《大学英语立体化网络化系列教材·拓展课程教材：欧美文化文章选读》由25个单元，每单元4个ReadingPassages，共计100篇篇幅约为400—500字的短文构成。在每个Reading Passage的后面都设有词汇表、注释和句子翻译或阅读理解练习。这些文章的内容包括西方的价值观念、议事方式、精神追求、知识背景、风土人情、技术和艺术等方面的情况和成就以及一些综合知识等。选材以欧美文化为主干，并侧重美国文化，因为美国是一个由世界人口组合而成的国家，世界各地人口的到来促成了这个国家诞生、进步和发展，它的文化在很大程度上代表着世界文化。这些选文都是一些适合教学的高质量的文章，对培养学生的语言修养和文学素质、塑造完美人格、增强跨文化交际意识和文化鉴赏能力都有促进作用。 《大学英语立体化网络化系列教材·拓展课程教材：欧美文化文章选读》具有可读性、知识性、系统性、科学性、时代性、趣味性、新颖性等，便于教学、思考和掌握。

Unit 0ne
Part 1 Reading Passage I Harvards Founding
Reading Passage II Okies l A


Part 2 ReadingPassageI WhattoDowithSolidWaste
Reading Passage II Coins in Our Lives


Unit Two
Part 1 Reading Passage I The Queen As She Was
Reading Passage II Italys Finest Resource——Its People


Part 2 Reading Passage I Conservation the Future Is Now
Reading Passage II The Early Navigators Best Friends


Unit Three
Part 1 ReadingPassageI AFuelwithFlavor
ReadingPassageII WhatsWrongwithUsingtheVWord?


Part 2 Reading Passage I Keeping It Clear
Reading Passage II The Lions Share


Unit Four
Part 1 ReadingPassage I ThanksgivingDay
ReadingPassagell ThanksgivingDay（Continued）


Part 2 ReadingPassageI HelpfortheElderly
ReadingPassageII PlayingItSafeAbroad


Unit Five
Part 1 ReadingPassageI Life Style
Reading Passage II Life Style fContinued）


Part 2 ReadingPassageI FollowingtheRules
Reading Passage II Unsafe at Warm Temperature


Unit Six
Part 1 Reading Passage I Our Changing Lifestyle：Trends and Fads
Reading Passage II Philanthropy


Part 2 Reading Passage I Three Masters
Reading Passage II Liquids Granules and Powders


Unit Seven
Part 1 ReadingPassageI St.PatricksDay
Reading Passage II Music——Lighting Up the Brain


Part 2 ReadingPassage I AWinningMatch
Reading Passage 11Remember You Are a Guest


Unit Eight
Part 1 ReadingPassageI NSGVPinQuebec
Reading Passage II Danish Culture


Part 2 Reading Passage I London——A Good Place to Start Your Tour
Reading Passage II Counting theⅥrorlds Population


Unit Nine
Part 1 Reading Passage I Free Sport—the Wheel Deal
Reading Passage II Germany——a Land ofCulture


Part 2 ReadingPassageI ReadtheLabel
Reading Passage II Crossroads ofthe WOrld


Unit Ten
Part 1 ReadingPassageI VincentvanOogh
Reading Passage II Fingerprints


Part 2 Reading Passage I A Place for All Seasons
Reading Passage II Using Energy Efficiently


Unit Eleven
Part 1 ReadingPassageI NewZealand
Reading Passage II Dangers to the Environment


Part 2 Reading Passage I Problems ofOlder American
Reading Passage II Louis Pasteur


Unit Twelve
Part 1 ReadingPassageI HeartyBreakfasts
Reading Passage H Big Ben


Part 2 ReadingPassageI IncomeTax
ReadingPassageH Curds andWhey


Unit Thirteen
Part 1 Reading Passage I Greenwich Mean Time
Reading Passage H The Peoples ofBdtain


Part 2 ReadingPassageI LifeAroundOlympus
Reading Passage II Liberty and Peace


Unit Fourteen
Part 1 ReadingPassageI QueensDayinHolland
Reading Passage H Rome


Part 2 ReadingPassageI Money
Reading Passage II The Cost ofCivilization


Unit FIfteen
Part 1 ReadingPassageI TableManners
ReadingPassage H Paris


Part 2 Reading Passage I Chocolate：Everyones Favorite Sweet
Reading Passage H Fifteen Tons a Minute


Unit Sixteen
Part 1 ReadingPassageI WomensStatusHigherinNorthEuropethanSouth
ReadingPassageH ToSaltorN0ttoSalt?


Part 2 Reading Passage MagicPotionNotion
Reading Passage H Rub，Pour，Sprinkle，and Spray


Unit Seventeen
Part 1 Reading Passage I 111e Television Camera
Reading Passage II Geneva——Capital ofPeace


Part 2 ReadingPassageI TheBigCheese
ReadingPassageII AHumble‘Leader


Unit Eighteen
Part 1 Reading Passage I Tchaikovsky
ReadingPassageII AnExperion~0fWatching aBullfightinSFain


Part 2 Reading Passage I Refuse or Resource?
Reading Passage II Construction Queries?


Unit Nineteen
Part 1 Reading Passage I Bridges
Reading Passage II Samaranch the Olympic Patriarch


Part 2 Reading Passage I Paying for Protection
ReadingPassageII TheChristmasTreeandtheWedding


Unit Twenty
Part 1 Reading Passage I Some Rituals ofAmerican Marriage
Reading Passage II Ladies First，


Part 2 Reading Passage I Food Additives
ReadingPassageII IdahosFinest


Unit Twenty-One
Part l Reading Passage I Living a Long Life
ReadingPassage II Birthday Parties aadPotluckParties


Part 2 Reading Passage I Americas Architect
ReadingPassageII ANewRespectforDrags


Unit Twenty-Two
Part 1 Reading Passage I Forty Miners
Reading Passage II Disneyland


Part 2 Reading Passage I Starting a Small Business
Reading Passage II Rose Hips and Dandelions


Unit Twenty-Three
Part 1 Reading Passage I Christmas Songs
Reading Passage II“Die”or“Pass Away”


Part 2 ReadingPassageI LifeInsurance
Reading Passage II Handiwork of the Gods


Unit Twenty-Four
Part 1 ReadingPassageI TheNationalTrustinBntain
Reading Passage II Blue Monday and“Thank God Its Friday”


Part 2 ReadingPassageI CatsEyes
Reading Passage II A Symbol ofthe Free Spirit


Unit Twenty-Five
Part 1 ReadingPassage I Ballet
Reading Passage II Olympic Games


Part 2 ReadingPassageI Bears
Reading Passage II Artificial Reefs
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