现代大学英语精读第二册Unit01

Lesson One Pre-class Work Read the text a third time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below. Glossary accomplishment n. the act of finishing sth. completely and successfully; achievement ac

现代大学英语精读第二册Unit16

Lesson Sixteen Pre-class Work Read the text a third time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below. Glossary abuse v. to treat sth. so badly that you begin to destroy it array n. an ～ of: a group or collection of things, usually arranged so

大学英语精读第六册 Unit 2

Unit Two Text There is something fascinating about reading other people's mail if you are allowed to. Here is your chance to read the letters of American writer Sylvia Plath, which she wrote home to h

大学英语精读第五册 Unit 10

UNIT 10 TEXT In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the United States. One hundred years after this decree was signed, however, the life of blacks

大学英语精读第五册 Unit 2

UNIT 2 TEXT Beginning with the earliest pioneers, Americans have always highly valued their freedoms, and fought hard to protect them. And yet, the author points out that there is a basic freedom whic

大学英语精读第四册 Unit Five:To Lie or Not to Lie--The Docto

Text Is it ever proper for a medical doctor to lie to his patient? Should he tell a patient he is dying? These questions seem simple enough, but it is not so simple to give a satisfactory answer to them. Now a new light is shed on them. TO LIE OR NOT

大学英语精读第四册 Unit Six:How to Mark a Book

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大学英语精读第三册 Unit Eight:Daydream a Little

Text Daydreaming has always had reputation, but now scientific research has revealed that daydreaming may actually improve your mental health and creativity. It can even help you achieve your desired goals. Daydream a Little Eugene Raudsepp

大学英语精读第三册 Unit Three:Why I Teach

Text Every teacher probably asks himself time and again: What are the reasons for choosing teaching as a career? Do the rewards teaching outweigh the trying comments? Answering these questions is not a simple task. Let's see what the author says. Why

大学英语精读第二册 Unit Five：The Professor and the Yo-Yo

TEXT Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man. The professor and the Yo-yo My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein's home, I was made to feel at ease when Einst

大学英语精读第二册 Unit Four：My First Job

TEXT Trying to make some money before entering university, the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worse... My First Job While I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post

大学英语精读第二册 Unit Three：Lesson from Jefferson

TEXT Jefferson died long ago, but may of his ideas still of great interest to us. Lessons from Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, may be less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but most people rememb

大学英语精读第二册 Unit One：Is There Life on Earth?

TEXT It is humorous essay. But after reading it you will surely find that the author is most serious in writing it. Ts There Life on Earth? There was great excitement on the planet of Venus this week. For the first time Venusian scientists managed to

大学英语精读第二册 Unit Six：The Making of a Surgeon

A famous surgeon tells about the importance of self-confidence from his own experience. The Making of a Surgeon How does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a

大学英语精读第一册 Unit Nine：The Brain

TEXT Throughout the ages different ideas have been expressed about the working of the human brain. It is only recently, however, that science has begun to give us some idea of how the brain really works. The Brain The Most Powerful Computer in the Un

大学英语精读第一册 Unit three: The Present

TEXT They say that blood is thicker than water, that our relatives are more important to us than others. Everyone was so kind to the old lady on her birthday. Surely her daughter would make an even bigger effort to please he? The Present It was the o

大学英语精读预备1册 lesson 5

Lesson 5 Text The Little Man I once knew a little man. He grew every day twenty-four hours older without becoming any taller or larger. This made him unhappy. For he wished very much to be tall and large like other men. He could not bear people say,

大学英语精读预备1册 lesson 4

The Fun They Had Margie kept her diary almost every day. One day she wrote, 17 may,2155 and then this sentence: Today Tommy found a real book. It was a very old book. Its pages were yellow. Margie suddenly remembered that her grandfather once said t

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二册Unit09

Lesson Nine Pre-class Work Read the text a third time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below. Glossary advocate v. to support an idea or a plan amusement n. enjoyment antique adj. being old