本书为《大学英语阅读》第三册,共八个单元,分专题组织阅读材料,便于学生围绕某个专题获取相关知识和信息,设计的专题包括学习与成长、健康与人生、人与自然、环保与社会、科学与文明、文化与沟通、时政与经济、人物故事,等等,有利于学生拓展视野,提高综合素质;每个专题下有快速阅读文章、深度阅读文章和美文欣赏,文章后配有理解练习题。
Unit 1 Education &Civilization
Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)
Civilization and Culture
Passage 2 (Fast Reading)
Get in and Get out Quickly with Your Dignity Intact
Passage 3 (Appreciation)
John E Kennedy
Unit 2 Job & Human Touch
Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)
A Strange Hitchhiker
Passage 2 (Fast Reading)
Gordon Brown: I will go on and on
Passage 3 (Appreciation)
Job Market Stabilizes for Business Students
Unit 3 Social Problem
Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)
Car Crimes
Passage 2 (Fast Reading)
Why Do Women Identify Themselves as Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse?
Passage 3 (Appreciation)
Copenhagen--Host City of UN Climate Change Conference
Unit 4 Arts & Media
Passage I (Intensive Reading)
Electronic Media
Passage 2 (Fast Reading)
Joseph Pulitzer
Passage 3 (Appreciation)
The Last Supper
Unit 5 Culture & Life
Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)
I've Always Been Muffs "Angel"
Passage 2 {Fast Reading)
Chinese Culinary Arts Celebrated in Vancouver
Passage 3 (Appreciation)
Meals of the Day
Unit 6 Health
Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)
Body Balance
Passage 2 (Fast Reading)
When Ordinary Symptoms Turn Serious
Passage 3 {Appreciation)
Rise in Pneumonia Cases Linked to H1N1
Unit 7 Science & Technology
Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)
Lie-detector Camera Looks into Your Eyes
Passage 2 (Fast Reading)
Building Confidence
Passage 3 (Appreciation)
Is It Possible to Predict Earthquake
Unit 8 Politics & Economy
Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)
The Rise of the Handyman
Passage 2 (Fast Reading)
A New Clean Economy--With Old Sources of Energy
Passage 3 (Appreciation)
BRIC Summit may Focus on Reducing Dollar Dependence