课程简介
第四册涵盖了文化、经济、哲学、艺术、体育、政治、美学、心理学、社会学、教育学、伦理学、天文学等三十多个学科门类，语言文字精美独到，句型结构复杂多变而又不失简洁酣畅。同时诸多文章里蕴涵着深厚的哲思、美学及西方文化中独特的思维方式，这使得该册教材成为每一位欲真正掌握英语语言精华的学习者不可多得、 不可不学的教材。外教将与你共同体味其中的奥妙。完全掌握后，可参加雅思托福GRE等考试。
课程提纲
- Part 1
- Unit 1 Instructions to the student
- Lesson 1 Finding fossil man发现化石人
- Lesson 2 Spare that spider不要伤害蜘蛛
- Lesson 3 Matterhorn man马特霍恩山区人
- Lesson 4 Seeing hands能看见东西的手
- Lesson 5 Youth青年
- Lesson 6 The sporting spirit体育的精神
- Lesson 7 Bats蝙蝠
- Lesson 8 Trading standards贸易标准
- Unit 2 Instructions to the student
- Lesson 9 Royal espionage王室谍报活动
- Lesson 10 Silicon valley硅谷
- Lesson 11 How to grow old如何安度晚年
- Lesson 12 Banks and their customers银行和顾客
- Lesson 13 The search for oil探寻石油
- Lesson 14 The Butterfly Effect蝴蝶效应
- Lesson 15 Secrecy in industry工业中的秘密
- Lesson 16 The modern city现代城市
- Unit 3 Instructions to the student
- Lesson 17 A man-made disease人为的疾病
- Lesson 18 Porpoises海豚
- Lesson 19 The stuff of dreams话说梦的本质
- Lesson 20 Snake poison蛇毒
- Lesson 21 Williams S．Hart and the early‘Western’film威廉•S．哈特和早期的“西部”影片
- Lesson 22 Knowledge and progress知识和进步
- Lesson 23 Bird flight鸟的飞行方法
- Lesson 24 Beauty美
- Part 2
- Unit 4 Instructions to the student
- Lesson 25 Non-auditory effects of noise噪音的非听觉效应
- Lesson 26 The past life of the earth地球上的昔日生命
- Lesson 27 The‘Vasa’“瓦萨”号
- Lesson 28 Patients and doctors病人与医生
- Lesson 29 The hovercraft气垫船
- Lesson 30 Exploring the sea．floor海底勘探
- Lesson 31 The sculptor speaks雕塑家的语言
- Lesson 32 Galileo reborn伽利略的复生
- Unit 5 Instructions to the student
- Lesson 33 Education教育
- Lesson 34 Adolescence青春期
- Lesson 35 Space odyssey太空探索
- Lesson 36 The cost of government政府的开支
- Lesson 37 The process of ageing衰老过程
- Lesson 38 Water and the traveller水和旅行者
- Lesson 39 What every writer wants作家之所需
- Lesson 40 Waves海浪
- Unit 6 Instructions to the student
- Lesson 41 Training elephants训练大象
- Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake记录地震
- Lesson 43 Are there strangers in space?宇宙中有外星人吗?
- Lesson 44 Patterns of culture文化的模式
- Lesson 45 Of men and galaxies人和星系
- Lesson 46 Hobbies业余爱好
- Lesson 47 The great escape大逃亡
- Lesson 48 Planning a share portfolio规划股份投资
- Appendix 1：Personal names附录1：人名中英文对照表
- Appendix 2：Geographical names附录2：地名中英文对照表