现代大学英语精读第四册 9a

Lesson 9 The Most Dangerous Game 1) General, said Rainsford firmly, I wish to leave this island at once. 2) The General raised his eyebrows. He seemed hurt. 3) I wish to go today, said Rainsford. He saw the dead black eyes of the General on him, stud

现代大学英语精读第一册Unit08

Lesson Eight TEXT A My personal Manager Margaret Goff Clark Pre-class Work I Read the text once for the main idea. Do not refer to the notes, dictionaries or the glossary yet. I'm getting a great idea

现代大学英语精读 1 Unit12

Lesson Twelve TEXT A The Kindness of Strangers Mike Mclntyre Pre-class Work I Read the text once for the main idea. Do not refer to the notes, dictionaries or the glossary yet. One summer I was drivin

现代大学英语精读第一册Unit13

Lesson Thirteen TEXT A Christmas Day in the Morning Pearl S. Buck Pre-class Work I Read the text once for the main idea. Do not refer to the notes, dictionaries or the glossary yet. He woke suddenly a

现代大学英语听力 精读第一册Unit03

Lesson Three TEXT A Message of the Land Pira Sudham Pre-class Work I Read the text once for the main idea. Do not refer to the notes dictionaries or the glossary yet. Yes, these are our rice fields. T

现代大学英语听力 精读第一册Unit04

Lesson Four TEXT A The Boy and the Bank Officer Philip Ross Pre-class Work I Read the text once for the main idea. Do not refer to the notes, dictionaries or the glossary yet. I have a friend who hate

现代大学英语精读第四册 6b

Corn-pone Opinions Mark Twain Fifty years ago, when I was a boy of fifteen and helping to inhabit a Missourian village on the banks of the Mississippi, I had a friend whose society was very dear to me because I was forbidden by my mother to partake o

现代大学英语精读第四册 3a

Most students are usually introduced to the study of history by way of a fat textbook and become quickly immersed in a vast sea of names, dates,events and statistics. The students' skills are then tested by examinations that require them to show how

现代大学英语精读第四册 5b

Climbing the mountain of success Sydney J. Harris It has long struck me that the familiar metaphor of climbing the ladder for describing the ascent to success or fulfillment in any field is inappropriate and misleading. There are no ladders that lead

现代大学英语精读第四册 7b

Unit7b The Earth Poet Jesse Stuart Nothing ever escaped my father, for he was an earth poet who loved the land and everything on it. He liked to watch things grow. From the time I was big enough for him to lead me by the hand, I went with him over th

现代大学英语精读第四册 1a

Thinking as a Hobby William Golding While I was still a boy, I came to the conclusion that there were three grades of thinking;and that I myself could not think at all. It was the headmaster of my grammar school who first brought the subject of think

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 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 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 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 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 04b

Wisdom of Bear Wood When I was 12 years old ,ny family moved to England,the fourth major move in my short life.My father's government job demanded that he go overseas every few years ,so I was used to wrenching myself away from friends . We rented an

现代大学英语精读第三册 06a

Glossary acquittal n.无罪开释 after all 毕竟 alibi 为辩解 证明不在犯罪现场 angle 角度 at the top of one's lungs: as loudly as one could arrogance 傲慢态度 自大 avenger复仇者 bear 承受 blunder 大错 brand-new 暂新的 b

现代大学英语精读第三册 07a

Glossary arouse v.激起 引起 唤起 as for 至于 关于 association n.联想 bachelor n.单身汉 （B-）学士（学位） betray v.泄露（信息或情感） bubble with 洋溢着（某种感情） buzz v.发出嗡嗡声 chatty a.健谈的 on

现代大学英语精读第三册 02b

You hear it said that fathers want their sons to be what they feel they cannot themselves be, but I tell you it also works the other way. A boy wants something very special from his father. I know that as a boy I wanted my father to be a proud, silen