大学英语阅读教程Reading 4

New words

Illustrations [印刷] 插图；插画（illustration的复数）

Polio n. 小儿麻痹症（等于poliomyelitis）；脊髓灰质炎

Floppy adj. 松软的；叭嗒叭嗒响的；懒散的，邋遢的

Inauguration n. 就职典礼；开始，开创；开幕式

Algae . [植] 藻类；[植] 海藻

Epidemic adj. 流行的；传染性的 n. 传染病；流行病；风尚等的流行

Maze n. 迷宫；迷惑；糊涂 vt. 迷失；使混乱；使困惑

Ozone n. [化学] 臭氧；新鲜的空气

Beverage n. 饮料

tortillas n. 墨西哥玉米粉圆饼（tortilla的复数

Exercise 1

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Main Idea:E-mail (electronic mail) has several important advantages.

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The main it take little time to send and receive message.

Another it is cheap to send a message by E-mail.

In addition you don’t have to worry about the time difference.

Last it allows you to send a single message to many people at the same time 2、

Main Idea:Communicating by e-mail becoming increasingly popular for many reasons.

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First people who do not like to use the telephone like to use e-mail. Second it is useful for sending suggestions or requests.

Furthermore e-mail message are uniform.

In addition they do not give away the sender’s feelings or emotional condition 3、

Main Idea:An advertising executive recently described the many ways that e-mail helps her do her job.

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First she uses e-mail for communicating with her employees.

In addition her employees no longer have to do all of their work in the office And when the advertising company wants to contact a large number of

clients,a single e-mail message is sent to them.

Exercise 2

1、

Main Idea:Iceland is not a place for the ordinary tourist.

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The landscape the landscape is bare and strang.

The far northern climate the winter weather is severe,summer is short and cool,with strong wind The Remote location the Remote location means many products are expensive.

2、

Main Idea:there are a number of ways to make life more comfortable.

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For example you can try to keep your home as cool as possible.

Also it is important to keep yourself cool.

And finally you should try to stay calm and relaxed.

Exercise 3

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Main Idea: Franklin D·Roosevelt served his country for most of his life.

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January 30,1882 he was...

1903 he began his studies at Harvard.

1905 he married Eleanor Roosevelt

During they had six children

After he serred in the New York State Senate.

1921 Mr.Roosevelt worked in Washington as Secretary of the Navy. At that time he become very ill with polio and lost the use of his legs.

In 1928 Mr.Roosevelt ran for governor of New York.

After he serred two terms as governor.

In 1933 he was elected to the presidency in 1933.

April 12,1945 president Roosevelt died in office on April 12,1945 .

B

Main Idea:using a digital camera and a computer is an easy and enjoyable way to get good photographs.

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First install the .....

Then take some picture

After that connect your camera to the computer

Next open the program on the computer and save the picture

At this point edit them as desired

Then save the edited photos

Finally print them

Exercise 4

1、

Main Idea:as Maya Angelou ,an African--American author,was growing up,she learned about abuse and hate,but also about love and support.

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1929 she was born in Long Beach ,California

Three years old her parents separated

Eight years old Maya was abused by her mother’s boyfriend

Then she and her brother went to live with her grandmother

During her youth she also discovered her love of literature

In 1945 Maya graduated from a high school in San Francisco

A few months later she had a baby son

In later year Maya included all of these experiences in her novels,poems

In 1993 she was invited to write the official poem for the inauguration of President Bill Clinton

2、

Main Idea:Spike lee an African--American film director,is one of the most noted people in his field.

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In 1957 he was born in Atlanta Georgia

Two years old his family moved to Brooklyn,New York

As a youngster his interest in movies began

After graduating he studies filmmaking at New York University from Morehouse

Colleges

Soon after that he made his first feature film,she’s gonna have it

Since he has written ,produced,directed,more than fifteen films

Exercise 5

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Exercise 6

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