《现代大学英语（第二版）精读4》是北外杨立民老师主编的“现代大学英语”系列教材中《精读4》的修订版。相较**版，本版课文选篇及练习都做了大量改动，在内容、形式、难易度上比老版更合理。全书共16单元，其中第七单元和第十四单元为测试单元，便于教师考查学生的学习成效，系统检查知识积累情况。

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Pronunciation Table
Unit 1
Text A Thinking as a Hobby
Text B The Pleasures of Learning
Unit 2
Text A Spring Sowing
Text B The Earth Poet
Unit 3
Text A Groundless Beliefs
Text B Corn-pone Opinions
Unit 4
Text A Lions and Tigers and Bears
Text B Two Cities
Unit 5
Text A For Want of a Drink
Text B Could You Live with Less?
Unit 6
Text A The Telephone
Text B The Hour of Letdown
Unit 7
Inter-Lesson (I)
Unit 8
Text A Economic Growth Is a Path to Perdition, Not Prosperity
Text B All This Progress Is Killing Us, Bite by Bite
Unit 9
Text A The Damned Human Race
Text B A String of Beads
Unit 10
Text A The World House
Text B None of This Is Fair
Unit 11
Text A Soldier's Heart
Text B Secrets
Unit 12
Text A Onwards and Upwards
Text B The Rivals
Unit 13
Text A Cord
Text B My Daughter Smokes
Unit 14
Inter-Lesson (II)
Unit 15
Text A A Letter to American Jews (and Other Friends of Israel).
Text B The Never-Ending Fight
Unit 16
Text A Man of the Moment
Text B Is Everybody Happy?
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