精选作品　适合背诵
　　收录英语现代文优秀作品，语言优美地道，风格简洁明快，文体应用广泛，最适合背诵与模仿。
　　常考话题　尽数通盖
　　80篇文章涉及社会生，精到的全文译文，有助于加深读者对文章的理解，双重语境下全面反握文章的行文组织与精巧构思。
　　扩充词汇　活学活用
　　每篇文章后对文中重点词汇进行中英双解，帮助读者在鲜活的英语语境中快速扩充词汇量。
　　听读结合　培养语感　
　　本书配有MP3光盘一张，所有英文内容由美音外教朗读，语音语调纯正，听读结合，能够有效培养语感，提高英语听说能力。

本书精选现代英语优秀作品；针对四、六级及TOEFL考试；努力听熟、读熟加背熟；你将真真进入英语殿堂！全书内容包括的80篇文章，形成了一个有效的、生动的语言小环境，文章的话言是完全现代式的，风格简练明快，文体应用广泛，内容涉及社会生活、人文科学和自然科学等众多题材，背熟这80篇文章，对阅读报纸、杂志、教科书和学术论文及英文写作有巨大的帮助。

The Language of Music
Schooling and Education
The Definition of "Price"
Electricity
The Beginning of Drama
Television
Andrew Carnegie
American Revolution
Suburbanization
Types of Speech
Archaeology
Museums
Skyscrapers and Environment
A Rare Fossil Record
The Nobel Academy
The War Between Britain and France
Evolution of Sleep
Modern American Universities
Children's Numerical Skills
The Historical Significance of the American Revolution
The Origin of Sports
Collectibles
Henry Ford
Piano
Movie Music
International Business and Cross-cultural Communication
Scientific Theories
Changing Roles of Public Education
Telecommuting
The Origin of Refrigerators
British Columbia
Botany
Plankton
Raising Oysters
Oil Refining
Plate Tectonics and Sea-floor Spreading
Icebergs
Topaz
The Salinity of Ocean Waters
Cohesion-tension Theory
American Black Bears
Coal-fired Power Plants
Statistics
Obtaining Fresh Water from Icebergs
The Source of Energy
Vision
Folk Cultures
Bacteria
Sleep
Cells and Temperature
Marine Mammals
Chimpanzee
Nitinol
Treasure in Sunken Ship
Creating Colors
The Organic Foods
Lighthouses
Animals' Compasses
Muscles and Human Body
Colds and Age
Pottery
Mimicry in Plants
Oil and Water
Salt and Metabolism
The Early Settlers in North America
Plants in the Deserts
The American Civil War
Women in Colonial North America
The Revolution in American Higher Education
Garza's Art Works
The Alaska Pipeline
The Satiric Literature
The Microscopic Technique
The History of Chemistry
Hydrogen and Industries
Mars
Food and Health
Police and Communities
Population Growth
Evolution and Wheels