本书为《大学英语快速阅读高手》之第三册,其内容新颖,时代感强,选材既有历史、传统的内容,但更注重社会、科技发展的*新信息;体裁和题材多样化,考虑到知识的多样性,文、理、工等内容兼顾;内容富有知识性和趣味性,既注重国外社会、文化的介绍,也增加中国传统文化及风俗的描述,以便增长学习者的多元知识;练习题型多样化,既有四、六级考试快速阅读题型“是非判断”和“句子填空”,又设置“多项选择”。书中每个单元之间由浅入深、由易到难、循序渐进,以话题为线索,选取知识内容相近、体裁不同的阅读材料4篇并设置相关练习。为了便于学习者及时检验自己的阋读情况,教材后面附有参考答案。本教材每单元的内容,一部分可以作为课堂强化训练,一部分可以作为学习者的课后自主练习。

Unit One Technology
Passage 1 3D Technology
Passage 2 3G Mobiles
Passage 3 What Is Wii?
Passage 4 When Health Care and Privacy Meet Online
Unit Two Education
Passage 1 One Fundamental Difference between American and Chinese Schools
Passage 2 Homeschooling
Passage 3 The Hong Kong Education and Schooling System
Passage 4 The UIC's Whole Person Education Concept
Unit Three Famous People
Passage 1 Winston Churchill
Passage 2 The Life of Henry Ford
Passage 3 Biography of Barack Obama
Passage 4 The Story of a Great Story
Unit Four Different Cultures
Passage 1 Cross Culture Differences between East and West
Passage 2 American Dream
Passage 3 Gearing Up for the Next New Year
Passage 4 Cultural Diversity
Unit Five Job
Passage 1 Eight-hour Day
Passage 2 Job Conditions That May Lead to Stress
Passage 3 Find a Job
Passage 4 Job Interview
Unit Six Social Problems
Passage 1 Gun Control Does Not Work in America
Passage 2 Illegal Immigration
Passage 3 Crimes in the USA
Passage 4 World Poverty "More Widespread
Unit Seven Economy
Passage 1 The History of Economy
Passage 2 How to Make a Business Plan
Passage 3 Financial Crisis
Passage 4 Antitrust Law
Unit Eight Environment
Passage 1 Shanghai Shaping Up to Become Water-saving Society
Passage 2 Climate Change and Human Action
Passage 3 Warm Spring "Affecting Wildlife
Passage 4 Low Solar Activity Link to Cold UK Winters
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