《大学英语跟踪阅读》(第二版)系列教材自出版以来得到了广大英语学习者和教师的普遍认可与喜爱。该书选材特别重视筛选新兴学科和内容新颖的文章,绝大部分选自近五年来一些知识面宽、科学性强、趣味性浓的英语读物,涉及语言、文化、习俗、伦理、信息、科学、社会焦点等诸多方面,使学生读来津津有味、妙趣横生、拓宽见闻、知识倍增,力求融语言知识学习、文化意识提高与批判性思维能力的培养为一体,同时,所选文章大部分出自名家之手,遣词造句文从字顺、语言规范、情景交融,使学生读来心领神会,易于吸收。
《大学英语跟踪阅读》(第二版)系列教材共分4册,本书为其中的第3册,由吴恒菊和张威主编。
《大学英语跟踪阅读》(第二版)依据《大学英语课程教学要求》的精神,在同名书第一版的基础上修订而成,分为4册。本册为《大学英语跟踪阅读3》(第二版),由吴恒菊和张威主编,共18个单元,每单元由10篇阅读理解文章及不同形式的练习题构成。在编写过程中,力求所选文章依据难易梯度设置,各篇词汇分布均匀,尽可能覆盖《大学英语课程教学要求》中规定的词汇和各项语言基础知识。每篇阅读文章之前均提供了文章字数,供学生及时评估阅读速度和效率,逐步提高阅读理解能力。本次修订主要订正了第一版书中的个别错误,更换了少量难度或主题不甚理想的文章或习题,将文中的生词进行了重新全面排查和注释。《大学英语跟踪阅读3》(第二版)既可作为独立的大学英语阅读教材使用,也可配合大学英语主干教材使用。
《大学英语跟踪阅读3》(第二版)的目标读者为高等院校在校学生,大学英语四、六级备考人员及英语水平相当的其他人士。
Unit 1
Holidays and Vacation
Psychology
The Market
Aptitude
Ways of Spending Holiday
The Crime of the Month
On Being Punctual
Movies
Manners and Customs
On the Stock Exchange
Unit 2
The Mars
Dog Food
Man's Best Friend
Hair Care
A Package Is an Advertisement
Birds' Flight
Education in America
Advertisements
A Journey
Examination
Unit 3
Basketball
The Value of Defeat
Napoleon's Waterloo
Memory System
Norwegian Government
Examinations
Life and English
Stock Market
The Chip Masters
A Wooden Bowl
Unit 4
Apologizing Art
Unusual but Legal
Computer and Man
Supermarkets
Art of Conversation
Halloween
Crime Rates
Flu and Cold
Pay for Your College
Disney and His Cartoon World
Unit 5
Plankton --A New Resource of Food
Nobel Prize
A Tidal Wave
The Trumpet
Thomas Jefferson
Loan
Open-sea Areas
Should Women Return to Their Kitchens?
From Amateur to Artist
A Revised Schedule
Unit 6
Intelligence
A Daily Energy Cycle
American Dollars
Time Problem
Advertising
A New Way to Get Fresh Water
Great Britain
Memory
Advertisement
Public Schools
Unit 7
America's Influence on Chinese Culture
Making Friends at School
American Indians
Grandma Moses
Beware of Pickpockets!
Tears
Musical Instruments
The Baby Boom Generation
Mr. Weston
The Meaning of Money
Unit 8
A Solution to Energy Needs
How to Protect Tigers
Diana in Angola
Sanders
Wearing a Seat Belt
The Function of Muscles in Mental Acts
The American Character
Printing Press
Stress in Life
Philosophers
Unit 9
Quit Smoking
Adaptation
Life in the Universe
Modem Production
Acupuncture
From the Other Side of the Generation Gap
The Common Cold
English Vocabulary
Influences of Fairy Stories on Children
Jonathan Rivers
Unit 10
Flextime
Water Pollution Problems
The Fridge
Northern and Southern Polar Regions
Eye Contact
The Sense of Well Being
A Special Christmas
American Universities
Euthanasia
Judge by Appearance
Unit 11
Snoring
How to Negotiate for Salary
Rain
Smart Design
The Old and the New Rich
A Type of Wild Vegetation
Split Up
Newspaper in the Future
Speech Delivery
Plants Have Feelings
Unit 12
Attention to Details
A Born Naturalist
Valentine's Day
Nuclear Radiation
The Host City of the Olympics
An Important Railroad
Icebergs and Fresh Water
Barter
The Development of Artificial Intelligence
The Dreams of Flying
Unit 13
Tobacco Industry
Shakespeare's Works?
Stay Mentally Active
Job Interview
Education of an Aged Woman
The First Labor Day
Getting Help from Others
April Fool's Day
What Makes a Teacher
Parental Responsibility in the Teaching
Unit 14
Knowledge and Experience
Different Countries
Study of Some Top Referees
Erosion
Tornado
Jacqueline Kennedy
English Words
Bungee Jumping
Young People
Children's Intelligence
Unit 15
Women and Clothes
Science
Hotels
Panic Attacks
The History of Emigration from Ireland
A Fundamental Human Urge
Botany
Health
Human Talk
Phone
Unit 16
An Excellent Nursing System
True Happiness
"Hard" Science and "Soft" Science
Science Fiction
Noise
Stereotypes
Population Density
English Idioms and Common Expressions
A Broken Message
Fashion
Unit 17
Environment
The Industrial Revolution
Are Rich Children Happy?
The First North American Inhabitants
Office Politics
Toys
Time Crunch on Children
Education in the U.S
Interview Skills
Old Age
Unit 18
Police
Examinations
Long and Short Sleepers
Trade and Language
Stress
Help Your Kids Cope with Anxiety
Productivity
Ballet Training
Employment
Time and Energy
Reference Keys