斯拉特、帕兰特编著的这本《学术英语阅读》是引进自Garnet Education出版集团经典学术英语教材，每个单元以基于不同的话题，突出阅读学术材料所需要的各种阅读策略，同时，通过对学术阅读材料深入细致的解读，使学生了解学术阅读材料的特点，并提高其阅读英语学术材料的能力。每个单元还包括Unit stucture, Key reading skills, Study tips,Unit summary，帮助学生梳理学习思路，总结学习重点，反思学习过程。
本书适合中国课堂实际教学需求，能有效帮助中国学生提高学术英语阅读能力。

Introduction
Unit 1 Reading for academic purposes
Text 1a: Reading for academic purposes
·Reading for general understanding
·Reading for specific details
·Paragraph reorganisation
·Inferring meaning from context
·Identifying word class
·Reading for a purpose
·Recalling information
·Reflection
Text 1b: The SQ3R reading and study system
·Reading and mind mapping
·Summarising the SQ3R system
Unit 2 Sustainable energy
Text 2a: Using waste, Swedish city cuts its fossil fuel use (1)
·Reading for specific information
·Synonyms and word classes
Text 2b: Using waste, Swedish city cuts its fossil fuel use (2)
·Reading for specific information
·Differentiating between main ideas and supporting details
·Ways of making notes
·Creating mind maps
·Summarising in note form
Unit 3 The business of science
Text 3a: Stop selling out science to commerce
·Fast reading
·Reading for specific details
·Understanding rhetorical questions and identifying the thesis
·Scanning and close reading
·Reading recall
·Inferring meaning from context
·Paragraph reorganisation
·Text-referring words
Text 3b: Is business bad for science?
·Predicting Text content
·Comparing texts and reading for details
·Scanning and close reading
·Identifying and using reporting language
·Understanding and using modifying language
Unit 4 Society today
Text 4a: Growing grey
·Considering the title and the introduction
·Considering subheadings and displayed information
·Making notes
·Writing a summary
Text 4b: Well connected? The biological implications of "social networking"
·Considering the title and abstract
·Reading and making notes
·Making notes and drawing conclusions
·Writing a summary
Unit 5 Food security
Text 5a: Diet and sustainability key to feeding the world: A food security report
·Surveying the text
·Search reading: Practising fast, accurate reading
·Identifying functions of the text: Annotating the text
·Examining the writer's choice of language for emphasis
Text 5b: The challenge of feeding 9 billion people
·Understanding the Focus task
·Predicting specific content in a text
·Identifying the main ideas
·Developing notes
·Organising paragraphs into a logical order
·Working out meaning from context and considering word class
Text 5c: Closing the yield gap
·Identifying the function of paragraphs
·Annotating the Text using the Cornell system
Text 5d: Dealing with the situation
·Predicting the content of the text
·Identifying the main ideas: Matching headings to sections
·Identifying and dealing with assumed knowledge
·Making use of displayed information
·Producing notes