本書是新編大學英語快速閱讀教程的修訂版,第4版,主要根據(jù)中西部地區(qū)大學二年級下學期的公共英語教學實際有針對性編寫而成,旨在提高大學生的英語快速閱讀能力,全書在已有基礎(chǔ)之上,根據(jù)大學英語教學大綱和中西部地區(qū)大學英語教學的實際,梯度設(shè)計,難易適中,材料新穎,內(nèi)容豐富多彩,貼近實際,是提升大學英語閱讀能力的上佳教程。
鄧耘貴州大學外國語學院大學外語部主任,教授,長期從事大學英語教學,具有豐富的課堂教學經(jīng)驗,熟悉各類大學英語閱讀教程。
Unit 1
Section A Passage 1 Science and Truth
Passage 2 Why Lack of Sleep May Weaken Vaccine Effectiveness
Section B Passage 1 The Lost Art of Listening
Passage 2 Seven Daily Sins
Unit 2
Section A Passage 1 Family Values
Passage 2 Getting Motivated: Whatever Your Circumstance
Section B Passage 1 A.I. Took a Test to Detect Lung Cancer. It Got an A.
Passage 2 Computer Crime
Unit 3
Section A Passage 1 A Taste of Dubai
Passage 2 Landfills
Section B Passage 1 Addicted? Really?
Passage 2 Just Too Loud
Unit 4
Section A Passage 1 Cars of the Future Come Under Scrutiny
Passage 2 Cooperatives
Section B Passage 1 Seeding Plant Diversity for Future Generations
Passage 2 Friendship
Unit 5
Section A Passage 1 Sure, It's a Cool Job. But Do Games Pay?
Passage 2 A Roof over Our Heads
Section B Passage 1 Application Procedure
Passage 2 Agri-Tourism
Unit 6
Section A Passage 1 Make the Most of Your Vacation
Passage 2 Animals on the Move
Section B Passage 1 You Don't Have to Be Perfect
Passage 2 Characteristics of Judges in the United States
Unit 7
Section A Passage 1 Air Pollution Shortened Life Expectancy
Passage 2 Our Picture of the Universe
Section B Passage 1 Food Waste in the Land of “Man vs Food”
Passage 2 Office Stress:His vs Hers
Unit 8
Section A Passage 1 Time Pattern in America
Passage 2 From the Other Side of the Generation Gap
Section B Passage 1 Will We Run out of Water?
Passage 2 Your Smartphone Maybe Make You Fat
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