本书紧扣《大学英语课程教学要求》,聚焦阅读课的中心任务,集中提高学生获取信息的能力和阅读理解能力,并让学生通过自主学习提高对四、六级考试阅读题的解题能力。
全书注重人文主义教育,通过选取生动有趣的故事,突出向善、向上、爱人、助人、乐观进取、服务社会等主题,使学生在学习语言的同时塑造自己的性格,发展健康的个性,提高自身素质。
本书注意为学生自主学习创造条件,除了注重课文的趣味性之外,还特别设计了Reading forPleasure部分,提供小故事、小幽默、文字游戏等材料,使学生想读、爱读,以便养成阅读习惯。
Unit 1
Part I Reading for Information
Pre-Reading Questions
Text: How "Average" People Excel
Exercises
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Text Success Lessons from Soccer-- How to Win or Lose in the Game of Life
Exercises
Part III Homework
Enjoy Your Reading: Prepare Three Envelopes
Test Your Reading
Unit 2
Part I Reading for Information
Pre-Reading Questions
Text: Negotiating for Mutual Satisfaction
Exercises
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Text: Negotiating Skills Can Be Learned
Exercises
Part III Homework -
Enjoy Your Reading: The Art of Negotiation
Test Your Reading
Unit 3
Part I Reading for Information
Pre-Reading Questions
Text: A Breast Cancer Survivor
Exercises
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Text: Community Monitoring and Free Care
Exercises
Part III Homework
Enjoy Your Reading: Women's Brains Cost Less
Test Your Reading
Unit 4
Part I Reading for Information
Pre-Reading Questions
Text: White-Collar Sweatshops Batter Young Workers
Exercises
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Text: For U.S. Workers, Vacation Is Vanishing
Exercises
Part III Homework
Enjoy Your Reading: The Perfect Job
Test Your Reading
Unit 5
Part I Reading for Information
Pre-Reading Questions
Text: Beyond Babies (I)
Exercises
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Text: Beyond Babies (II)
Exercises
Part III Homework
Enjoy Your Reading: Demise of a Partner
Test Your Reading
Unit 6
Part I Reading for Information
Pre-Reading Questions
Text: The Ties That Bind
Exercises
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Text: Is the Food Scarcity Scare for Real?
Exercises
Part III Homework
Enjoy Your Reading: Just Cut Your Hair First
Test Your Reading
Unit 7
Part I Reading for Information
Pre-Reading Questions
Text: Between Two WorMs (I)
Exercises
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Text: Between Two Worlds (II)
Exercises
Part III Homework
Enjoy Your Reading: Who Owns the Cows?
Test Your Reading
Unit 8
Part I Reading for Information
Pre-Reading Questions
Text: The Power of Mozart
Exercises
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Text: Understanding a Photograph
Exercises
Part III Homework
Enjoy Your Reading: History of a Property
Test Your Reading
Appendix I Glossary
Appendix II Key to Test Your Reading