《大学英语分级阅读丛书 第4册》

Book One The English Revolution3

1．The beginnings of the problem3

2．Parliament is dismissed9

3．Charles and the Earl of Stafford13

4．The Battle of Edgehill18

5．Oliver Cromwell21

6．From Edgehill to Marston Moor26

7．The King is defeated31

8．The peace talks36

9．The second Civil War42

10．The execution of King Charles47

11．The Lord Protector55

12．Cromwell is dead—Long Live the King!60

13．Life in the 17th century66

14．Who's who in the English Revolution77

Notes80

Exercises83

Book TwoWinston Churchill89

1．Boyhood and college days89

2．Soldier and politician93

3．Marriage and a career99

4．Pre-war problems104

5．Churchill and the First World War108

6．The end of the war:Churchill in the shadows113

7．The ups and downs of political life118

8．'The Gathering Storm'123

9．Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain129

10．Britain's struggle134

11．America comes into the war138

12．The Anglo-American alliance and D-Day145

13．The Soviet Union and the last weeks of war149

14．Victory in war but disappointment in peace155

15．Churchill's last years159

Notes164

Exercises169

Book ThreeWomen in Society179

Introduction179

1．The women's movement begins183

2．Women in politics198

3．The new feminism206

4．Women at work214

5．Women at home224

6．Marriage and the family228

7．Women and fashion233

8．Discrimination in the 1980s238

9．Women and the future244

Notes250

Exercises253

Book FourDarwin and Evolution259

Introduction259

1．Erasmus Darwin261

2．The early life of Charles Darwin267

3．The Beagle279

4．South America285

5．Robert Fitzroy292

6．The Galapagos Islands296

7．Down House301

8．Alfred Wallace307

9．The Origin of Species312

10．Gregor Mendel318

11．Extinction323

Notes329

Exercises332

Glossary334