 61
Part 5 Word Bank 64
Forgotten Music Scores from Famous Composers 66
Unit 4 70
Part 1 Word Bank 70
The Cat as Holy Man 72
Part 2 Word Bank 74
An Allegory of Art and Science 77
Part 3 Word Bank 79
John Mortonson's Funeral 82
Part 4 Word Bank 84
The Star 86
Part 5 Word Bank 89
A Newspaper Story 93
Unit 5 99
Part 1 Word Bank 99
Daily Glass of Wine Could Improve Liver Health 101
Part 2 Word Bank 104
Mother's Diet Influences Infant Sex 106
Part 3 Word Bank 109
How Singing Bats Communicate 111
Part 4 Word Bank 114
Journey to the Center of the Earth 116
Part 5 Word Bank 119
Scientists Witness Start of Star's Explosive Death 121
Unit 6 125
Part 1 Word Bank 125
How to Supercharge an Aging Brain 127
Part 2 Word Bank 130
Being Nice Can Be Bad for Your Health 131
Part 3 Word Bank 133
The Health Benefits of Potatoes 135
Part 4 Word Bank 138
Beauty Sleep 140
Part 5 Word Bank 142
Nanotechnology Cancer Risk Found 144
Unit 7 148
Part 1 Word Bank 148
John F.Kennedy:Inaugural Address 151
Part 2 Word Bank 157
Bill Clinton:Farewell Address to the Nation 159
Part 3 Word Bank 163
Laura Bush:2004 Republican National Convention Address 165
Part 4 Word Bank 169
Bill Gates:Harvard Commencement Address 172
Part 5 Word Bank 178
Margaret Thatcher:Sino-British Joint Declaration 180
Unit 8 186
Part 1 Word Bank 186
The Story of Father's Day 187
Part 2 Word Bank 189
Halloween Customs and Traditions 191
Part 3 Word Bank 193
The Most Multicultural Country in the World 194
Part 4 Word Bank 197
Shopping for Flowers with De Juan Stroud 198
Part 5 Word Bank 201
Oven Adds Flavor When the Grill Can't 203
Unit 9 207
Part 1 Word Bank 207
Disney World:Cities of Simulation as Postmodern Utopias 208
Part 2 Word Bank 211
A Night on Sugar Mountain—Quebec,Canada 214
Part 3 Word Bank 217
An Undiscovered Holiday Destination—Maremma,Tuscany,Italy 219
Part 4 Word Bank 222
Riding Under the Summer Sun 223
Part 5 Word Bank 226
Europe's Package Tour Industry 227
Unit 10 231
Part 1 Word Bank 231
Practical Tips for Cooking Vegetables 232
Part 2 Word Bank 234
Foreign Language Learning:5 More Practical Tips 236
Part 3 Word Bank 239
Laptop Travel:Practical Tips to Protect From Theft,Damage and Loss 240
Part 4 Word Bank 244
Preventing and Dealing with Computer Viruses 245
Part 5 Word Bank 248
Protecting Your Identity:What I Did as the Victim of Identity Theft 249
附录 大学英语四级词汇补充词表 252