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1、 Unit1 reading2 if you ask meThis is an informal and personalized account of an economic graduate who gets a job in a pub for a year and then has an opportunity to be successful (a lucky break). Since her family cant support her to further study, she has to work. She has financial problems and feels
2、 lonely. She tells her troubles to Tony, a regular customer of the pub, who talks to some friends and gets her a loan to set up a business. With this help she has her masters degree and her own company. however, unluckliy,Tony is disabled after an accident and needs the repayment of the loan to adap
3、t his house for his disability. She pay back Tonys help, and Tony thinks that investing in people gives the best return you can ever hope for.Unit2 reading1Reading is a life-changing activity. It helps us enter a new world and liberate us from the real world we come from; it stimulates our emotions
4、and allows us enjoy and celebrate the variety and difference from books; it aids us to get out of confusion in a material world and to discover the real meaning of the life. Simply put, books are supremely influential in the way we live. Homerun book might be the answer for the book that everyone sh
5、ould read. It describes the first reading experience that induces such pleasure and satisfaction that you cannot put it down and it may range from the classics to the most recent. Everyone is looking for their own homerun books. And what is yours? Unit2 reading2Henry Miller depicts the struggle he m
6、ade to obtain books when he was young, and then introduces the reason that makes a book live-that is, the enthusiastic recommendation of one reader to another. In his eyes, books are one of the few things men cherished deeply, but if you lend it to others, it makes friends for you. He continues to s
7、uggest that the vast majority of books repeat what others say, so read as little as possible. He then advices such a way to test his suggestion-that is, leave a book alone, but think as intensely as possible and if you decide to read, observe with what extraordinary acumen you read it and realize th
8、at very little of the books is really new to you.Unit3 reading1Between 1960 and 2010, there are two constant factors:the ubiquitous jeans and the rise and fall of hemlines for womens skirts and dresses.Jeans were invented by Levi Strauss in the mid-19th century in America. But it soon became popular
9、 among young people. In late 1950s, it export to Europe and Asia. The most important development in fashion in the1960s was the miniskirt invented by Mary, Quant.Hemlines were related to the economy. Whenever the economic outlook is unsettled, both men and women tend to wear more conservative clothe
10、s. And as the economy situation changed, time saw a number of different styles. Sometimes the hemline can even predicted a change in the mood of the stock market long before it actually happens. And it was proved in the economic crisis in 2008.During the whole period, fashion styles have ranged wide
11、ly. But the constant factors over this period are denim and hemlines.Unit3 reading2Sea glass is popular among the jewellery collectors for several reasons. First, the creation of sea glass is a form of recycling , where nature compensates for mans folly. Second, with human recycling rather than hurl
12、ing it into the sea, sea glass becomes rarer than diamonds, its supply is in decline while its demand is on the rise. This leads to its boom in the market. Third, its eco-credentials lend sea glass further appeal, as gold extraction damages the environment and diamond industry has a poor human right
13、s record. So the designers would like to put sea glass to use. Gina Cowen became a sea glass jeweller after her stints in journalism and music management in her 20s and 30s. While sea glass is disappearing, she is still on the hunt. Gina Cowens collection started in her walk along a shingle beach ne
14、ar Capetown, South Africa, where she was born. She has several hunting grounds, South Africa, Fiji, Majorca in Spain, and the UK. But her favourite one is Seaham Beach in the UK. Her designs were sold at Liberty, London, but mostly she sells her jewellery to private customers.With the decline of sea
15、 glass in supply, there has arisen problem of reviving old habits of dumping glass into the sea. Gina Cowen refuses to condone it and she even rejects the idea of polishing new glass to make it look old, as there is a story behind sea glass. So follow Cowens example and search for glowing pebbles be
16、fore they vanish. Unit4 reading1Today, we are caught in the credit crunch because banks set traps which appeal to our vanity and greed and sometimes to our basic need for survival. The banks give a false sense of superiority to people with exclusive gold credit cards in hard. They target people who are prone to impulse-buying, and potentially bad credit risks, tempted to spend more than they have, and liable to fall behind wi
