本书是英语专业本科阶段精读课经典教材。课文全部选自原文，内容、题材力求多样化，语言规范，并有一定的难度。练习旨在提高学生的独立工作能力、阅读欣赏能力和写作能力。
目录
Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Lesson 2 Marrakech George Orwell
Lesson 3 Pub Talk and the King's English Henry Fairlie
Lesson 4 Inaugural Address John E Kenned），
Lesson 5 Love Is a Fallacy Max Shulman
Lesson 6 Disappearing Through the Skylight.
Lesson 7 The Libido for the Ugly Henry L. Mencken
Lesson 8 The Worker as Creator or Machine Erich Fromm
Lesson 9 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Lesson 10 The SadYoung Men
Lesson 11 The Future of the English John B. Priestley
Lesson 12 The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American...
Lesson 13 In Favor of Capital Punishment Jacques Barzun
Lesson 14 Loving and Hating New York Thomas Gri~th
List of Suggested Reference Books
前言
