《21世紀高等學校規(guī)劃教材：大學英語人文閱讀名篇選讀》依據(jù)教育部頒布的《大學英語課程教學要求（2007修訂版）》編寫，旨在增強學生自主學習能力，寓學于快樂閱讀，提高綜合文化素養(yǎng)，以適應社會發(fā)展和國際交流的需要，閱讀名篇均選自于國內(nèi)外出版的人文名篇以及互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，為學生呈現(xiàn)地道、經(jīng)典的英語語料，使其在提高閱讀水平的同時，提升人文素養(yǎng)�！�21世紀高等學校規(guī)劃教材：大學英語人文閱讀名篇選讀》全書由希臘羅馬神話名篇選讀、圣經(jīng)名篇選讀、英美文化名篇選讀、其他文化名篇選讀四章、47篇中西方文化經(jīng)典閱讀材料組成，語料題材豐富，難易度適中，使學生樂讀、愛讀，讀有所成。本教材使用對象為高等院校非英語專業(yè)和英語專業(yè)基礎階段學生、研究生及英語愛好者。
Chapter One Greek and Roman Myths
Introduction
1.The Birth of the Twelve Olympian Gods
2.Prometheus and Pandora
3.Apollo and Daphne
4.Athena
5.Oedipus （1）
6.Oedipus （2）
7.Heracles
8.The Trojan War （1）
9.The Trojan War （2）
10.The Trojan War （3）
11.Echo and Narcissus
Chapter Two The Bible
Introduction
Part 1 The Old Testament
1.The Creation of the World
2.Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden
3.Noah's Ark
4.The Tower of Babel
5.Moses
6.Finding Shelter in Egypt
7.The Trials of Job
Part 2 The New Testament
1.The Birth of the Messiah
2.The Visit of the Wise Men
3.Journey to Egypt
4.John the Baptist Baptizes Jesus
5.The Temptation in the Wilderness
6.The Last Supper
7.The Crucifixion
8.The Resurrection
9.The Ascent into Heaven
Chapter Three British and American Classic Stories
1.The Most Important Day in My life
2.How to Grow Old
3.The Handsome and Deformed Leg
4.Finding the Spirit of Christmas： A Gift of Dreams
5.The Lady， or the Tiger
6.The Date Father Didn't Keep
7.Cat in the Rain
8.Mrs.Packletide's Tiger
9.The Five Boons of Life
10.Pride and Prejudice （Excerpts）
Chapter Four Classic Readings from Other Cultures
1.Pan Gu Separates the Sky from the Earth
2.Nu Wa Makes Men and Mends the Sky
3.The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains
4.The Ten Chinese Suns
5.Cowherd and Waving Girl
6.The Wild Swans
7.The Tale ofAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
8.The Tale ofAla al-Din and the Wonderful Lamp
9.The Frog-king
10.The Fisherman and His Wife
References
Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death. In the young there is a justification for thisfeeling. Young men who have reason to fear that they willbe killed in battle may justifiably feel bitterin the thought that they have been cheated of the best things that life has to offer. But in an old manwho has known human joys and sorrows， and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do， thefear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble. The best way to overcome it-so at least it seems tome - is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal， until bit by bit the walls of theego recede， and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life. An individual humanexistence should be like a river - small at first， narrowly contained within its banks， and rushingpassionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider， the banks recede， thewaters flow more quietly， and in the end， without any visible break， they become merged inthe sea，and painlessly lose their individual being. The man who， in old age， can see his life in this way， willnot suffer from the fear of death， since the things he cares for wili continue. And~ if， with the decayof vitality， weariness increases， the thought of rest will not be unwelcome. I should wish to die whilestill at work， knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do and content in the thought thatwhat was possible has been done.
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