现代大学英语精读第二册Unit12

Lesson Twelve Pre-class Work Read the text a third time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below. Glossary altitude n. the height of a place above sea level anticipate v. to expect that sth.

现代大学英语精读第二册Unit11

Lesson Eleven Pre-class Work Read the text a third time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below. Glossary ambition n. a strong desire for success, power, riches, etc. band n. a group of musi

现代大学英语精读第二册Unit10

Lesson Ten Pre-class Work Ⅲ Read the text a third time. Learn the new words and expression_s listed below. Glossary advocate v. to support an idea or a plan amusement n. enjoyment antique adj. being old and therefore valuable bicentennial n. the da

现代大学英语精读第三册 12a

ambitious associate band together benefit branch out built-in by far catalyst clear-cut clout coerce confinement conflict counter-force crumble dedication destructive discomfort downtrodden emphasize eternity evolve expertise frivolous genes get (sth

现代大学英语精读第三册 11b

Lesson eleven Silent spring There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings. The town lay in the midst of prosperous farms, where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green f

现代大学英语精读第三册 11a

glossary abundance accidental acreage angler annually assault berry cattle chorus colossal confined consent consideerable contaminate contend counterpart crossfire damp(down) deer deliberate ecologist ecosystem emerge fern flicker flock furthermore h

现代大学英语精读第三册 10b

Diogenes and Alexander Lying on the bare earth, shoeless, bearded, half-naked, he looked like a beggar or a lunatic.He was one, but not the other. He had opened his eyes with the sun at dawn, scratched,done his business like a dog at the roadside, wa

现代大学英语精读第三册 10a

acclamation automaton barrel cask shivalrous cloak commander commander-in-chief contented convert corps corrupt creed currency diplomat discard doctrine earthenware elaborately elbow elegant erase expedition extravagance fiery flatter fortifications

现代大学英语精读第三册 09b

A DILL PICKLE by Katherine Mansfield AND then, after six years, she saw him again. He was seated at one of those little bamboo tables decorated with a Japanese vase of paper daffodils. There was a tall plate of fruit in front of him, and very careful

现代大学英语精读第三册 09a

Astound 使震惊 barbarian 野蛮人 beak 鸟嘴 beast 四腿动物 bosom 胸部 bound 跳动 champagne 香槟 coachman 马车夫 decorate 装修 dill 小茴香 dreamy 幻想的 egoist 利己主义者 exasperate 激怒 geranium天竺葵 grimace 痛苦

现代大学英语精读第三册 08b

Text A We're Only Human Nobody is acknowledged to have free will or responsibility any more. Everyone is the product of causation. There are no longer individuals, just victims in groups. You know the final excuse that really gets my full quivering a

现代大学英语精读第三册 08a

absorbing [?b's?:bi?] adj. 吸引人的；极有趣的 v. 吸收（absorb的ing形式） altruistic [,?ltru'istik] adj. 利他的；无私心的 ample ['?mpl] adj. 丰富的；足够的；宽敞的 ant蚂蚁 aptly['?ptli]adv. 适宜地；适当地 br

现代大学英语精读第三册 07b

The train was about three-quarters of an hour from its destination and was travelling at a good sixty miles an hour when Mr. Harraby-Ribson, a prosperous businessman, rose from his seat, lifted his suitcase down from the rack and threw it out of the

现代大学英语精读第三册 13a

Glossary affluent a. 丰富的, 富裕的n. 支流, 富人 axe n. 斧, 斧头vt. 削减(人员、经费、计划、机构等) banal a. 平凡的, 陈腐的 battered 弄垮的 beam n. 光线 ray or stream of light behead vt. 斩首, 砍头 boast 吹牛

现代大学英语精读第三册 12b

Text A The Needs That Drive Us All All living creatures are driven by the basic need to stay alive and reproduce so that the species will continue. As creatures have evolved from simple to complex, they have developed additional basic needs ... Human

现代大学英语精读第三册 13b

Text A In My Day At the age of eighty my mother had her last bad fall, and after that her mind wandered free through time. Some days she went to weddings and funerals that had taken place half a century earlier. On others she presided over family din

现代大学英语精读第三册 14a

Glossary aide n. 助手, 副官 amiably ad. 和蔼可亲地, 亲切地 append vt. 附加, 增补, 盖章 aristocratic a. 贵族的, 主张贵族统绐的, 有贵族气派的 arms n. 武器, 军事行动 【机】 武器, 军械, 枪械 bacon n. 熏猪肉

现代大学英语精读第三册 14b

Text A Mercy at Appomattox I'm not a Civil War buff. I've never heard the old battlefields like Gettysburg and Chickamauga calling to me to walk over them and re-enact what happened there. The story is just too sad. But one Civil War site did keep be

现代大学英语精读第三册 15a

Glossary access n. 接近 使用 ambassadorship n. 大使的职位 assertion n. 断言, 主张 【法】 宣称, 断言, 维护 available a. 可利用的, 可获得的, 有效的 【医】 有效的, 可得的 【经】 有效的, 可采用的 bigote

现代大学英语精读第三册 15b

Text A The President as Corporate Salesman The president of the United States, we learn in school, plays many roles: chief executive, commander-in-chief, chief legislator, head of state, and party leader. Seldom mentioned is this role as guardian and