全書八十余篇文章按照主題被分為十二個單元,包括“生命之河”、“ 人與自然”、“人與社會”、“現(xiàn)代元素”等話題,涉及文化、歷史、文學(xué)、藝術(shù)、社會、科學(xué)等諸多方面,大部分文章與我們的日常生活息息相關(guān),很容易引起讀者的共鳴。每個單元入選的六七篇文章體裁、內(nèi)容、文風(fēng)各異。這樣讀者可以在同一個主題下接觸到不同類型的文章,或名家經(jīng)典、或時文精品,語言或古樸優(yōu)雅、或現(xiàn)代時尚,從而充分汲取知識、文化上的豐富營養(yǎng),品味英語語言的獨特魅力。
Life’s River Beginning生命之初/1
The Art of Living生活的藝術(shù)/5
We Are on a Journey人在旅途/8
To Live Is to Function人活著就要工作/12
The 4 Wives生命中的四位愛人/14
All Based o.n Your Attitude一切取決于你的態(tài)度/17
Father’S Death父親的離去/19
word of Wisdom智慧之言/22
Man and Education Books書籍/26
How to Mark a Book?如何在書上做記號/29
Two Kinds of Reader兩種不同的讀者/33
A Man to Remember值得懷念之人/37
The Bright and the Dull Students聰明的學(xué)生和遲鈍的學(xué)生/40
About Writing關(guān)于寫作/42
Time Management Tips合理安排時間的幾點建議/45
Stanford University斯坦福大學(xué)/49
Culture The Rule of British Eyes’Behavior英國人的眼睛行為規(guī)則/
52 American’s Privacy of Price美國人的價格隱私/55
Born tO Shop天生喜愛購物/57
American,s Morality美國人的道德觀/60
Do,s and Don’t’S餐桌禮儀/64
You Are What You Eat吃什么食物變什么樣/67
Italian Food意大利美食/70
Dating Customs in Germany德國人的約會習(xí)俗/73
Man and Nature Nature’s Ultrahumanity超越人性的大自然/76
Silent Spring無聲的春天/79
A Summer Day夏Et/82
Night夜/86
An October Sunrise十月的日出/90
Golden Fruit金果/93
The Rabbits and the Wolves兔子和狼/97
The New Cat初生小貓/100
Love and Beauty The Art of Love愛的藝術(shù)/103
Russell on Affection羅素談愛/106
A Love Letter一封情書/109
Praver for My Mother為母親祈禱/112
The Love of Beauty愛美/115
A True Instinct for the Beautiful讓愛美的天性常在/118
Real Beauty真美/121
Of Beauty談美/124
Mall and Literature Literature and Life文學(xué)與生活/128
Companionship of Books以書為友/131
Two Views of the River一條河的兩種景色/134
What Life Means to Me生命于我的意義/138
Mandela’S Garden曼德拉的菜園/141
Two Kinds截然不同/144
The Place Where I Was Born我出生的地方/148
Man and Science What Is Science科學(xué)是什么/152
3G Phone第三代手機/155
Potential Nanotech Health Risk納米技術(shù)對健康的潛在危害/158
How Water Can Keep You Feeling Young飲水如何讓你青春永駐/162
The Bird Flu禽流感/165
Michael Faraday米加勒•法拉第/168
Scientific Development in Ancient China中國古代的科技發(fā)展/170
History and Civilization The Problem of Mankind人類的問題/174
Does America Have History?美國有歷史嗎/177
Better Tomorrow明天會更好/1
80 Men’s Liberation from Etiquette男性的禮儀解放/183
American’S Optimism美國人的樂觀精神/185
Gallic Wars高盧戰(zhàn)記/188 Pompeii龐貝城/191
Man and Arts The Art and Artist藝術(shù)和藝術(shù)家/194
Vienna and Waltz維也納與圓舞曲/197
Cartoon漫畫/200 T
he Art of Fragrance香味創(chuàng)造的藝術(shù)/203
The Story of Rossini羅西尼趣聞/206
George de la Tour喬治•德•拉圖爾/210
Man and Society Paradox of 0ur Times我們這個時代的尷尬/213
Youth of Today:No Savings,No Pension,Huge Debts當(dāng)今的年輕人——無存款、無養(yǎng)老金、債務(wù)累累/216
Sav No to Western Fast Food對洋快餐說“不”/218
Degrees,But No Jobs有學(xué)位,沒工作/222
A Red Light for Scofflaws向違法者亮紅燈/226
Growing Old老齡化/229 Modern Element Internet互聯(lián)網(wǎng)/233
一 Online Chat網(wǎng)上聊天/236
spam,s Big Bang!垃圾郵件泛濫成災(zāi)/239
Video Game電子游戲’/242
Advertising廣鼉|245
The Launching of the Euro歐元的啟動/247
From Rags to Riches從一貧如洗到家財萬貫/250
Action Plan for Green O’lympics綠色奧運的行動計劃/253
Famous Speeches The Four Freedoms論四大自由/256
Our Family Creed家族的信條/260
The Road to Success成功之路/265
Mr.He Zhenliang’S Speech何振梁主席的陳述/269
Beautiful Smile and Love美麗的微笑和愛/272
Speech Given by Colin Lucas at Beijing University科林•盧卡斯 在北京大學(xué)的演說/275 Kofi Annan’S Speech toward the Event of 91 1科菲•安南在紀念 “9•11”事件一周年活動中的演講/279