CHAPTER 1 The American Dream美国梦

PART 1 Americans:A Nation of Immigrants美国：移民之国

Ellis Island埃利斯岛

America:The Multicultural Society 美国：多元文化社会

Preface 前言

目录“英语阅读文库”丛书总序

Reference Guide to Reading Strategies 阅读策略指南

导读

PART 2 Housing:A Roof over Ones Head住房：遮风挡雨的归宿

National Home Ownership 国家住房计划

Acknowledgements致谢

Dedication致意

Home 家

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CHAPTER 2 Money 金钱

PART 1 The Economy:Business-Show Me the Money!经济风云：商业企业——财源滚滚来！

Making Customers Come Back for More:How Starbucks Created a Brand on a Budget 抓住回头客：星巴克——精打细算创品牌

Ben a Jerrys:Caring Capitalism 本与杰利：关怀型资本主义

PART 2 Credit:Where Credit Is Due 信用:该还钱了

Giving Credit Where Debt Is Due 债务到期，用信用卡吧

Im No Credit to Their Industry 我可不信他们这个产业

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CHAPTER 3 Traditions 传统

PART 1 Traditions:Home for the Holidays 传统：节日的来源

Columbus Day 哥伦布节

Why I Love Thanksgiving 我为什么喜欢感恩节

PART 2 Food:Our Daily Bread 食品：我们的日常饮食

Cooking American 美国的烹调

Fast Food Becomes High Art in Ohio 俄亥俄州——快餐变艺术

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CHAPTER 4 People 国民

PART 1 Beauty:In the Eye of the Beholder 美：各持己见

Queen of the Universe 宇宙小姐

That Lean and Hungry Look 消瘦憔悴的脸

PART 2 Age:Only As Old As You Feel 年龄：全凭感觉

Bittersweet Farewell of a Grown-Up Child 向长不大的日子说再见

Central and Main 街心一刻

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CHAPTER 5 Geography 地理

PART 1 Regions:States of Mind 不同地区：恩想各异

An Age of Limits and Definitions 需要界定的年代

Boy in Search of Something 探索的男孩

PART 2 Lifestyles:Country Mice and City Mice 生活方式：城里人与乡下人

Fat Girls in Des Moines 得梅因的胖姑娘

The Land of Stories and Memories:Coney Island 充满传说和回忆的土地：科尼岛

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CHAPTER 6 Language 语言

PART 1 Trends:Ways with Words 潮流：语言发展之路

I Always Wanted to Say That 我一直都想那么说一次

Make Mine a Medium 给我一份中杯的

PART 2 Controversy:Fighting Words 争议：语言之争

Aria 独唱

Bilingual Education 双语教育

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CHAPTER 7 Virtues and Vices 美德与恶行

PART 1 Virtues:A Friend in Need 美德：患难之交

Love Thy Neighbor 爱你的邻居

Volunteer Angels 志愿者天使

PART 2 Vices:Bad Habits 恶行：坏习惯

How I QuitSmoking 戒烟记

Kicking Drugs:A Very Personal Story 远离毒品：我的亲身经历

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CHAPTER 8 Entertainment 娱乐

PART 1 Television:The Boob Tube 电视

Why You Watch What You Watch When You Watch 为什么看？看什么？什么时候看？

The Famsworth Chronicles 法恩斯沃斯家史

PART 2 Sports:Play Ball 运动：打球

Baseball 棒球

Friday Night at the Coliseum 周五晚上体育馆见

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CHAPTER 9 Technology 技术

PART 1 Computers:Making Connections 计算机：连接一切

Redefining Café Society:Online 重新定义咖啡馆——上网新去处

Why I Wont Buy a Computer 拒绝计算机

PART 2 Information:The More You Know 信息：越多越妤，还是越多越糟？

Cell Phones in the Wilderness 荒郊野外话手机

Letter from the President and Vice President in Announcement of White House Electronic Mail Address 总统来信

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CHAPTER 10 Popular Culture 流行文化

PART 1 All Decked Out 装扮一新

Dressing Down 风靡全球的牛仔裤

Dress Clothes 穿衣戴帽

PART 2 Icons:Larger than Life 偶像：重于泰山

Still the King:Interest Shows No sign of Waning 永远的王者：痴迷不减

What Makes Superman So Darned American? 超人为何如此美国化？

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Almanac 年鉴

1．Total Population of the States in the United States 美国各州人口总数

2．Population of the States in the United States by Ethnic Background 美国各民族人口数

3．Major Events in United States History 美国历史大事记

4．Weights and Measures,Temperatures(Celsius and Fahrenheit) 度量衡和温度（摄氏和华氏）

5．Immigration Patterns 1860 to Present 1860年至今的移民模式

6．ToP Ten Holiday Movies and Foods 最受欢迎的十大节日影片与食品排行榜

7．U.S.Legal or Public Holidays 美国的法定或公立假日

8．Slogans of the 50 States 美国50个州的口号

9．Popular Sports Movies 流行体育类电影

10．Irregular Past Tenses and Past Participles 不规则动词过去式与过去分词

11．Common Prefixes and Suffixes 常用前缀与后缀

Credits 版权致谢

Answer key 答案

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