《《英语精读文选》释析》

Contents1

1 Civilization and History 文明与历史 C．E．M．Joad1

2 The Fun They Had 前人享有的乐趣 Isaac Asimov17

3 Big Numbers and Infinities 大数和无穷数 George Gamow33

4 Oil 油 G.C.Thornley49

5 An Observation and an Explanation 观察与解释 Desmond Morris65

6 A Robot about the House 家用机器人 M.W.Thring80

7 A Wrong Man in Workers' Paradise 误入工人天堂的人 Rabindranath Tagore97

8 Making Surgery Safe Horace Shipp 保障外科手术安全115

9 Using Land Wisely 合理地使用土地 L．Dudley Stamp138

10 The Karburator 碳化装置 Karel？apek155

11 Work and Play 工作和娱乐 Herbert Read172

12 Three Days to See 若能重见光明三日 Helen Keller193

13 The Laws of Nature 自然法则 J．B．S．Haldane214

14 Spaceship? 宇宙飞船？ J．B．Priestley233

15 The Wisdom of Socrates 苏格拉第的智慧255

16 Snapshot of a Dog 一只狗的快照 James Thurber273

17 Individuals and Masses 个人和大众 Aldous Huxley293

18 Ckildren at Play 玩耍的孩子们 Rumer Godden310

19 Symptoms 症状 Jerome K．Jerome331

20 How to Avoid Foolish Opinions 如何避免愚蠢的见解 Bertrand Russell348

Appendix 附录367

Ⅰ．Language Poiuts dealt with in Exercises 习题里的语言要点367

Ⅱ．Vocabulary385

词汇表407

参考文献407