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。
宋平明 北京新东方学校国内考试主讲明星教师，从事一线教学工作近十年。已出版国内国外考试图书近20部。国内国外考试教学研究专家，词汇教学研究专家，教育培训管理专家。授课风格激情幽默，授课态度严谨认真，授课效果卓著，已教授十数万学员，深得广大学子喜爱。
目录
Part One成长教育
Unit 1/00Excellence Is Not An Act,
But A Habit卓越仅仅是一个习惯
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 5/0Youre 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没有人可以完美无缺
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最重要的教养之道：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金砖国家谋求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 HorseHair 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小国家，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/Dont 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/Fathers 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/Childrens 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 Mothers Love母爱的价值
Unit 16/The Color Of Love爱到最高点，心中无国界
Unit 17/World Of Smiles充满微笑的世界
Unit 18/Its 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 Womans 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 Cant 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/AutumnThe 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有那么一天
Unit 19/Excuse借口
Unit 20/If
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