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    《世界经典英语课文选读》全套共14级，每级分上、下两册，本书为第9级上册。
    本书精选百年世界原版教材中思想、内容、语言俱佳的经典课文篇目；对标英语能力等级量表和课程标准编排，内容循序渐进，难度逐级递增；穿插导读、注释、词汇、读后任务、阅读策略、参考答案等辅助模块；提供高质量的学习资源，发展语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力。

Unit 1  Learning and Living
  Text 1  Discussion: Single-sex Schools vs. Mixed Schools
  Text 2  Doing Schoolwork in Your Pyjamas
  Text 3  What to Do with a Learning Disability
  Text 4  Why Do We Build Strange Places?
  Text 5  What's Good About a Messy Bedroom?
  Text 6  Many Parents Lack Skills to Help with Homework
Unit 2  Discovery and Inventions
  Text 1  Like Father, like Son? Perhaps Not...
  Text 2  The Amazing Human Body
  Text 3  The Time Machine
  Text 4  What's New?
  Text 5  Hands on the Wheel
  Text 6  Science Fiction or Science Fact?
Unit 3  Adventures and Wonders
  Text 1  My London Adventure
  Text 2  Julie's Blog: Backpacking Round South America
  Text 3  Four-legged Heroes: Animals with Amazing Abilities
  Text 4  Extract from EVA 23: Exploring the Frontier
  Text 5  My Dream Destination
  Text 6  Tobermory
Unit 4  Experience and Growth
  Text 1  Try to Be the Only One
  Text 2  Extract from Wonder
  Text 3  Digging for the Past
  Text 4  Richard Turere: Inventor
  Text 5  An Artist in the Arctic
  Text 6  Mary Shelly and Frankenstein's Monster
Unit 5  History and Culture
  Text 1  A Love Poem in Stone
  Text 2  The Spartan Training
  Text 3  The Greek People
  Text 4  The Silk Road
  Text 5  Festivals Around the Year
  Text 6  The Most Popular Drink in Britain
Unit 6  Media and Entertainment
  Text 1  Who's Who Online?
  Text 2  The Companionship of Books
  Text 3  The Pros and Cons of the Media
  Text 4  Video Games for Kids: Win or Lose?
  Text 5  A Good Night's Sleep
  Text 6  Someone's Always Watching You Online...
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