教材课文是学习语言、获取知识，了解世界，完成教学任务，实现教学目标，培养人才不可或缺的重要素材、资源和载体。本系列图书荟萃百年来全世界范围内，英语**和非英语**所使用的英语教材中的经典课文，辅以必要的导读、注释、习题等阅读帮助，为广大英语学习者提供高品质的语言、知识和文化等素材和资源。在阅读、赏析的同时，提高语言素养，丰富知识，进而提升核心素养，为学习者成为具有全球胜任力的人才，打下英语、知识和跨文化的扎实功底。

Contents Unit 1 Education Text 1 Immortal Words Text 2 The Functions of Education: The Functionalist View Text 3 Not Just Child’s Play Text 4 Why Is the Native Language Learnt So Well Text 5 The Memory Palace Unit 2 Culture Text 1 I Have Seen the Future—And It’s Goth Text 2 The Purposes of Art Text 3 Third Culture Kids Text 4 Finding Balance in Food Text 5 Hip-Hop Planet Unit 3 Literature Text 1 Private Lives Text 2 Education for Life Text 3 Shades of Dreaming Text 4 The Perfect Peppersoup Text 5 The Glorious Whitewasher Unit 4 Literary Criticism Text 1 Jane Austen and Women’s Emancipation Text 2 Storytelling Is as Old as Mankind Unit 5 Animals Text 1 Harp Seals on Thin Ice After 32 Years of Warming Text 2 Thanking the Birds Text 3 The Nature of Intelligence Unit 6 Society Text 1 Can Couples Afford to Get Married Anymore? Text 2 How to Make a Strong First Impression Text 3 Unusual Places to Stay Text 4 Room with a View Text 5 Success Across Generations Text 6 Teenagers Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing Unit 7 Science and Technology Text 1 Human Adaptation to Space Text 2 One Size Doesn’t Fit All Text 3 The Death of Writing? Text 4 We Are Cyborgs Text 5 Us and Them Text 6 Viewing Nature’s Beauty Through a New Lens Answers for Reference