大学英语快速阅读4（第二版）

　　本教材首先是紧扣最新变化，无论是阅读篇幅还是题型都严格按最新大学英语四级考试要求编写。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。本书的编写宗旨不以应试为目的，而在于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。最后，本教材适合于课堂和自学两种教学模式。每单元由四篇文章组成，前两篇为课内阅读，由教师按规定的时间安排随堂练习，有计划、有步骤地培养学生的阅读技能；后两篇文章为课后阅读，可作为课后作业和学生自主学习的材料，进一步强化和巩固课内所学的知识。

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Unit One Entertainment
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Harry Potter Storms into Homes
Passage Ⅱ Happiness Isn't for Sale，but Some Planning
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Bite the Big Apple
Passage Ⅱ How to Give Negative Feedback
Unit Two Issues on Sports
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Jones Is Said to Have Failed Drug Test in June
Passage Ⅱ Deceived by a Glimpse of Greatness
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Coping with the Inevitability of Defeat Makes Victories All the More Sweet
Passage Ⅱ Minimizing the Risks of OrgaIlized Youth Sports
Unit Three SociaI Problems
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Remember Me
Passage Ⅱ Faith，in Its Place
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ When Mountains Move
Passage Ⅱ Real TV？
Unit Four Issues on Education
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Primary Pupils Showing Passion for Languages
Passage Ⅱ Trouble within Those Test Scores
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ The Move to a State School Was Too Much to Bear
Passage Ⅱ In Elite N.Y.School，a Dip in Backs and Hispanics
Unit Five Animals
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Professor Ant
Passage Ⅱ Cultivate Obedience in Dogs
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ A Sense of Danger
Passage Ⅱ It'S a Math、7lbnd for Animals
Unit Six Information Technology
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Intemet and Life
Passage Ⅱ gow Women and Men Use the Intemet
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ The Intemet Transforms Modem Life
Passage Ⅱ Music Television
Unit Seven International Affairs
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ The UN Expresses Shock at Israeli Bombing
Passage Ⅱ Peace and Development
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Uncle Sam Faces a W10dd Trade Backlash
Passage Ⅱ Executive Summary of Public Views on the
Anti-Terrorism Act f Canada)
Unit Eight Morality
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Leadership Brings Responsibility
Passage Ⅱ Cruel and Illegal
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Do Boys Need Fathers？This Woman Says No
Passage Ⅱ Columbus's Parrot
Unit Nine Environment
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ “Turn Garages into Houses”
Passage Ⅱ Scientists Reveal Details of Brain Cell Communication：Implications for Learning&Memory
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ They Keep Our Buildings Humming
Passage Ⅱ News
Unit Ten Economic Growth
In-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Coffee Chain Brews Plan to Percolate into China
Passage Ⅱ What to Do about Asia's Savings？
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ If Minimum Wage Is Raised，Who Benefits？
Passage Ⅱ Economy Grew at a Slower Pace，According to New Fed Snapshot
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