《泛读教程》是“新空间大学英语”系列教材的主干教材之一。全套教材共四册，可供四个学期使用。本教材具有较强的针对性，无论是选材还是练习的编排都充分考虑到教学要求和学生的特点。所选材料难度适中，短小精干，便于老师课堂操作和学生课上课下阅读；同时强调趣味性，所选文章贴近学生生活，反映学生感兴趣的话题，能够比较充分地调动学生阅读的热情：同时也注意将不同的文体和题材包括其中，使学生对不同类型的文体和话题有所接触，为他们在今后的就业中很快适应实际工作打好基础。课后练习形式上注重多样性和趣味性。每个单元除了配有检查学生阅读理解的传统练习，还配有形式新颖的词汇巩固和扩展练习、文化知识练习、任务型练习等。词汇巩固和扩展练习将课文中重点词汇提出来操练。并从课文的题材出发，对相关词汇进行联想扩充，比较好地处理了阅读和词汇量积累之间的关系；任务型练习则有助于开发学生的创新思维能力，加深对所学语言知识的记忆，提高课下自主阅读的积极性。在练习中还融入了很多文化知识，有助于在提高学生理解能力的同时，扩大学生的知识面，增强对英语国家文化的了解。本书为《泛读教程》的第一册。

Unit 1 Tell Me a Tale

 Text A The King on the Balcony

 Text B The Pot of Gold

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading The Lady or the Tiger？

Unit 2 Life Wisdom

 Text A Carrot, Egg, and Coffee

 Text B Wasting Precious Time

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Sticks and Stones

Unit 3 Humor

 Text A Clever Dog

 Text B Best Friends

 Leaming Activities

 Supplementary Reading The Origin of Pets

Unit 4 Inventors

 Text A Goldman

 Text B The Story of Louis Braille

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Cellular Phones

Unit 5 Kidult

 Text A Game Dad

 Text B Am I an Adult Yet？

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Getting Older

Unit 6 Computer and Internel

 Text A Computers and Girls

 Text B Stories About the Computer and the Intemet

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Worknet Web Site Spotlights Wisconsin Jobs

Unit 7 Tragedy Today

 Text A September 11th 2001: Reactions from Around the World

 Text B Madam Fortun's Misfortune

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Two Terrors

Unit 8 Famous Entrepreneurs

 Text A William Wrigley: Entrepreneur in Chewing Gum

 Text B Raymond Albert Kroc: Founder of McDonald's Corporation

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Buick, David Dunbar

Unit 9 Friendship and Love

 Text A True Friends

 Text B Time Transfixed

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading Learn to Say Thanks

Unit 10 Around the World

 A Welcome to the Bottom of the World

 Text B Finland: Land of the Midnight Sun

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading A Visitors' Guide to Beijing

Unit 11 Love

 Text A The Golden Box

 Text B Drawer of Memories

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading

Domestic Violence: Protecting Yourself and Your Children

Animal Rights

Unit 12 Children Stories

 Text A When Bill Gates Was a Young Boy

 Text B The Story of My Birthfather

 Learning Activities

 Supplementary Reading The Story of My Stepfather

Key to Some of the Exercise