由陈培良和钟玮主编的《大学英语ESP快速阅读教程（高级）》，共有15单元，遵循由浅到深、由易到难的编排原则，供大学英语四级以上学生以及程度相当的英语爱好者和自学者使用。阅读速度从每分钟100词过渡到120词。每篇文章后面都有专门针对快速阅读的SkimmingandScanning练习。课文阅读和练习1设定了建议完成时间和实际完成时间，便于课堂操作和学生自学。每篇文章后还附有词汇拓展练习，旨在帮助学生巩固所学词汇。

 Unit 0ne

 Passage One The Friday the 13th Effect：Why So Many Restaurants are Missing a

 Tablel3／1

 Exercises／3

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／3

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary|4

 Passage Two A Race for Life：Double Lung Transplant Woman Sails Atlantic／6

 Exercises／8

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／8

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／9

 Passage Three Batik，the Traditional Fabric of indonesia／10

 Exercises／1 2

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／12

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／1 4

 Unit TWO

 Passage One Restaurant Reviewing ABC’s／15

 Exercises／17

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／1 7

 11．Expanding Vocabulary／1 8

 Passage Two Nine Sacred Sites You Won’t Bblieve Exist／20

 Exercises／22

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／22

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／23

  Passage Three The Science of Lasting Happiness／25

  Exercises／27

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／27

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／28

 Unit Three

 Passage One What Do We Do About Poor Science Scores?Take Kids Outside／30

 Exercises／32

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／32

 II．Expanding Vocabulary／33

 Passage Two He Texts，She Tweets一一Are They E-Compatible?／35

 Exercises／37

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／37

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／38

 Passage Three The Way We Love Now：Couples Who Meet Online／40

 Exercises／42

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／42

 1I．Expanding Vocabulary／43

 Unit Four

 Passage One How Polite Are We?／44

 Exercises／46

 I．Skimming and Scanning／46

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／47

 Passage Two Successes in Rhetoric：Language in the Life of Churchill／49

 Exercises／51

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／51

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／52

 Passage Three In Era of Cheap Money，Consumers Are Shut Out／54

 Exercises／56

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／56

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／57

Unit Five

  Passage One Go Ahead．Binge-Watch That TV Show／58

  Exereises／60

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／60

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／6 l

  Passage Two The Natural World Outside Disney World／63

  Exercises／65

  I．Skimming and Scanning／65

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／66

  Passage Three TraveIing with Grandma：11 Ways to Enjoy the Journey／68

 ExercJses／70

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／70

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／71

 Unit Six

 Passage One Universities Reshaping Education oft the Web／72

 Exercises／75

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／75

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／76

 Passage Two Home Birth：Increasingly Popular，but Dangerous／77

 Exercises／79

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／79

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／81

  Passage Three Revisiting Predictions／83

  Exercises／85

  1．Skimming and Scanning／85

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／86

Unit Seven

  Passage One What Matters in Investing／88

  Exercises／90

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／90

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／92

  Passage Two Globeslty：How Climate Change and Obesity Draw from the Same

  Roots／93

  Exercis~／95

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／95

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／96

  Passage Three Why Natural Disasters Are More Expensive——but Less Deadly／98

  ExercJs~／100

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／100

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／101

Unit Eight

  Passage One The Empire of Desire{103

  Exercises／105

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／105

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／107

  Passage Two Japanese Management：Business Strategy Lessons for the West／108

  Exercises／110

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／1 10

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／112

  Passage Three What Happens When Soldiers Become Civilians Again?／1 13

  Exercises／11 5

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／11 5

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／117

Unit Nine

 Passage One If You’re Stricken，Minutes Matter，yet Many Ignore Signs．Delay

 Treatment／118

 Exercises／l 20

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning|120

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／1 2 1

  Passage Two The US Tax System Needs Rebuilding／123

 Exercises／125

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning}125

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／126

 Passage Three Portrait of a Perfect Salesman／128

 Exercises／130

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／1 30

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／131

 Unit Ten

 Passage One Scientists Race to Save World’s Rice Bowl from Climate Change／133

 Exercises／135  

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／135

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／136

 Passage Two Preparation for Far-Reaching Decisions／1 38

 Exercises／141

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／141

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／142

 Passage Three Five Ways to Be Better at Math|144

 Exereises／146

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／146

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／147

Unit Eleven

  Passage One A Game of Catch-up／1 49

  Exercises／152

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／1 52

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／1 53

  Passage Two The Dangers of Teen Driving／155

  Exercises／157

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／1 57

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／158

  Passage Three Tips for Open，Honest Talking／160

  Exercises／1 62

Ⅰ. Skimming and Scanning／162

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／1 63

Unit Twelve

  Passage One Understanding Computer Security——Types of Computer Security／1 64

  Exercises／l 67

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／167

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／168

  Passage Two Ten Most Influential Fashion Designers／169

  Exercises／171

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／171

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／1 72

  Passage Three Wealth Doesn’t Trickle Down—it Just Floods Offshore，Research

  Reveals／174

  Exercises／1 76

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／1 76

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／1 78

Unit Thirteen

  Passage One Comeback Kid／180

  Exercises／182

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／182

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／183

  Passage Two Choice Not Chance／184

  Exercises／1 86

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／1 86

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／187

  Passage Three China Makes Surprise Interest Rate Cut／189

  Exercises／191

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／191

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／192

Unit Fourteen

  Passage One Many Governors Are Still Unsure About Medicaid Expansion／194

  Exercises／1 96

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／1 96

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／197

  Passage Two Open Education for a Global Economy／199

  Exercises／201

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／201

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／202

  Passage Three Black Market for Body Parts Spreads Among the Poor in Europe I 204

  Exercises／206

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／206

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／206

Unit Fifteen

  Passage One Olympic Athletes Could Be Impaired by London Pollution|208

  Exercises／210

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／210

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／21 1

  Passage Two Implications of the Drug That Can Prevent 90％of HIV Infections／2 13

  Exercises／215

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／21 5

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／216

  Passage Three Children and Computers：State of Play／218

  Exercises／220

Ⅰ．Skimming and Scanning／220

Ⅱ．Expanding Vocabulary／221

  KEYS／ANSWERS／223