1、154目錄目錄Unit1TextAMr.DohertyBuildsHisDreamLife..............................................................................1Unit1TextBAmericanFamilyLife:TheChangingPicture.................................................

2、4Unit2TextATheFreedomGivers...................................................................................................10Unit3TextATheLoftheLock.....................................................................

3、.............................14Unit3TextBWhyIBoughtAGun.........................................................................................16Unit4TextAWasEinsteinaSpaceAlien..........................................

4、............................................21Unit5TextAWritingThreeThankYouLetters..............................................................................25Unit6TextATheLastLeaf....................................

5、..........................................................................28Unit7TextALifeofaSalesman...............................................................................................33Unit7TextBBricklayersB

6、oy...............................................................................................41Unit8TextAHumanCloning:AScientist’sSty.........................................................47Unit8TextBSecondThoughts

7、onCloning.......................................................................50Unit1TextAMr.DohertyBuildsHisDreamLife多爾蒂先生創(chuàng)建自己的理想生活吉姆多爾蒂JimDoherty1TherearetwothingsIhavealwayswantedtodowriteliveonafarm.TodayImdoingbot

8、h.IamnotinE.B.WhitesclassasawriterinmyneighbsleagueasafarmerbutImgettingby.afteryearsoffrustrationwithcitysuburbanlivingmywifeSyIhavefinallyfoundcontentmenthereinthecountry.有兩件事是我一直想做的――寫(xiě)作與務(wù)農(nóng)。如今我同時(shí)做著這兩件事。作為作家，我和EB懷特不屬同一等

9、級(jí)，作為農(nóng)場(chǎng)主，我和鄉(xiāng)鄰也不是同一類(lèi)人，不過(guò)我應(yīng)付得還行。在城市以及郊區(qū)歷經(jīng)多年的悵惘失望之后，我和妻子桑迪終于在這里的鄉(xiāng)村尋覓到心靈的滿足。2Itsaselfreliantstoflife.Wegrownearlyallofourfruitsvegetables.Ourhenskeepusineggswithseveraldozenleftovertoselleachweek.Ourbeesprovideuswithhoneywecu

10、tenoughwoodtojustaboutmakeitthroughtheheatingseason.這是一種自力更生的生活。我們食用的果蔬幾乎都是自己種的。自家飼養(yǎng)的雞提供雞蛋，每星期還能剩余幾十個(gè)出售。自家養(yǎng)殖的蜜蜂提供蜂蜜，我們還自己動(dòng)手砍柴，足可供過(guò)冬取暖之用。3Itsasatisfyinglifetoo.Inthesummerwecanoeontherivergopicnickinginthewoodstakelongbic

11、yclerides.Inthewinterweskiskate.Wegetexcitedaboutsunsets.Welovethesmelloftheearthwarmingthesoundofcattlelowing.Wewatchfhawksintheskydeerinthecnfields.這也是一種令人滿足的生活。夏日里我們?cè)诤由鲜幹郏诹肿永镆安?，騎著自行車(chē)354里也開(kāi)始堆滿一罐罐的腌漬食品，有番茄汁、葡萄汁、李子、果醬和果

12、凍。最后，地窖里遍地是大堆大堆的土豆、西葫蘆、南瓜，谷倉(cāng)里也儲(chǔ)滿了蘋(píng)果和梨。真是太美妙了。8Thenextyearwegrewevenmefoodmanagedtogetthroughthewinteronfirewoodthatwasmostlyfromourowntreesonly100gallonsofheatingoil.AtthatpointIbeganthinkingseriouslyaboutquittingmyjobst

13、artingtofreelance.Thetimingwasterrible.BythenShawnAmyouroldestgirlswereattendingexpensiveIvyLeagueschoolswehadonlyafewthousdollarsinthebank.Yetwekeptcomingbacktothesamequestion:WillthereeverbeabettertimeTheanswerdecidedl

