《大学核心英语读写教程 第二级》

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(A)Spectator Sports1

Different Forms of Writing12

(Ⅰ)Avoiding Illogical or Incomplete Comparisons14

(Ⅱ)Sentence Reduction15

(B)Tennis as a Major Sport17

(C)Origin of Dancing24

(A)Western Manners27

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Distinguishing Between Main Idea and Details(Ⅰ)39

(Ⅰ)Taking Care of the Voice41

(Ⅱ)Cutting off Unnecessary Words or Phrases42

(B)School Manners43

(C)Table Manners50

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(A)The Vatican City54

Distinguishing Between Main Idea and Details(Ⅱ)68

(Ⅰ)Watching out for Modifiers70

(Ⅱ)Appositives71

(B)Leaving Home72

(C)Contrasts in Living Standards78

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(A)Women in Combat？83

Inside the Paragraph(Ⅰ)94

(Ⅰ)Infinitive with or Without“To”96

(Ⅱ)Using Parallel Structure97

(B)Calling for Equality with Men99

(C)Female Roles in Britain105

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(A)Air Pollution109

Inside the Paragraph(Ⅱ)120

(Ⅰ)To V or V-ing122

(Ⅱ)Repeating Important Words123

(B)Waste Disposal124

(C)How Doctors Look at Death131

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(A)Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt134

(B)Underwater Treasure145

Review Exercises(Ⅰ)152

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(A)The Credit Union Loan159

Inside the Paragraph(Ⅲ)170

Writing a Topic Sentence172

(B)The Stock Market175

(C)What Is a Patent？180

(A)Problems of the Computer Age184

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Inside the Paragraph(Ⅳ)196

Taking Care of Controlling Ideas199

(B)Say AAAH...for the Computer202

(C)Hello，I’m Doctor Computer208

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(A)What Is REM(Rapid Eye Movement)Sleep？213

Inside the Paragraph(Ⅴ)226

Place of a Topic Sentence228

(B)Hypnosis230

(C)Have You Seen a UFO？237

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(A)Museums in the Modern World240

Inside the Paragraph(Ⅵ)252

Paragraph Unity255

(B)Reuters—the Oldest News Service in the World(Ⅰ)256

(C)Reuters—the Oldest News Service in the World(Ⅱ)263

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(A)Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrasts267

Matching Verbal and Non-verbal Information280

Paragraph Coherence283

(B)Alexander Graham Bell(Ⅰ)286

(C)Alexander Graham Bell(Ⅱ)294

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(A)Communication298

(B)To Measure the Stars310

Review Exercises(Ⅱ)317

Supplementary Reading325

Glossary357

List of Phrases and Expressions384