《大学英语快速阅读教程(3)》由宋军主编,是根据教育部新颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求》编写而成,适用于大学二年级(上)非英语专业学生或具有同等英语水平的阅读爱好者。
本教程编写目的是,通过积极主动的快读训练,帮助学生扩大英语词汇量,提高快速浏览能力、准确猜词能力、独立分析能力和归纳总结能力。
Unit 1
Passage 1 University of Southampton
Passage 2 How Do U.S. Colleges & Universities Evaluate Foreign Transcripts
Passage 3 Public and Private Schools in the U.S.
Passage 4 Elementary and Secondary Education in America
Unit 2
Passage 1 Student Diary: Academic, Athletic, and Social Lives
Passage 2 Five "Facts" from a Freshman
Passage 3 Studying Abroad and Culture Shock
Passage 4 How to Give Your First Speech
Unit 3
Passage 1 Ways to Get About in Britain
Passage 2 Carsharing
Passage 3 Eating Out in America
Passage 4 Casino
Unit 4
Passage 1 The Purchase of Alaska, a Real Deal
Passage 2 The History of NBA
Passage 3 The Great Fire of London
Passage 4 President Bush and the 9/11 Attacks
Unit 5
Passage 1 China: Roused by Disaster
Passage 2 7 Reasons You Won't Get a Job in 2009
Passage 3 Web Opens World for Young Chinese
Passage 4 Attention Chinese Shoppers: No More Free Plastic Bags
Unit 6
Passage 1 We Are on the Brink—Perhaps It Is Time to Look to the Romantics for What Lies Ahead
Passage 2 Toward a Greener Economy
Passage 3 Arts and Crafts Find New Life Online
Passage 4 Economy Begins with Eco
Unit 7
Passage I Art Museum as Research Lab
Passage 2 Earth-Friendly School
Passage 3 Organizing Your Web Life in One Place
Passage 4 Chocolate to Live For!
Unit 8
Passage 1 Faking It. The Emotional Labour of Medicine
Passage 2 Gifted Children: How to Bring Out Their Potential
Passage 3 Why Children Need Father-Love and Mother-Love
Passage 4 Why Do We Sleep
Unit 9
Passage 1 He's Just like You and Me, Except for the £31bn Fortune
Passage 2 Johnny Hart: Cartoonist Found Humor in Dinosaurs, Dungeons
Passage 3 Earth-Friendly Architect Richard Rogers
Passage 4 Political Scientist Samuel P. Huntington
Unit 10
Passage 1 How Many People Do You Have to Meet to Find Your Soul-Mate
Passage 2 Panic Attack: The First Day on the Job
Passage 3 Succeed After a Layoff by Reinventing Yourself
Passage 4 Stress and Stress Reduction
Key to Exercises