大英2级口语reading_aloud.docVIP

Reading Aloud Unit 1 Active Reading 1 In the 1960s, Californias colleges and universities had transformed the state into the worlds seventh largest economy. However, Berkeley, the University of Californias main campus, was also well-known for its student demonstrations and strikes, and its atmosphere of political radicalism. When Ronald Reagan ran for office as governor of California in 1966, he asked if Californians would allow a great university to be brought to its knees by a noisy, dissident minority. The liberals replied that it was the ability to tolerate noisy, dissident minorities which made universities great. Unit 1 Active Reading 2 At college, we sign petitions, join organizations, sign up for mailing lists, wear our Live Strong bracelets, and watch Live Aid and Live Earth on the television – go to the concerts even, if we can get the tickets. But what do we stand for? Like a true postmodern generation, we have no way to describe our political commitment, we have no inspirational characters, we have no philosophy, we have no direction or theme. Were only defined by what came before us, were the generation of the Che Guevara T-shirt. Unit 2 Active Reading 1 Developmental psychologists have found that infants feel sympathetic distress even before they fully realize that they exist apart from other people. Even a few months after birth, infants react to a disturbance in those around them as though it were their own, crying when they see another childs tears. Unit 2 Active Reading 2 I love it when my friends introduce me to new people, although I never let on. I love the proud and honorable expression they wear when they say This is Sandy – shes deaf, as if I were evidence of their benevolence. I also love the split-second shocked expression on the new people, the hasty smiles and their best imitations of what they think of as their normal faces. Unit 3 Active Reading 1 Since 2003, identity theft has become incr