中学英语拓展阅读丛书

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1 A Benjamin Banneker： Man of Many Talents

1 B The Education of Free Blacks in Post-Revolutionary War Boston

2 A Experiencing the Gold Rush

2 B Entrepreneurs of the Gold Rush

3 ALives of the Shakers

3 B Mother Ann Lee

4 A These Walls Can Talk

4 B How to Carry Out a Public Mural Project

5 A What Happens to Tax Dollars?

5 B How to File a Federal Income Tax Return

6 A The Battle of Britain

6 B Life During the Blitz

7 A Law and Order on the Electronic Frontier

7 B Virginia Shea： The "Miss Manners" of the Internet

8 A Pioneers in Womens Rights

8 B Juana Ines de la Cruz， Womens Rights Advocate

9 A Educating Safe Drivers

9 B Cell Phones and Driving

10 A Why Did the Ancient Maya Abandon Their Cities?

10 B Remnants of the Past

11 A Harvest Festivals from Many Cultures

11 B Was It Really the "First Thanksgiving"?

12 AMorocco： Past and Present

12 B The Journeys of Ibn Battuta

13 A"Reading" Textiles to Reveal the Past

13 B Elizabeth Barber， Textile Archaeologist

14 A Careers in the Museum Industry

14 B Becoming a Museum Volunteer

15 A The Russian Revolution of 1917

15 B The Theory of Communism

16 AHands-Off Policies of Calvin Coolidge

16 B The Stock Market Crash of 1929

17 A The Santa Fe Trail and the Opening of the Southwest

17 B Tejanos

18 A Let the Play Begin!

18 B The Fearless Comedy of Aristophanes

19 A Bicycle Use Around the World

19 B Military Uses of the Bicycle in World War II

20 A The Conquests of Hernando Cortes

20 B The Mexican Flag and Its Symbolism

21 A Crossing the Threshold

21 B Happy Birthday， Sweet Fifteen!

22 A Gullah： An Endangered Culture

22 B A Language Born of Need

23 A Competition for Water in the American West

23 B The Designer of Los Angeless Water Supply

24 A The Presidents Cabinet

24 B Janet Reno： First Woman to Become U.S. Attorney General

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