內容簡介
本書本著承前啟後、由淺入深、循序漸進的原則,與高中普通學生所學英語知識緊密銜接,起點較低,容易閱讀,非常適合普通高校一年級學生的入學水平。全書的選文題材廣、文體寬、風格異、內容精、文字美,並且結構嚴謹,兼顧一定的趣味性。為了解決學生辭彙量少、閱讀速度慢的難題,每篇文章之後還注出生詞和詞組,且有注音;對一些難詞難句加了註解,並將平時提及較少的人名、地名列在注釋中,有些還加注了文化背景知識,對引導學生擴大知識面有一定啟迪和裨益。
圖書目錄
Unit 1
Text A A Fox and a Crow
Text B Getting Advice from Strangers
Text C American Congress
Unit 2
Text A How Did Thanksgiving Day Start?
Text B An Early Train
Text C Sri Lanka--a Paradise on Earth
Unit 3
Text A Heart Disease
Text B High Platform Shoes
Text C A College Football Star
Unit 4
Text A A Farmer and His Donkeys
Text B Culture & Eating
Text C The Rivers of the United States
Unit 5
Text A Sour Grapes
Text B The Value of Dreams
Text C Test the Test and Examine the Examiners
Unit 6
Text A The Delay of the Train
Text B Benjamin Franklin
Text C Captain Mallerby
Unit 7
Text A New England Town Meeting
Text B Cowboys
Text C A Blue Dress
Unit 8
Text A American Hard-working Farmers
Text B The California Gold Rush
Text C The Central America
Unit 9
Text A Elephants
Text B The Popularity of Bicycle Racing
Text C The Saver
Unit 10
Text A The Patent
Text B Ellen Swallow
Text C The Salesman
Unit 11
Text A Thomas Jefferson
Text B Skyscrapers
Text C At the Dentist ''s
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