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本书是英语专业本科阶段精读课经典教材。课文全部选自原文,内容、题材力求多样化,语言规范,并有一定的难度。练习旨在提高学生的独立工作能力、阅读欣赏能力和写作能力。
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Lesson 1 The Middle Eastern Bazaar
Lesson 2 Hiroshima--the"Liveliest" City in Japan
Lesson 3 Ships in the Desert .Al Gore
Lesson 4 Everyday Use .Alice Walker
Lesson 5 Speech on Hitler''s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
Lesson 6 Blackmail Arthur Halley
Lesson 7 The Age of Miracle Chips
Lesson 8 An Interactive Life
Lesson 9 Mark Twain----Mirror of America
Lesson 10 The Trial That Rocked the World
Lesson 11 But What''s a Dictionary For?
Lesson 12 The Loons Margaret Laurence
Lesson 13 Britannia Rues the Waves
Lesson 14 Argentia Bay. Herman Wouk
Lesson 15 No Signposts in the Sea
Lesson 16 1776
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One of the most picturesque and
impressive parts of the ba-zaar is the copper-smiths market. As you
approach it, a tinkling andbanging and clashing begins to impinge
on your ear. It grows louderand more distinct, until you round a
corner and see a fairyland ofdancing flashes, as the burnished
copper catches the light of innu-merable lamps and braziers. In
each shop sit the apprentices——-boysand youths, some of them
incredibly young——hammering awayat copper vessels of all shapes and
sizes, while the shop-owner in-structs, and sometimes takes a hand
with a hammer himself. In thebackground, a tiny apprentice blows a
big charcoal fire with a hugeleather bellows worked by a string
attached to his big toe the redof the live coals glowing bright and
then dimming rhythmically to the strokes of the bellows.
Here you can find beautiful pots and bowls engraved with delicate
and intricate traditional designs, or the simple, everyday
kitchenware used in this country, pleasing in form, but undecorated
and strictly functional.
Elsewhere there is the carpet-market, with its profusion of rich
colours, varied textures and regional designs——some bold and
simple, others unbelievably detailed and yet harmonious.
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