束定芳编著的《快速阅读(附光盘2新世纪大学英语系列教材普通高等教育十一五国家级规划教材)》以最新的外语阅读教学理论为指导，以激发学生阅读兴趣、培养学生自主、快速阅读能力为目标，适合中国大学生心理和文化发展需要。本教程根据新的《大学英语课程教学要求》编写，充分考虑学生现有的英语阅读能力和阅读方式，以及大学英语教学不同阶段的不同情况，遵循循序渐进的原则。教程分为一、二、三、四册，既可以与新编的大学英语综合教程和阅读教程配套使用，也可以单独使用。

Unit One People

 Text 1 Deep Blues and Sunny Yellows

 Text 2 Bill Gates in His Boyhood

 Text 3 The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse

 Text 4 Mark Twain and the Muddy Mississippi

 Text 5 Julia Roberts

Unit Two The Information Society

 Text 1 INDEX

 Text 2 Six Television Series

 Text 3 Cape TorSi & Peninsula Region

 Text 4 Television-Viewing Guide

 Text 5 Ernail a Message at Your Peril

Unit Three Cuisine

 Text 1 The Story of Sushi

 Text 2 Drink Advertising

 Text 3 The Sweet Taste of Summer

 Text 4 Spanish Cuisine

 Text 5 The Last Jar of Jelly

Unit Four Marriage

 Text 1 American Wedding Customs and Superstitions.

 Text 2 Creating a Prenuptial Agreement

 Text 3 The Science of a Happy Marriage

 Text 4 The Do's and Don'ts of Intercultural Marriages.

 Text 5 Loving Muriel

Unit Five Culture

 Text 1 Culture Shock

 Text 2 A Tale of Disbelief and Misadventure

 Text 3 British Pub Culture

 Text 4 Tea Culture

 Text 5 Arabs in America

Unit Six Travel

 Text i Hotel Sofitel Safety Information for Guests

 Text 2 Things to Expect in Australia

 Text 3 Penthouse Hotels Ltd. Exclusive Offer from Penthouse Hotels Limited.

 Text 4 Tips on Tipping

 Text 5 USAWeather Forecast

Unit Seven Life

 Text 1 Can There Be Anything Worse Than TV?

 Text 2 Life in a Violin Case

 Text 3 Generosity Is a Two-way Street

 Text 4 Why Measure Life in Heartbeats?

 Text 5 A Ball to Roll Around

Unit Eight Science and Technology

 Text I Why Do We Yawn?

 Text 2 Why Have We Got a Memory?

 Text 3 Plastic Spaceships to Take Mankind to Mars?

 Text 4 What Would Happen If the Earth Stopped Spinning?

 Text 5 Weird Science

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