欧美文化文章选读(大学英语立体化网络化系列教材拓展课程教材)

文化是人类智慧与文明发展的结晶。她向我们倾诉着先人的经历、民族 的历史和人们的传统、风俗习惯以及劳动者的成就，了解、领悟、传承、弘 扬文化精神会促进现代文明和积极影响社会的进步。本书内容丰富多彩，选 材广泛、质量高，涉及西方的价值观念、精神追求、风土人情、科技与艺术 等，具有很强的知识性、趣味性和可读性。本书便于教与学，是一本适用于 全国各大高等院校英语选修课的教材。

Unit 0ne Part 1 Reading Passage I Harvard's Founding／1 Reading Passage II Okies l A Part 2 ReadingPassageI WhattoDowithSolidWaste／7 Reading Passage II Coins in Our Lives／10 Unit Two Part 1 Reading Passage I The Queen As She Was／12 Reading Passage II Italy's Finest Resource--Its People／16 Part 2 Reading Passage I Conservation the Future Is Now／19 Reading Passage II The Early Navigator's Best Friends／21 Unit Three Part 1 ReadingPassageI AFuelwithFlavor／24 ReadingPassageII What'sWrongwithUsingtheVWord?／28 Part 2 Reading Passage I Keeping It Clear／3l Reading Passage II The Lion's Share／33 Unit Four Part 1 ReadingPassage I ThanksgivingDay／36 ReadingPassagell ThanksgivingDay(Continued)／39 Part 2 ReadingPassageI HelpfortheElderly／42 ReadingPassageII PlayingItSafeAbroad／45 Unit Five Part 1 ReadingPassageI Life Style／48 Reading Passage II Life Style fContinued)／5 1 Part 2 ReadingPassageI FollowingtheRules／55 Reading Passage II Unsafe at Warm Temperature／57 Unit Six Part 1 Reading Passage I Our Changing Lifestyle：Trends and Fads／60 Reading Passage II Philanthropy／63 Part 2 Reading Passage I Three Masters／65 Reading Passage II Liquids Granules and Powders／68 Unit Seven Part 1 ReadingPassageI St.Patrick'sDay／70 Reading Passage II Music--Lighting Up the Brain／73 Part 2 ReadingPassage I AWinningMatch／77 Reading Passage 11Remember You Are a Guest／79 Unit Eight Part 1 ReadingPassageI NSGVPinQuebec／82 Reading Passage II Danish Culture／85 Part 2 Reading Passage I London--A Good Place to Start Your Tour／88 Reading Passage II Counting theⅥrorld's Population／90 Unit Nine Part 1 Reading Passage I Free Sport—the Wheel Deal／93 Reading Passage II Germany--a Land ofCulture／96 Part 2 ReadingPassageI ReadtheLabel／100 Reading Passage II Crossroads ofthe WOrld／102 Unit Ten Part 1 ReadingPassageI VincentvanOogh／105 Reading Passage II Fingerprints／ 108 Part 2 Reading Passage I A Place for All Seasons／112 Reading Passage II Using Energy Efficiently／114 Unit Eleven Part 1 ReadingPassageI NewZealand／117 Reading Passage II Dangers to the Environment／ 120 Part 2 Reading Passage I Problems ofOlder American／124 Reading Passage II Louis Pasteur／ 126 Unit Twelve Part 1 ReadingPassageI HeartyBreakfasts／129 Reading Passage H Big Ben／132 Part 2 ReadingPassageI IncomeTax／135 ReadingPassageH Curds andWhey／137 Unit Thirteen Part 1 Reading Passage I Greenwich Mean Time／140 Reading Passage H The Peoples ofBdtain／ 143 Part 2 ReadingPassageI LifeAroundOlympus／145 Reading Passage II Liberty and Peace／ 148 Unit Fourteen Part 1 ReadingPassageI Queen'sDayinHolland／150 Reading Passage H Rome／153 Part 2 ReadingPassageI Money／156 Reading Passage II The Cost ofCivilization／ 158 Unit FIfteen Part 1 ReadingPassageI TableManners／161 ReadingPassage H Paris／165 Part 2 Reading Passage I Chocolate：Everyone's Favorite Sweet／168 Reading Passage H Fifteen Tons a Minute／ 170 Unit Sixteen Part 1 ReadingPassageI Women'sStatusHigherinNorthEuropethanSouth／173 ReadingPassageH ToSaltorN0ttoSalt?／176 Part 2 Reading Passage MagicPotionNotion／179 Reading Passage H Rub，Pour，Sprinkle，and Spray／182 Unit Seventeen Part 1 Reading Passage I 111e Television Camera／185 Reading Passage II Geneva--Capital ofPeace／ 188 Part 2 ReadingPassageI TheBigCheese／191 ReadingPassageII AHumble‘Leader／1,93 Unit Eighteen Part 1 Reading Passage I Tchaikovsky／197 ReadingPassageII AnExperion~0fWatching aBullfightinSF}ain／201 Part 2 Reading Passage I Refuse or Resource?／204 Reading Passage II Construction Queries?／206 Unit Nineteen Part 1 Reading Passage I Bridges／210 Reading Passage II Samaranch~the Olympic Patriarch／2 13 Part 2 Reading Passage I Paying for Protection／215 ReadingPassageII TheChristmasTreeandtheWedding／218 Unit Twenty Part 1 Reading Passage I Some Rituals ofAmerican Marriage／22 1 Reading Passage II Ladies First,／223、， Part 2 Reading Passage I Food Additives／226 ReadingPassageII Idaho'sFinest／229。 i，Unit Twenty-One Part l Reading Passage I Living a Long Life／232 ReadingPassage II Birthday Parties aadPotluckParties}234 Part 2 Reading Passage I America's Architect／237 ReadingPassageII ANewRespectforDrags／240 Unit Twenty-Two Part 1 Reading Passage I Forty Miners／243 Reading Passage II Disneyland／246 Part 2 Reading Passage I Starting a Small Business／249 Reading Passage II Rose Hips and Dandelions／25 1 Unit Twenty-Three Part 1 Reading Passage I Christmas Songs／254 Reading Passage II“Die”or“Pass Away”／256 Part 2 ReadingPassageI LifeInsurance／259 Reading Passage II Handiwork of the Gods／261 Unit Twenty-Four Part 1 ReadingPassageI TheNationalTrustinBntain 264 Reading Passage II Blue Monday and“Thank God It's Friday”／266 Part 2 ReadingPassageI Cat'sEyes／269 Reading Passage II A Symbol ofthe Free Spirit／271 Unit Twenty-Five Part 1 ReadingPassage I Ballet／274 Reading Passage II Olympic Games／277 Part 2 ReadingPassageI Bears／279 Reading Passage II Artificial Reefs／281 Key／284