目錄
Part One
魅力演講
1 Queen Elizabeth’s Address to the United Kingdom
on Coronavirus Outbreak 002
?伊麗莎白女王致英國人民的抗疫演講
2 Paid Parental Leave Is About Creating Freedom
to Define Roles 008
?父母均應享有帶薪育嬰假
3 Be a Builder 013
成為一位建設者
4 Imagine the Possibilities When We Remove Imbalance 019
消除不公平的可能性
5 Inaugural Address by President Joseph Biden 024
拜登總統(tǒng)就職演講
6 Finding Gratitude and Appreciation Is Key to
Resilience 029
?常懷感激之情是磨煉韌性的關鍵
7 Follow Your Intuition 035
追隨自己的直覺
8 The Value of a College Degree 040
大學教育的價值
9 Good-Bye and Good Luck! 046
再見,祝你好運!
Part Two
名篇佳作
1 Little Women 054
小婦人
2 Wuthering Heights 060
呼嘯山莊
3 On Meeting the Celebrated 066
論見名人
4 Three Days to See 071
假如給我三天光明
5 Advice to Youth 077
致青年的忠告
6 The World as I See It 084
我的世界觀
7 Companionship of Books 091
以書為伴
8 Pride and Prejudice 096
傲慢與偏見
Part Three
時文精選
1 Many of Us May Soon Be Wearing the “Iron Man”
Body Armour 104
“鋼鐵俠”的鎧甲或將走進大眾生活
2 Revenge Bedtime Procrastination 110
報復性睡前拖延癥
3 Meet South Korea’s “Kangaroo Tribe” 116
走近韓國“袋鼠族”
4 The Rise of Solo Living 121
獨居時代的崛起
5 Glad to Be Grey 127
樂意變老
Part Four
美文賞析
1 All This I Did Without You 134
過往一切,無你共度
2 Happiness Should Not Be Ultimate Goal of Life 140
幸福不應是人生的終極目標
3 What I Learned from the Homeless Man Under
the Bridge 145
????無家可歸人士讓我領悟到的道理
4 Reading Book Is Like Loving a Person 150
讀書如戀愛
5 Six Famous Words 156
六字名言
6 Enthusiasm 162
熱情
7 When “Good Enough” Is Better than “Perfect” 169
當“夠好”勝過“完美”時
8 The Power of Imagination 175
想象的力量
Part Five
哲理故事
1 A Blank Question Paper 182
無題考卷
2 All the Difference in the World 187
世界因你而不同
3 I’m Proud of You 192
我為你驕傲
4 To Win at Marriage, Learn to Lose 197
學會認輸,贏得婚姻
5 An Invisible Smile 204
看不見的微笑
6 Our Pursuit of Happiness 210
追求幸福
7 You’ll Never Regret It 217
永不后悔
Part Six
真題回顧
1 Is It Possible to Work 20-hour Days? 224
20小時工作制可行嗎?
2 Organic Agriculture Is Key to Helping Feed the
World Sustainably 230
有機農業(yè)是世界可持續(xù)糧食供應的關鍵
3 The Obesity Crisis vs. Public Health Interventions 237
英國的肥胖危機與公共衛(wèi)生干預
4 Australia’s Marine Plans 243
澳大利亞海洋計劃
5 Slow Art 249
慢藝術
6 Lie 255
撒謊
7 Preparing for “The Big One” 261
“大地震”逃生演習
8 Attitude Can Be a Powerful Mental Tool 267
態(tài)度可以成為強大的心理工具
9 School Trips Should Be Open to All 273
研學旅行應對所有學生開放
10?AI Will Be “Either Best or Worst Thing” for Humanity 279
?AI能毀滅世界,亦能造福人類
11? Indifferent Relationships 285
? 冷漠關系
12 ?The Last Things That Will Make Us Uniquely Human 291
?使人類獨特的最后陣地
297
附錄A
大學英語六級詞匯表 297