英文美文选读

Part Ⅰ Poems

Unit1 Love/1

ReadingA Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?

ReadingB When You are Old

ReadingC Annabel Lee

ReadingD How Do I Love Thee?

Unit2 Life/13

ReadingA A Psalm of Life

ReadingB The Road Not Taken

ReadingC "Hope" is the Thing with Feathers

ReadingD I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

Unit3 Friendship/27

Reading A Love and Friendship

Reading B Break, Break, Break

Reading C No, Thank You, John

Reading D On Stella's Birth-Day, 1719

Unit4 Sorrow/39

Reading A Good-bye My Fancy!

Reading B Waving Goodbye

Reading C Farewell

Reading D When We Two Parted

Part Ⅱ Essays

Unit5 Youth/51

Reading A Youth

Reading B Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Reading C Advice to Youth

Reading D Your Life is Like a River

Unit6 Virtue/63

Reading A We are on a Journey / The Meaning of Life

Reading B Three Days to See (1)

Reading C The Handsome and the Deformed Legs

Reading D Three Days to See (2)

Unit7 Change/83

Reading A A Fable for Tomorrow

Reading B On Travel

Reading C On Doors

Reading D The Age of Thrills

Unit8 Solitude/99

Reading A Nature

Reading B Solitude

Reading C What I Have Lived For

Reading D Companion of Books

Part Ⅲ Speeches

Unit9 Honor/113

Reading A Gettysburg Address

Reading B I Have a Dream

Reading C The Tribute to Diana

Reading D 9/11 Speech

Unit10 Beginning/129

Reading A First Inaugural Address

Reading B First Inaugural Speech

Reading C First Inaugural Address

Reading D Inaugural Address

Unit11 Transition/149

Reading A Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish (1)

Reading B Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish (2)

Reading C Speech at Harvard Commencement (1)

Reading D Speech at Harvard Commencement (2)

Unit12 Acceptance/171

Reading A Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (1)

Reading B Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (2)

Reading C Kluge's Prize Acceptance Speech (1)

Reading D Kluge's Prize Acceptance Speech (2)

Keys For Reference/189

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