大学英语精读文本1-6册(txt下载) 分节阅读 13

callonthetelephone

underone'sbreath

inawhisper

rightoff

atonce;immediately

bethrough

havereachedtheendof;befinishedwith;bedonewith

runacross

findormeetbychance

lookup

searchfor,huntinformationaboutinadictionary

surgeup

riseupinawave

hungerup

riseupinawave

nothinglessthan

nothingshortof

beyondone'sreach

notcapableofbeinghadorgotto

ProperNames

RichardWright

理查德.赖特

Memphis

孟菲斯

CommercialAppeal

《商业呼声报》

门肯

Don

唐

ABookofPrefaces

《序言集》

Prejudices

《偏见》

SinclairLewis

辛克莱.刘易斯

MainStreet

《大街》

Gerald

杰拉尔德

乔治.巴比特

Dreiser

德莱塞

JennieGerhardt

珍尼.格哈特

SisterCarrie

《嘉莉妹妹》

UnitFive

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Ifmodernlifeissowonderful,whydowefeelsounhappy?Inthefollowingarticle,theauthorsuggeststhatthoughlivingstandardshaveimproved,we,ratherthanfeelingcontent,,

HOWCOULDANYTHINGTHAT

FEELSSOBADBESOGOOD?

Maybeitistimetoadoptanewstrategyintryingtofigureoutwhylifetodayissodifficult,,,

Peoplearediscontentedthesedays,forexample,notbecausethingsareworsethanever,----thattheinstitutionofmarriageisinastateofcollapse--;soappealinginfact,

,thefamilyhasbeenavitalunitforsurvival,startingasadefensesystemforphysicalsurvival,,ofcourse,,asasociety,thebasicsurvivalandsecurityneeds,peoplesimplydon'tneedeachotheranymoretofightIndiansorspinyarn--,'