大学英语快速阅读（1）

　　本教材有以下几个特点：首先是紧扣最新变化，无论是阅读篇幅和题型都严格按最新四级考试要求编写。其次是选材多样，内容新颖，信息量大，所选短文全部是近两年英美正式发表的，以介绍英美社会、人文、习俗等背景知识为主，每单元以一个话题为中心。编者的编写宗旨是不以应试为目的，而是给学生提供高质量的英语阅读文章，使学生在愉快的阅读中，欣赏美文，开阔视野，并在不知不觉中掌握阅读技能，尤其是快速阅读技能。为此，我们在每单元中都添加了英语阅读技能介绍，以期从理论和实践两个方面提高学生的阅读能力。最后，本教材适合于课堂和自学两种教学模式。每单元由4篇文章组成，前2篇为课内阅读，由教师按规定的时间随堂练习，有计划、有步骤地培养学生的阅读技能；后2篇文章为课后阅读，可作为课后作业和学生自主学习材料，进一步强化和巩固课内所学的内容。

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Unit One Festivals and Holidays
In-Class Reading
Passage I Carnival in Brazil
Passage II Valentine's Day
After-Class Reading
Passage I Chinese Festivals: Keeping Traditions Alive
Passage II The First Thanksgiving
阅读技巧：快速阅读方法简介
Unit Two Campus Life
In-Class Reading
Passage I How to Deal with College Classes
Passage II The Virtual College
After-Class Reading
Passage I The American Education System
Passage II Saying Goodbye
阅读技巧：阅读速度
Unit Three VIP and VIP's Talks
In-Class Reading
Passage I Bill Gates' Advice to Students: Get a Sound, Broad Education
Passage II Yang Zhenning: When Will There Be a Nobel Prize-Winning Work on Chinese Soil?
After-Class Reading
Passage I Condoleezza Rice
Passage II Yao: A Life in Two Worlds
Unit Four Love Stories
In-Class Reading
Passage I Love for Rose
Passage II Banjo
After-Class Reading
Passage I Go Out and Make a Difference
Passage II A Small Boy's Mother
阅读技巧：扫读
Unit Five Cultural Difference
In-Class Reading
Passage I Avoiding Cultural Taboos
Passage II Table Manners: A Cultural Difference
After-Class Reading
Passage I Traveling Student
Passage II Beyond Assumptions: One Woman's Experience of Living
Abroad in the U. S.A.
阅读技巧：预测
Unit Six Interpersonal Relationship
In-Class Reading
Passage I As My Daughter Leaves for College,I Let Go
Passage II Cybercourtship
After-Class Reading
Passage I After Twenty Years
Passage II Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles' Heel
阅读技巧：获取中心思想
Unit Seven Science and Technology
In-Class Reading
Passage I Wireless Wearable
Passage II The World Is Getting Smaller
After-Class Reading
Passage I The Internet: What Lies Ahead?
Passage II New Genes--New Hope or Future Disaster?
阅读技巧：根据上下文猜词悟意
Unit Eight Life and Health
In-Class Reading
Passage I You Have a Gold!
Passage II Protein
After-Class Reading
Passage I Yoga
Passage II What You Eat Can Sabotage Your Sleep
阅读技巧：信号词
Unit Nine Animals
In-Class Reading
Passage I How Do the Animals Spend the Winter?
Passage II Cats and Man
After-Class Reading
Passage I Animals as Teachers
Passage II Animals "Speak" Many Strange Languages
阅读技巧：推理
Unit Ten Sports and Leisure Time
In-Class Reading
Passage I Lessons for Your Life and Business from Wimbledon
Passage II Beijing 2008 : Five Mascots for the Beijing Games
After-Class Reading
Passage I Sports and Exercise Safety
Passage II Tennis, Then and Now
阅读技巧：段落结构