实用英语泛读教程.1

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《实用英语泛读教程1(第3版)》是由高等教育出版社出版。

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《实用英语》自1995年正式出版发行以来，它所坚持的内容的实用性、教学的针对性和编写教材的科学性受到使用者的热烈欢迎。对内容进行必要修订的第二版于1998年出版,同样也以其鲜明的实用性和科学性备受欢迎。此书为第三版，为了适应新时期高职高专英语教学的需要，以及中国加入wto后对人才的实际需求，编者又对全书进行了内容调整、补充和不足处的修改，增加交际听说会话训练量，既保持了原来的实用科学性，又增加了更多的实用交际性内容和与时俱进的材料，使学生在听说读写译5方面全面学习。全书结构合理，课文生动，讲解细致，练习丰富，适合高职高专学生，成人及同层次社会人士使用。

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插图：1 What is your favorite color？ Do you like yellow, orange, red？ If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people, and excitement. Do you prefer grays and blues？ Then you are probably quiet, shy and you'd rather follow than lead1. You tend to be a pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been studying seriously the meaning of color preference, as well as the effect that colors have on human beings. They tell us, among other facts, that we don't choose our favorite color as we grow up - we are born with our preference. If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.2 Colors do influence our moods, there is no doubt about it. A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is depressing. A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply; perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue2.3 Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active. It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines arepainted orange rather than black or dark gray.