大学英语精读文本1-6册(txt下载) 分节阅读 13(2/2)
callonthetelephone
underone'sbreath
inawhisper
rightoff
atonce;immediately
bethrough
havereachedtheendof;befinishedwith;bedonewith
runacross
findormeetbychance
lookup
searchfor,huntinformationaboutinadictionary
surgeup
riseupinawave
hungerup
riseupinawave
nothinglessthan
nothingshortof
beyondone'sreach
notcapableofbeinghadorgotto
ProperNames
RichardWright
理查德.赖特
Memphis
孟菲斯
CommercialAppeal
《商业呼声报》
门肯
Don
唐
ABookofPrefaces
《序言集》
Prejudices
《偏见》
SinclairLewis
辛克莱.刘易斯
MainStreet
《大街》
Gerald
杰拉尔德
乔治.巴比特
Dreiser
德莱塞
JennieGerhardt
珍尼.格哈特
SisterCarrie
《嘉莉妹妹》
UnitFive
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Ifmodernlifeissowonderful,whydowefeelsounhappy?Inthefollowingarticle,theauthorsuggeststhatthoughlivingstandardshaveimproved,we,ratherthanfeelingcontent,,
HOWCOULDANYTHINGTHAT
FEELSSOBADBESOGOOD?
Maybeitistimetoadoptanewstrategyintryingtofigureoutwhylifetodayissodifficult,,,
Peoplearediscontentedthesedays,forexample,notbecausethingsareworsethanever,----thattheinstitutionofmarriageisinastateofcollapse--;soappealinginfact,
,thefamilyhasbeenavitalunitforsurvival,startingasadefensesystemforphysicalsurvival,,ofcourse,,asasociety,thebasicsurvivalandsecurityneeds,peoplesimplydon'tneedeachotheranymoretofightIndiansorspinyarn--,'