《英语泛读教程》（第三版）是普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材，供高等学校英语专业一、二年级使用，也适用于同等程度的英语自学者。全套教材共4册。本书为第一册，共15个单元。单元一般分为四部分：第一部分为阅读课文及练习，练习包括判断课文中心思想、阅读理解、课堂讨论题和词汇练习；第二部分为阅读技巧，重点介绍各种阅读技巧，并配有相应的练习；第三部分为快速阅读练习，提供3篇短文，要求在规定的时间内完成；第四部分为课外阅读，提供和课文长度相当的语言材料，配有阅读理解题和思考题。
本教材第三版替换了第二版的部分内容，并根据难易程度调整了单元顺序，使阅读文章题材更加广泛、更具有时代感。

Unit 1
1 Text Genius and the Craftsman
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
3 Home Reading Reading:Basic Principles
Unit 2
1 Text Personal versus Social Identity
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
3 Home Reading Social Comparison:Knowing the Self
Unit 3
1 Text Food Fight
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
3 Home Reading Wine in American Life
Unit 4
1 Text The 20th Century Time
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
3 Home Reading Albert Einstein
Unit 5
1 Text Toy Story
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
3 Home Reading Watch and Learn
Unit 6
1 Text How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity （Ⅰ）
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
3 Home Reading How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity（Ⅱ）
Unit 7
1 Text Postmortem with Strings
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
3 Home Reading Pay Attention,Rover
Unit 8
1 Text The Life of Samuel Johnson
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
3 Home Reading The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
Unit 9
1 Text The Archaeologists Who Wouldn't Dig
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
3 Home Reading History
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Unit 12
Unit 13
Unit 14
Unit 15
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