新活力大学英语 读写 中

CONTENTS 1

Unit 1 Cross-culture Communication 1

Part One　In-Class Reading 3

Culture Shock:A Fish Out of Water 3

Part Two After-Class Reading 13

Passage Ⅰ Numbers 13

Passage Ⅱ　Manhattan's New Way of Thinking 17

Part Three Video Program The Gods Must Be Crazy 23

Part Four Grammar 形容词和副词的比较级 23

Unit 2 Health 27

Part One In-Class Reading 29

The Road to Resilience 30

Part Two After-Class Reading 40

Passage Ⅰ What You Have Is Not What You Want 40

Passage Ⅱ A Good Night's Dream 43

Part Three Video Program A Beautiful Mind 48

Part Four Grammar 一致关系 49

Unit 3 Entertainment 53

Part One In-Class Reading 55

Fairy Tales and Reality 56

Part Two After-Class Reading 66

Passage Ⅰ How to Act 007—Sean Connery 66

Passage Ⅱ So You Want to Be a Pop Star 71

Part Three Video Program Russian Nuclear Explosion 75

Part Four Grammar 定语从句 75

Unit 4 Family Ties 81

Part One In-Class Reading 83

Mother's Day 85

Part Two After-Class Reading 95

Passage Ⅰ The Coolest Dad in the Universe 95

Passage Ⅱ The Weapon 101

Part Three Video Program My Big Fat Greek Wedding 108

Part Four Grammar 状语从句 108

Test One 114

Unit 5 Person of the Century 123

Part One In-Class Reading 125

Albert Einstein—Person of the Century 127

Part Two After-Class Reading 139

Passage Ⅰ The Diana Decades 139

Passage Ⅱ William H.Gates:Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corporation 146

Part Three Video Program The End of Camelot 154

Part Four Grammar 倒装句 156

Unit 6 Environment 163

Part One In-Class Reading 165

Marine Parks 165

Part Two After-Class Reading 174

Passage Ⅰ We Are Not Alone 174

Passage Ⅱ Streets Ahead on Bikes 181

Part Three Video Program Finding Nemo 188

Part Four Grammar 强调句型 189

Unit 7 Public Speaking 193

Part One In-Class Reading 195

Speaking of the Devil 198

Part Two After-Class Reading 211

Passage Ⅰ Dealing with Nervousness 211

Passage Ⅱ Inaugural Address of George W.Bush(Excerpts) 216

Part Three Video Program 2003 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 224

Part Four Grammar 虚拟语气（一） 226

Unit 8 Sports 231

Part One In-Class Reading 233

Yao Offers NBA a Shot at Chinese Market 235

Part Two After-Class Reading 246

Passage Ⅰ David Beckham 246

Passage Ⅱ Computer Holds Chess Star Kasparov to Match Tie 256

Part Three Video Program Sports Videos ( 262

Part Four Grammar 虚拟语气（二） 263

Test Two 266