本书为北京外国语学院所编《大学英语教程》(College English),供大学英语本科高年级阅读课使用。
进入高年级阶段,阅读课应以提高学生自学能力、利用辞典及其它工具书独立解决语言及背景知识的难点、正确理解课文及作者的观点为主要目的。因此,本书注释力求精简,一般只包括在学生现有的工具书中较难查到的背景知识。有的语言或背景知识难点是“练习”要求学生解答的,未列入“注释”。

Lesson One
Text:The Pleasure of Learning
Word Study:maintain,convey,develop,contain,order
Grammar:Rather
Lesson Two
Text:A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield
Word Study:fix,stretch,bear,beyond,become of,apart
Grammar:Negative Questions as a Form of Invitation and Suggestion
Lesson Three
Text:Solve That Problem-with Humor by William D.Ellis
Word Study:assign,draft,issue,consider,handle,patch,in the course of
Grammar:More About Adverbial Clauses of Time
Lesson Four
Text:Unforgettalle Johnny Broderick by Toots Shor
Word Study:effect,off,as good as,tackle,drive
Grammar and Usage:1.The Absolute Construction
2.Some Uses of As
Lesson Five
Lesson Six
Lesson Seven
Lesson Eight
Lesson Nine
Lesson Ten
Lesson Eleven
Lesson Twelve
Lesson Thirteen
Lesson Fourteen
Lesson Fifteen
Lesson Sixteen
Vocabulary List