ContentsXIVAcknowledgements.XVIIAbbreviations.Pronunciation TableXVIIIUnit1Text A Another School Year-WhatFor?225TextBUnforgettableMissBessie31Unit2.32TextA SayYesText B Arrangement in Black and White5259Unit3.60Text A The Rite of Spring81Text B What My Garden Taught Me—the Hard WayUnit487.88TextATheMan intheWaterTextB TwoHeroesfor thePrice of One108Unit5113TextAQuick Fix Society.114TextB HookedontheQuickFix135XI
XI Acknowledgements .XIV Abbreviations. XVII Pronunciation Table.XVIII Unit 1. 1 Text A Another School Year—What For? . 2 Text B Unforgettable Miss Bessie . 25 Unit 2. 31 Text A Say Yes. 32 Text B Arrangement in Black and White . 52 Unit 3. 59 Text A The Rite of Spring . 60 Text B What My Garden Taught Me—the Hard Way . 81 Unit 4. 87 Text A The Man in the Water. 88 Text B Two Heroes for the Price of One . 108 Unit 5.113 Text A Quick Fix Society .114 Text B Hooked on the Quick Fix. 135 Contents
Unit6141TextA Wisdomof BearWood,142Text B Baby Birds164Unit 7.169Inter-Lesson ()169..181Unit8.182Text A The Man in AsbestosTextBHarrisonBergeron204..211Unit9..212Text A Confessionsof a Miseducated Man232Text B Understanding Society and Culture Through EatingUnit10239.240TextA Pompeii259Text B The Dog of Pompei.Unit11265.266TextAButton,ButtonTextBADoctor'sDilem.288.293Unit12.294TextA AFundamental TechniqueinHandlingPeople.315TextBRemember,We'reRaisingChildren,NotFlowers!Unit13.319320TextA Mr.Imagination341Text B Mr.Phileas Fogg's Wager of f20,000Unit14347347Inter-Lesson (II)XII
XII Unit 6.141 Text A Wisdom of Bear Wood . 142 Text B Baby Birds . 164 Unit 7. 169 Inter-Lesson (I) . 169 Unit 8.181 Text A The Man in Asbestos. 182 Text B Harrison Bergeron.204 Unit 9.211 Text A Confessions of a Miseducated Man. 212 Text B Understanding Society and Culture Through Eating. 232 Unit 10. 239 Text A Pompeii. 240 Text B The Dog of Pompeii. 259 Unit 11. 265 Text A Button, Button. 266 Text B A Doctor’s Dilemma. 288 Unit 12. 293 Text A A Fundamental Technique in Handling People. 294 Text B Remember, We’re Raising Children, Not Flowers!. 315 Unit 13.319 Text A Mr. Imagination . 320 Text B Mr. Phileas Fogg’s Wager of £20,000. 341 Unit 14. 347 Inter-Lesson (II). 347
Unit15.357.358TextAObama'sVictorySpeech381TextB Obama's Speech at Shanghai ScienceandTechnologyMuseum.389Unit16.390Text A The Oyster and the Pearl.Text B TheLast Word Was Love423429GlossaryListLanguageItems.444GrammarTerms.456XII
XIII Unit 15. 357 Text A Obama’s Victory Speech . 358 Text B Obama’s Speech at Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. 381 Unit 16. 389 Text A The Oyster and the Pearl. 390 Text B The Last Word Was Love . 423 Glossary List . 429 Language Items.444 Grammar Terms . 456
Unit1Text A Another School Year-What For?Text B Unforgettable Miss Bessie现代大学英语ContemporaryCollegeEnglish现代大学英语正文1p001-030.indd2011.9.14 4:32:11 PM
现代大学英语 Contemporary College English Unit 1 Text A Another School Year—What For? Text B Unforgettable Miss Bessie 现代大学英语正文1p001-030.indd 1 2011.9.14 4:32:11 PM
ContemporaryCollegeEnglishText AAnotherSchool YearWhat For?John CiardiLetmetell you oneof theearliestdisasters inmycareer asateacher.It was January of1940 andIwas freshout of graduate school startingmyfirst semesterat the Universityof Kansas City.Part of the student body was a beanpolewithhair on topwho came intomy class, sat down, folded his arms, and looked at me as if to say"All right, teach mesomething." Two weeks later we started Hamlet.Three weeks later he came into my officewith his hands on his hips."Look,"he said,"I came here to be a pharmacist.Why do I havetoread this stuff?"And not having a book of his own topointto,hepointed tominewhichwaslyingon thedeskNewasI was tothefaculty,I could havetold this specimena number of things.I couldhave pointed out that he had enrolled, not in a drugstore-mechanics school, but in a college现代大学英语正文2011.933170
Contemporary College English 2 Text A John Ciardi 1 Let me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher. It was January of 1940 and I was fresh out of graduate school starting my first semester at the University of Kansas City. Part of the student body was a beanpole with hair on top who came into my class, sat down, folded his arms, and looked at me as if to say “All right, teach me something.” Two weeks later we started Hamlet. Three weeks later he came into my office with his hands on his hips. “Look,” he said, “I came here to be a pharmacist. Why do I have to read this stuff?” And not having a book of his own to point to, he pointed to mine which was lying on the desk. 2 New as I was to the faculty, I could have told this specimen a number of things. I could have pointed out that he had enrolled, not in a drugstore-mechanics school, but in a college Another School Year— What For? 现代大学英语正文1p001-030.indd 2 2011.9.14 4:32:12 PM