內容簡介
作為新東方主講明星教師,《大學英語四級美文晨讀120篇(純正美音版 第二版)》作者一直密切關注大學英語四級考試規律並潛心研究英語水平綜合提升的技巧。《大學英語四級美文晨讀120篇(純正美音版 第二版)》精選了與CET4難度、長度相似的各類文章120篇,按環球人物、科技前沿、職場人生、生活百態、環境健康分為5個部分,著重分析了重難點辭彙、詞組、長難句和譯文,並附贈名言警句,可供大家在閒暇時學習、模仿及參考。
作者簡介
宋平明,北京新東方學校國內考試主講明星教師,從事一線教學工作近十年。已出版國內國外考試圖書近20部。國內國外考試教學研究專家,辭彙教學研究專家,教育培訓管理專家。授課風格激情幽默,授課態度嚴謹認真,授課效果卓著,已教授十數萬學員,深得廣大學子喜愛。
圖書目錄
Part One環球人物
Unit 1/00Chinas New First Lady中國新任第一夫人
Unit 2/00Lady Margaret Thatcher柴契爾夫人
Unit 3/00An Unusual ArchitectureIeoh
Ming Pei非凡的建築師——貝聿銘
Unit 4/0Fords Assembly Line亨利·福特和流水線
Unit 5/0A Book Shows Putin At His Best一本全面展現普京的書
Unit 6/0Stephen. W. Hawking史蒂芬·威廉·霍金
Unit 7/0President Barack Obamas
Inaugural Address歐巴馬總統就職演講
Unit 8/0Steve Jobs史蒂夫·賈伯斯
Unit 9/0Remarks By President Bush On The
Loss Of Space Shuttle Columbia布希總統就“哥倫比亞”號失事
發表講話
Unit 10/0The Beauty Ukraine Former PM烏克蘭前美女總理
Unit 11/0An Impressionist—Vincent
Van Gogh印象派大師文森特·梵谷
Unit 12/0London Designers Hail
"Elegant" Kate Middleton凱特王妃成新時尚女王——
著裝品位獲盛讚
Unit 13/0When Love Was The Adventure愛德華與辛普森夫人——
愛的艱程
Unit 14/0Freuds Discovery弗洛伊德的發現
Unit 15/0Frank Foley拯救猶太人的弗蘭克· 福利
Unit 16/0For Blooming In Wards—
Nightingale只為病房鮮花開——南丁格爾
Unit 17/0Gettysburg Address葛底斯堡演說
Unit 18/0The Big Yao姚明
Unit 19/0Andersens Tales安徒生童話
Unit 20/0Andrew Carnegie安德魯·卡內基
Unit 21/0A Blind Womans Vision海倫·凱勒——奮鬥的人
Unit 22/0U.S. Navy Seals Unveiled揭秘美國海豹突擊隊
Unit 23/0A Millionaire Soccer Star
From Slum貧民窟的百萬球星
Unit 24/0Marilyn Monroe: Candle In
The Wind瑪麗蓮·夢露:風中之燭
Unit 25/0The Making of Isaac Newton牛頓+蘋果=萬有引力
Unit 26/0She Is A Legend女中傳奇
Unit 27/0Remembering Diana追憶黛安娜
Unit 28/0Ronaldo, King Of The World世界球王——羅納爾多
Unit 29/See China In The Light
Of Her Development用發展的眼光看中國
Part Two科技前沿
Unit 1/The Man On The Moon?登月騙局?
Unit 2/Does Avatar Make You
Headache?看《阿凡達》會感到頭痛?
Unit 3/Favorite Punctuation Mark Hints
Your Character標點符號暗藏的性格秘密
Unit 4/Soy For Women, Fish For Men女性多吃豆類,男性
多吃魚類
Unit 5/A Magical Glow神奇的發光色彩
Unit 6/Beware Of Text Neck當心簡訊脖
Unit 7/For A Good Marriage,Travel The
Same Way To Work分享夢想與雄心有助於營造
成功的婚姻關係
Unit 8/Here! Boy嘿,看這!
Unit 9/Mars Perhaps Too Salty For Life火星上水太鹹,可能無生命
Unit 10/Music And Verbal Memory音樂和非文字記憶
Unit 11/When Continents Collide:
The History Of Our Planet大陸相撞:我們星球的歷史
Unit 12/Loneliness Is Contagious寂寞會傳染
Unit 13/Mona Lisas Mysterious Smile蒙娜麗莎的神秘微笑
Unit 14/Ten Reasons To Keep Smiling保持微笑的十大理由
Unit 15/Rosecolored Glasses In
Marriage盲目的愛情讓婚姻更幸福
Unit 16/What The Label On Wine
Bottle Tell You解讀葡萄酒瓶上的標籤
Unit 17/Beware 1stClass Travelers:
Safer To Sit In Rear Of Plane墜機測試:頭等艙最危險,
飛機尾部最安全
Unit 18/How To Swat A Fly如何打蒼蠅
Part Three職場人生
Unit 1/Ways To Deal With Haters In
Workplace職場上如何應對討厭
你的人
Unit 2/The Art Of Managing Your Life你真的有想像中那么忙嗎
Unit 3/Chances Exist In The Daily
Details機遇在於生活的細節
Unit 4/The Missed Blessings錯過的祝福
Unit 5/Think Positive Thoughts
Every Day積極看待每一天
Unit 6/Sexes Equal In Education,
Women Lack Power女性在政界仍落後於男性
Unit 7/British Fundraiser Wins “BestJob In The World”英國慈善義工獲“世界最好工作”
Unit 8/Women Approaching 30 Prefer
Marriage To Careers30歲的女性婚姻重於事業
Unit 9/On Achieving Success關於獲得成功
Unit 10/When Face Work Stress要學會利用工作上的壓力
Ⅲ
Ⅳ
Unit 11/Nearly Half Of Britons Suffer
"Discomgoogolation"你有“Google依賴症”嗎?
