《新世纪大学高级英语教程 上》

Unit One This School Turns out Winners1

Supplementary Reading11

Passage One Education in South Dakota11

Passage TwoColleges Ask：Can Enrollment Be too High?15

References American Education18

Unit TwoIn Another Country22

Supplementary Reading32

Passage One Watching the Sea from an Island33

Passage Two One Friday Morning35

References Earnest Hemingway40

Unit Three Our Plague of Pessimism42

Passage One The Night That a Blind Man Helped Man to See Lifting the Veil50

Supplementary Reading50

Passage TwoCelebrating a Lifetime54

References Communications Media in the United States57

Unit FourShould We Clone Humans?60

Supplementary Reading68

Passage One Clone：Will There Be“Carbon Copy”People?69

Passage Two Surrogate Motherhood72

References Cloning74

Unit FiveWhat Can You Do to Fight Against Crime?76

Supplementary Reading85

Passage One Crime from Grime Gene?86

Passage Two Unfair Attitude to Crimers88

References Crime91

Unit SixAdventures of a Shilling94

Supplementary Reading103

Passage One Pride and Prejudice103

Passage Two Dream Children：A Reverie107

References Addison and“The Spectator”111

Unit SevenHow to Copy with Personal Crisis?113

Supplementary Reading123

Passage One On Unemployment123

Passage Two The History of Alcohol Prohibition125

References Divorce and Unemployment Problems128

Unit EightThe Industrial Revolution130

Supplementary Reading140

Passage One The British Political Parties140

Passage Two The British Monarchy143

References Background to the Industrial Revolution146

Unit NineTroubled Families，Joyful Families148

Supplementary Reading157

Passage One Women and Children Adrift：The Divorce Revolution157

Passage Two The Marriage Partnership160

References Marriage and so On163

Unit TenFor all the Time166

Supplementary Reading176

Passage One The Theatre in Elizabethan Time176

Passage Two Hamlet179

References Introduction181

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