作为新东方主讲明星教师,本书作者一直密切关注大学英语四级考试规律并潜心研究英语水平综合提升的技巧。本书精选了与CET4难度、长度相似的各类文章120篇,按成长教育、财富金融、异域风采、涓涓真情、灵智心语分为5个部分,着重分析了重难点词汇、词组、长难句和译文,并附赠名言警句,可供大家在闲暇时学习、模仿及参考。

Part One成长教育
Unit 1/00Excellence Is Not An Act,
But A Habit**仅仅是一个习惯

Unit 2/00Rich Dad, Poor Dad富爸爸,穷爸爸

Unit 3/00Healthy Diet Means Better School
Performance孩子饮食健康 学习成绩优异

Unit 4/0Feed Your Mind别让你的脑子挨饿

Unit 5/0Youre Not Special你并不特别

Unit 6/0Unhappier Marriages For
Kids of Divorce?第二婚姻中的孩子都是
不幸的吗?

Unit 7/0No One Can Be Perfect没有人可以**无缺

Unit 8/0What Is The Equation For A
Happy, Healthy Teen?青少年怎样才能更健康幸福

Unit 9/0The Language Of Music音乐的语言

Unit 10/0Learning:A Lifelong Career学习:一生的事业

Unit 11/0Ten Golden Rules To Young
People From Bill Gates比尔·盖茨致青年的
黄金准则

Unit 12/0Knowledge And Virtue知识与美德

Unit 13/0Great Expense On Private
Tutors By Asian Parents亚洲家长不惜掷重金请家教

Unit 14/0Moms Pass On Experience
Without Even Trying母亲的经验可“自动”
传给子女

Unit 15/0Children From Poor Families
Are More Likely To Eat Junk
Food来自贫困家庭的孩子更易
倾向于吃垃圾食品

Unit 16/0If I Rest, I Rust如果我休息,我就会生锈

Unit 17/0Top Parenting Info:
Be Consistent*重要的教养之道:坚定

Unit 18/0Three Days To See假如给我三天光明

Part Two财富金融



Unit 1/0No Global Recession But
Risks Rise全球经济并未衰退 但风险
增加

Unit 2/0The US Dollar Will Lose
Dominance By 20252025年:美元不再独霸?

Unit 3/0$7.5 Million:The Threshold
For "Rich"美国富翁:身家至少750万美元
才算富

Unit 4/0A Third Of British Can Never
Pay Back1/3英国人终生无法偿清债务

Unit 5/0The Rich Grew Richer After
The Global Recession金融危机后富人更富

Unit 6/0The “Herding Effect” Makes
Bargain Hunters Sign Up
To Groupon“羊群效应”促进团购
成功

Unit 7/0The Problems Brought To
Singapore By Foreign Wealthy富豪太多也让政府头疼

Unit 8/0All For One And One For All共同基金大不同

Unit 9/0Learn How To Manage Money学理财

Unit 10/0Eat The Rich?仇富?

Unit 11/0Friends Relationship May
Cost You In Business和朋友一起做生意会影响
成功几率

Unit 12/0How To Come Up With A
Good Brand Name如何给品牌取名

Unit 13/0Asian, New National Interest美国人看好亚洲

Unit 14/BRICS Bid For More
Say In IMF金砖**谋求IMF更大
话语权

Part Three异域风采



Unit 1/Loving France法兰西之恋

Unit 2/Elysee Palace法国爱丽舍宫

Unit 3/Converting Taxi Into A Hotel伦敦出租车变身特色旅馆

Unit 4/British Pub Etiquette英国的酒吧礼仪

Unit 5/Serving A Sunday Feast英国的周日大餐

Unit 6/A White HorseHair Wig In Court英国法官白色马尾假发
是做什么的

Unit 7/Freshers Week In UK英国大学新生周

Unit 8/Happy Fourth Of July!美国,生日快乐!

Unit 9/American Superstitions美国迷信

Unit 10/Customer Service美式顾客服务

Unit 11/Raising Children In America育儿在美国

Unit 12/Venetian Vacation威尼斯之旅

Unit 13/Do As The Romans Did?巨蛋始祖:罗马竞技场

Unit 14/Bhutan: Hidden Lands Of
Happiness不丹:幸福的秘境

Unit 15/A Little Country With Pretty小**,大美丽

Unit 16/Neanderthals Were
Sophisticated尼安德特人的智慧

Unit 17/Chinese Etiquette中国礼节

Unit 18/How Neanderthals Fought
Disease穴居人怎样抵抗疾病

Unit 19/Dont Be An April Fool!整人有理,只在愚人节!

