《文学与文化读本》是一套以英语经典文学原著为主要内容，使学生从进入大学伊始就可接触到英语世界文化的系列教材。本套教材是根据不同年级学生的英语水平和兴趣点选编的，不分文学流派、不分时间先后地选择了多个国家、多种文学题材和体裁的作品。所有作品都是未给简写的原作，由浅入深，循序渐进，旨在让学生从一开始就阅读和欣赏原汁原味的经典著作，养成阅读原著的兴趣与习惯。

本书是第一册。

Preface

Unit One

 Section A Focus Reading

The Emperor's New Clothes By Hans Christian A ndersen

 Section B Supplementary Reading

Ⅰ The Ugly Duckling

Ⅱ Pearls of Wisdom

 Section C Suggested Reading

Unit Two

 Section A Focus Reading

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Excerpt) By Mark Twain

 Section B Supplementary Reading , Life on the Mississippi (Excerpt)

 Section C Suggested Reading and Viewing

Unit Three

 Section A Focus Reading

The Last Leaf By O. Henry

 Section B Supplementary Reading

  The Cop and the Anthem

 Section C Suggested Reading

Unit Four

 Section A Focus Reading

The Necklace By Guy de Maupassant

 Section B Supplementary Reading

Ⅰ Aesop's Fables (Excerpt)

Ⅱ Pearls of Wisdom

Ⅲ A Joke

 Section C Suggested Reading

Unit Five

 Section A Focus Reading

 The Prophet (Excerpt) By Kahlil Gibran

 Section B Supplementary Reading

Ⅰ 论友谊

Ⅱ A story of a Friend

Ⅲ Songs from Tears and Laughter

Ⅳ Pearlsof Wisdom

 Section C Suggested Reading

Unit Six

 Section A Focus Reading

  Pride and Prejudice (Excerpt) By Jane A usten

 Section B Supplementary Reading

Ⅰ Pride and Prejudice (Excerpt)

Ⅱ Two Jokes ,

 Section C Suggested Reading and Viewing

Unit Seven

 Section A Focus Reading

 Genesis (Excerpt)

 Section B Supplementary Reading

Ⅰ The Creator

Ⅱ Pearls of Wisdom

Ⅲ Four Jokes

 Section C Suggested Reading and Viewing

Unit Eight

 Section A Focus Reading

  The Handsome and Deformed Leg By Benjamin Franklin

 Section B Supplementary Reading

Ⅰ The Ambitious Violet

Ⅱ As Poor Richard Says

Ⅲ Moral Perfection

Ⅳ Pearls of Wisdom

 Section C Suggested Reading

Unit Nine

 Section A Focus Reading

 The Unhappy American Way By Bertrand Russell

 Section B Supplementary Reading

Ⅰ What I Have Lived For

Ⅱ The Prophet (Excerpt)

Ⅲ Three American Vices

Ⅳ The Five Boons of Life

Ⅴ All Good Things Must End

 Section C Suggested Reading

Unit Ten

 Section A Focus Reading

  The Wisdom of Socrates--Excerpt from Apology By Plato

 Section B Supplementary Reading

I Wisdom and I

Ⅱ Apology (Excerpt)

Ⅲ The Three Hermits

Ⅳ Pearls of Wisdom

 Section C Suggested Reading

References

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