14、ywasnosowithmyemployersblessingshalfayearspayinaccumulatedbenefitsinmypocketoffIwent.第二年我們種了更多的作物，差不多就靠著從自家樹(shù)林砍斫的木柴以及僅僅100加侖的燃油過(guò)了冬。其時(shí)，我開(kāi)始認(rèn)真考慮起辭了職去從事自由撰稿的事來(lái)。時(shí)機(jī)選得實(shí)在太差。當(dāng)時(shí)，兩個(gè)大的女兒肖恩和埃米正在費(fèi)用很高的常春藤學(xué)校上學(xué)，而我們只有幾千美金的銀行存款。但我們一再回到一個(gè)老問(wèn)題

15、上來(lái)：真的會(huì)有更好的時(shí)機(jī)嗎？答案無(wú)疑是否定的。于是，帶著老板的祝福，口袋里揣著作為累積津貼的半年薪水，我走了。9Therehavebeenafewanxiousmomentssincethenbutonbalancethingshavegonemuchbetterthanwehadanyrighttoexpect.FvariousstiesofmineIvecrawledintoblackbeardensfSptsIllustrated

16、hitchedupdogsledracingteamsfSmithsonianmagazinecheckedouttheLakeChamplain“monster“fScienceDigestcanoedthroughtheBoundaryWaterswildernessareaofMinnesotafDestinations.那以后有過(guò)一些焦慮的時(shí)刻，但總的來(lái)說(shuō)，情況比我們料想的要好得多。為了寫(xiě)那些內(nèi)容各不相同的文章，我為《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》

17、爬進(jìn)過(guò)黑熊窩；為《史密森期刊》替參賽的一組組狗套上過(guò)雪橇；為《科學(xué)文摘》調(diào)查過(guò)尚普蘭湖水怪的真相；為《終點(diǎn)》雜志在明尼蘇達(dá)劃著小舟穿越美、加邊界水域內(nèi)的公共荒野保護(hù)區(qū)。10ImnotmakinganywherenearasmuchmoneyasIdidwhenIwasemployedfulltimebutnowwedontneedasmucheither.Igenerateenoughincometohleour$600amonthmt

18、gagepaymentsplustheusualexpensesfafamilylikeours.Thatincludeseverythingfrommusiclessonsdentalbillstocarrepairscollegecosts.Whenitcomestoinsurancewehaveapomansmajmedicalpolicy.Wehavetopaythefirst$500ofanymedicalfeesfeachm

19、emberofthefamily.Itpicksup80%ofthecostsbeyondthat.Althoughwearestuckwithpayingminexpensesourpremiumislowonly$560ayearwearecoveredagainstcatastrophe.Asidefromthatthepolicyonourtwocarsat$400ayearwehavenootherinsurance.Butw

20、earesettingaside$2000ayearinanIRA.我掙的錢(qián)遠(yuǎn)比不上擔(dān)任全職工作時(shí)的收入，可如今我們需要的錢(qián)也沒(méi)有過(guò)去多。我掙的錢(qián)足以應(yīng)付每月600美金的房屋貸款按揭以及一家人的日常開(kāi)銷(xiāo)。那些開(kāi)銷(xiāo)包括了所有支出，如音樂(lè)課學(xué)費(fèi)、牙醫(yī)賬單、汽車(chē)維修以及大學(xué)費(fèi)用等等。至于保險(xiǎn)，我們買(mǎi)了一份低收入者的主要醫(yī)療項(xiàng)目保險(xiǎn)。我們需要為每一位家庭成員的任何一項(xiàng)醫(yī)療費(fèi)用支付最初的500美金。醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)則支付超出部分的80％。雖然我們?nèi)砸Ц?/p>

21、小部分醫(yī)療費(fèi)用，但我們的保險(xiǎn)費(fèi)也低每年只要560美金而我們給自己生大病保了險(xiǎn)。除了這一保險(xiǎn)項(xiàng)目，以及兩輛汽車(chē)每年400美金的保險(xiǎn)，我們就沒(méi)有其他保險(xiǎn)了。不過(guò)我們每年留出2000美元入個(gè)人退休金賬戶。11Wevebeenabletomakeupthedifferenceinincomebycuttingbackwithoutappreciablyloweringourstardofliving.Wecontinuetodineoutonc