《大学英语自主系列教材•大学英语自主阅读3》的主要内容是：根据《大学英语课程教学要求》的精神和要求，结合当前大学英语教学改革的发展趋势，编者力图以建构主义为理论基石、以动机为先导、以兴趣为动力、以学生为**、以任务为基础、以自学为途径，编写了本套自主阅读教材。针对学习者的特点和大学英语教学现状，根据编写原则，编者组织富有经验的专家和一线骨干教师设计全书框架，编写样课单元在学生中广泛**，并以问卷调查及座谈会形式就教材体例、板块结构、文章题材等方面广泛收集意见和建议，然后以此为依据对教材进行反复修改，力求达到材料的*优组合和体系的*佳平衡，以保持教材的科学性、趣味性和可操作性。

Unit One Mutual Trust and Help
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Two Surviving Bitterness
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Three Living with Advertisements
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Four Internet: Good Servant, Bad Master
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Five Snapshot of Life
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Six Human Discovery
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast ReadingⅠ
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Seven Palace of Memory
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Eight Eyes and Characters
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Nine Gambling
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Ten Love and Marriage
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Eleven Friends and Friendship
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part Ⅳ Reading for Pleasure

Unit Twelve Speeches
Part Ⅰ Comprehensive Reading
Part Ⅱ Fast Reading
Part Ⅲ Reading for Test
Part 1V Reading for Pleasure
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