《大学英语系列读物 第3册 Book 3》

Contents3

STAGE ONE3

1 The Marvels of Colour3

2‘Television Is Doing Irreparable Harm’7

3 ‘BooksPlays and Films Should Be Censored’11

4 Education Today15

5 How Things Have Changed Since My Young Days！21

6 An Anecdote of Sir Francis Drake26

7 Life on the Roman Wall30

8 The Glory of the Olympic Games36

9 Tame Volcanoes44

10 The Handsome and Deformed Leg50

11 Benjamin Franklin55

12 London65

13 Climate in Britain75

14 English Characteristics81

15 Politeness in Britain88

16 A Nation of Immigrants95

17 Black Americans100

18 Space Expedition108

19 The Antarctic113

20 The First Biologist118

21 The Great Migrator124

22 The Day the Bears Go to Bed130

23 The Sacred“Rac”138

24 Venice142

25 A Key to the Past147

26 Sonar for the Blind154

27 The Miracle of Voices Over Wire159

28 How Much Sleep Do We Need？168

29 How to Grow Old173

30 Knowledge and Wisdom179

STAGE TWO187

1 Worst Winter for 50 Years in US187

2 Superb Translator Knew Only Chinese191

3 The Plight of Soviet Women196

4 Smoking“Killing More Than 100，000 a Year”202

5 You Can Speak in Public208

6 Another Christmas，Another World216

7 A Useful Mirror224

8 Reverence for Life235

9 Paul Korchagin（Excerpts from‘The Making of a Hero’）244

10 The King of Comedy250

11 The Youngest Painter in the World258

12 The Emperor’s New Clothes266

13 The Sixth Diamond276

14 The Night Kate Shelley Saved the Express286

15 The Story of Helen Keller294

16 Three Days to See306

17 Little Annie Oakley316

18 Danger by Candlelight323

19 A Young Boy’s Ambition333

20 Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper342

21 Dawson：the City of Gold357

22 Da Vinci’s Greatest Triumph368