《21世纪高等学校规划教材：大学英语人文阅读名篇选读》依据教育部颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求（2007修订版）》编写，旨在增强学生自主学习能力，寓学于快乐阅读，提高综合文化素养，以适应社会发展和国际交流的需要，阅读名篇均选自于国内外出版的人文名篇以及互联网，为学生呈现地道、经典的英语语料，使其在提高阅读水平的同时，提升人文素养。《21世纪高等学校规划教材：大学英语人文阅读名篇选读》全书由希腊罗马神话名篇选读、圣经名篇选读、英美文化名篇选读、其他文化名篇选读四章、47篇中西方文化经典阅读材料组成，语料题材丰富，难易度适中，使学生乐读、爱读，读有所成。本教材使用对象为高等院校非英语专业和英语专业基础阶段学生、研究生及英语爱好者。
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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