本书是“外教社大学生拓展阅读系列”丛书之一，书中囊括了与人们生活息息相关的诸多方面的内容，既可拓宽读者的视野，又能使其熟悉并掌握各种体裁的英语表达形式；其选材多出自新近出版或更新的英文报刊书籍或网页，确保了语言材料的鲜活性和地道性，从而使读者在吸收新知的同时也可领略到贴近时代与现实生活的崭新表现手法；书中所选近300篇文章可谓篇篇独具风格，或短或长，均不乏妙趣，细细品味，蕴涵于字里行间的精言妙义常令人不禁释然或哑然，所谓“益智”、“怡情”，二者原来可以兼得。

The Talented Mr. Ridley and Gladiator

Lauren Shuler Donner

Steven Spielberg (1)

Steven Spielberg (2)

Soderbergh's Choice

Tsui Hark's New Spark

Walt Disney -- Ruler of the Magic Kingdom

Movies Are an Illusion

Sinning Isn't Everything

On a Role

The Beginning

The Christmas Classics

The Christmas Not-Quite-Classics

You Should Be in Pixels

If Only Life Were So Beautiful

You've Got Mail

Citizen Kane and Orson Welles

Rebecca

Nurse Betty

Make Mood, Not Love

Cast Away

Martial Masterpiece

The Bantam Menace

Gwyneth Paltrow & Emma

Anthony Hopkins & Hannibal

In the Swim Again

Who Rattled Her Cage?

A Softer Side of Mel

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Tom Cruise and Mission Impossible 2

Oruising for Control

Forever Leslie

Charlie Chaplin -- the Greatest Comedian