朗文英语快速阅读进阶是一套旨在提高学生的阅读兴趣、扩展学生的词汇量、帮助学生掌握阅读技巧的非常系统的英语阅读丛书。该丛书的最大特点是选材新颖，融知识与趣味于一体。该丛书是按照初级、中级、中高级至高级四个阶段进行编排的。本书为初级篇。

本书共分8个单元。每单元由三四篇相同主题的阅读文章组成，有助于学生对同一主题从不同的视角进行探究，从而提高学生的分析能力和思辨能力。高效的词汇技能练习拓展学生的词汇量，从而使学生从容的应对新词汇。阅读技能练习指导学生掌握阅读策略，从而使学生成功的阅读不同风格和流派的文章！读和写有机的结合在一起全面提高语言应用技能！

Introduction

UNIT 1　TRAVEL TALK

　1.The Company of the Sea

　2.Madrid Memories

　3.Flying High, but Feeling Low

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UNIT 2　ATTITUDES ABOUT ANIMALS

　1.All for the Love of Fritz

　2.Can Animals Think?

　3.Anti-Fur Groups Renew Fur Debate

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UNIT 3　FACING CHALLENGES

　1.86-Year-Old Man in Marathon for 63rd Time

　2.Disabled People Find Challenge on the Slopes

　3.Sounds of Bali

　4.“Dreams” by Langston Hughes

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UNIT 4　BRAINPOWER

　1.Do You Know Your Right Brain from Your Left?

　2.Albert Einstein: The Man and the Legends about Him

　3.How Good Is Your Memory?

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UNIT 5　CLIMATE CONTROL

　1.Winter Blues, Summer Blahs

　2.Climate: A Powerful Force

　3.What's the Weather?

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UNIT 6　FOOD FOR THOUGHT

　1.Finding the Recipe for Success

　2.Genetically Altered Tomato Approved

　3.Red Hot, or Not?

　4.Plant Power

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UNIT 7　COMPANIES WITH A CONSCIENCE

　1.Profits with Principles

　2.The Scoop on Ben & Jerry's

　3.Warm and Fuzzy Soda Bottles

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UNIT 8 TUNE IN TO TV

　1.The Early Days and Beyond

　2.Can You Imagine a World without It?

　3.Commercial-Free TV

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