《高级英语阅读材料 英文版》

Notes to the user2

People and personalities6

1 Doodles6

2 Money is the only home10

3 Shielding Brooke14

Food and drink18

4 The good picnic guide18

5 Down and Out in Paris and London22

6 A family lunch in Beirut26

Houses and safety at home30

7 House for sale30

8 Burgled seven times36

9 Sissinghurst Castle40

10 24 hours in the life of the City44

Jobs and employment44

11 How to write a winning résumé48

12 All Greek to me52

Shopping，consumer affairs，advertising56

13 Shopping basket psychology56

14 Mr Hornby's casebook60

15 Commercial break64

Travel72

16 This way for suite dreams72

17 Clearing customs76

18 Getting China cracked80

Wildlife and the environment84

19 The capybara84

20 Save the jungle-save the world88

21 Beware the dirty seas92

22 The sword that can heal96

Medicine and physical condition96

23 Howtoliveto be ahundred100

24 How to help the hard of hearing104

Transport108

25 Sorry sir，sorry，sorry108

26 Go steady on the gas!114

27 The Trans.Siberian Express120

The arts and leisure activities124

28 On show124

29 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom130

30 An awaywin136

The media140

31 Should the Press be human？140

32 Pregnant Di still wants divorce!144

33 How do you feel？150

34 Childhood：pathways of discovery154

Formal and informal education154

35 Village voice158

36 Boys are teachers'pets162

Taste，fashion and design166

37 Good taste.bad taste166

38 Shotatdawn172

39 Absolute musts176

Legal systems，law enforcement，crime182

40 Trials and errors182

41 Arresting scenes in Bombay188

42 Streetwise194

Racism，ageism，right or wrong200

43 When a sense of nationhood goes off the rails...200

44 Lucy Rowan's mother204

Acknowledgements208