Unit 12/Tactics For JobHunt Success如何找到理想的工作
Unit 13/How Important Is Your
Popularity In Office辦公室人緣有多重要
Unit 14/Being Yourself At Work Is Not
Good For Your Career展現真我不利職場發展
Unit 15/The Bag Makes The Woman職業女性應該怎樣選擇手袋
Unit 16/Like Father,Like Daughter就業新趨勢:女承父業
Part Four生活百態
Unit 1/“The Butterfly Effect” In
Your Life人生中的“蝴蝶效應”
Unit 2/The Kite Runner追風箏的人
Unit 3/The Meaning Of FAMILY家=爸爸媽媽,我愛你們!
Unit 4/Free To Soar自由與約束——在平衡中攀升
Unit 5/Today Is A Present 學會幸福的生活在當下
Unit 6/The Ugly Side Of Miss Chongqing 重慶選美比賽成選醜
Unit 7/Love What You Do And Do
What You Love愛你所做,做你所愛
Unit 8/Half The Planet Could Be Hit
By Food Crisis By 2100全球一半人口到2100年
將面臨糧食危機
Unit 9/A Dad’s Letter to His Daughter父親給寶貝女兒的一封信
Unit 10/Bad Things Come In Small
Packages拆信小心!
Unit 11/Short People Are Most
Prone To Jealousy個子越矮,嫉妒心越強
Unit 12/Not Getting Enough Sleep
Makes You Fat睡眠不足可導致發胖
Unit 13/Can Happiness Be Bought?錢可以買到幸福嗎?
Unit 14/Online Love Is Often
Blind and Brief網戀盲目而不長久
Unit 15/Men Make Women Gain Weight愛情影響女性體重變化
Unit 16/Big Maconomics: How
McDonalds Explains
The World“巨無霸漢堡”經濟學:麥當勞
漢堡如何詮釋世界經濟
Unit 17/Different Exercise Affects
Appetite Differently不同鍛鍊方式對食慾
的影響不一樣
Unit 18/About The Film關於電影
Part Five環境健康
Unit 1/Understanding Anxiety Disorders“躁”化弄人
Unit 2/A Cool Sunburn寒冷的曬傷
Unit 3/Obesity Is Contagious肥胖也會傳染
Unit 4/Sleep On, Sneeze Not睡覺的時候不會打噴嚏
Unit 5/Supertasters Beware 品嘗師們要注意啦
Unit 6/The Mathematics Of MiddleAge
Spread中年發福傷不起
Unit 7/Whats The Best Way To Help
Kids Lose Weight?幫助孩子減肥的最佳方法
Unit 8/Fat Fighting Is Part Of The
Apples Peel蘋果連皮吃有助減肥
Unit 9/Dark Chocolate Helps
You Keep Fit?黑朱古力有助於健康?
Unit 10/Speedy Eaters Seen Likelier
To Get Fat吃飯太快太飽易肥胖
Unit 11/A Question Of Trust In The
Organic Food Wars有機食品面臨信任危機
Unit 12/Recession Harms Fertility經濟危機影響男性性激素水平
Unit 13/How Certain Vegetables
Combat Cancer捲心菜可防癌
Unit 14 /Divorce Can Add Years To A
Persons Face離婚會讓人的容顏變老
Unit 15/Anger Really Can Kill You生氣要有度,否則真會被氣死
Unit 16/Late Childbearing May Mean
Longer Family Lifespan 晚育家族普遍長壽
Unit 17/Mystery:Optimists Live Longer,
Enjoy Better Health為何樂觀者更健康長壽
Unit 18/Smoking Hurts Mind As
Well As Body吸菸既損害身體又損害大腦
Unit 19/Youve Got A Lot Of Space
Between Your Ears身體中的大量空隙
Unit 20/Giving Your Eyes Regular Rests警惕電腦眼綜合症:給你的
眼睛放個假
Unit 21/The Ancestry Of Snakes蛇的祖先
Unit 22/Virgos Health Habits處女座的健康和飲食
Unit 23/Why Do Stars Twinkle 為何星星會閃爍
Unit 24/Why Does Altitude Cause
Headache 為什麼高海拔會引起頭痛
Unit 25 /Tornados—Natures Ultimate
Storms自然界最強風暴——龍捲風
Unit 26/Fourlegged Biosensors Sniff
Out Bird Flu動物能幫人類抗擊禽流感
Unit 27/Why The Sky Is Not Blue為何天空不是統一的藍色
Unit 28/A Dog Could Be A Babys
Best Friend狗可能是嬰兒最好的朋友
Unit 29/What Will We Look Like In
1000 Years Later?1000年後人類模樣預測:
我們將長成外星人
Unit 30/Fossilized Skeletons From
Australopithecus Sediba南方古猿人化石
Unit 31/The Special Fairytale
Friendship別樣的爸爸
Unit 32/Aliens Ianding In Siberia?西伯利亞疑現外星人
Unit 33/The Dead Sea地球表面最低點——死海
Unit 34/Stars, Bulbs, And Light
Pollution都是光“害”的!
Unit 35/Stingers Of The Sea海中“刺”客──水母
Unit 36/For The Love Of Chocolate濃情朱古力
Unit 37/Wake Up And Smell The
Coffee飲咖啡也要思源
Unit 38/People Taking Stairs Expected
To Live Longer上下班走樓梯有益於
身體健康
Unit 39/EU Warns Youth: Turn Your
MP3 Players Down! MP3成青少年聽覺殺手