Unit 20/What Is Christmas About?圣诞节的那些事?

Unit 21/The Origin Of Christmas圣诞起源

Unit 22/Father’s Day父亲节的来历

Unit 23/Greek Island Shows Signs
Of Volcanic Unrest希腊岛屿显示火山
活动迹象

Unit 24/Gentle Butterfly Battle绅士的蝴蝶
Part Four涓涓真情

Unit 1/Please Do Not Snuff Out
The Candle别让蜡烛熄灭

Unit 2/Juliette Drouet To Victor Hugo朱丽叶·德鲁埃致
维克多·雨果

Unit 3/The Nails And The Fence钉子和篱笆

Unit 4/George Washington To His Wife华盛顿致妻子的信

Unit 5/Shelley To Elizabeth Hitchhiker雪莱致伊丽莎白·西琴勒

Unit 6/Napoleon To Josephine拿破仑致约瑟芬

Unit 7/Wise Enough To See the Little
Surprise In Life瞬间之美

Unit 8/Children’s Presents孩子的礼物

Unit 9/Give But Do Not Expect In Love真爱,零期待

Unit 10/Bettine Brentano To Goethe贝停·布伦塔诺致歌德

Unit 11/A Box Full Of Kisses装满吻的匣子

Unit 12/Wild Flowers野花:美经不起蹉跎

Unit 13/Back Home回家

Unit 14/Roses For Rose来自天堂的玫瑰

Unit 15/The Value Of Mother’s Love母爱的价值

Unit 16/The Color Of Love爱到* 高点,心中无国界

Unit 17/World Of Smiles充满微笑的世界

Unit 18/Its Just Where I Am让爱停留

Unit 19/Love Is Everything有爱就有了一切

Unit 20/Running In The Rain雨中奔跑

Unit 21/One Girl Changed My Life一位女孩改变了我的生活

Unit 22/A Woman’s Tears柔弱的眼泪,坚强的心

Unit 23/Send The Peace Of Goodness
To Others向他人传递和平的“波纹”

Unit 24/You Can’t Be Replaced今生只有你不可取代

Part Five灵智心语
Unit 1/The Art Of Forgiveness宽恕的艺术

Unit 2/I Want! I Do! I Get!我想!我做!我得到!

Unit 3/On Motes And Beams微尘与栋梁

Unit 4/Persistence Pays苦尽甘来


Unit 5/Just For Today就为了今天

Unit 6/If I Had My Life To Live Over...如果有来生

Unit 7/The Road Of Life生活之路

Unit 8/Get A Thorough Understanding
Of Oneself要悟透自己 就是正确认识自己



Unit 9/People In Your Life你生活中的人们

Unit 10/No Pain No Success不经历风雨怎么见彩虹

Unit 11/The Love Of Beauty爱美

Unit 12/It Matters To This One对这只来说有意义

Unit 13/Catch The Star That Will
Take You To Your Dreams追随你的梦想

Unit 14/Autumn—The Harvest Season秋天——收获的季节

Unit 15/Youth青春

Unit 16/You Have Only One Life生命只有一次

Unit 17/Ambition抱负

Unit 18/There Is One Day有那么**

Unit 19/Excuse借口

Unit 20/If I Were A Boy Again假如我又回到了童年

Unit 21/My Love我的爱

Unit 22/What Will Matter?何为重要?

Unit 23/Future Can Be Anything将来一切皆有可能

Unit 24/Wisdom In Lose And Get运用智慧,适时舍得

Unit 25/Random Thoughts On
The Window窗

Unit 26/Never Give Up永不放弃

Unit 27/Enjoy Loneliness享受孤独

Unit 28/Home On The Way旅人的家

Unit 29/Air And Opportunity机会如空气,请善待机会

Unit 30/Love Your Life热爱生活

Unit 31/What I Have Lived For我为何而生

Unit 32/Companionship Of Books以书为伴

Unit 33/Have Faith, And Expect
The Best心怀信念,并追求**

Unit 34/Try To Enjoy Every Moment
Of Your Life享受世间苦乐悲喜

Unit 35/It All Depends On What
Youre Listening for你能听到什么取决于
你认为什么*重要

Unit 36/The Secret To Success成功需要一点儿失败

Unit 37/Who You Met In The Those
Beautiful Moments在人生*美的时候你
遇见了谁

Unit 38/Lifes A Cafeteria生活就像自助餐

Unit 39/Hope Is Right There Above
Your Head抬起头来,希望就在眼前

Unit 40/Gifts From The Heart来自内心的礼物