大学英语快速阅读4
2010-8
武汉大学出版社
汪火焰 主编
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。
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 FeedbackUnit 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 SportsUnit 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 HispanicsUnit 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 AnimalsUnit 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 TelevisionUnit 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 ParrotUnit 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 NewsUnit 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 SnapshotKeys to Fast Reading(Book Four)
2 Fiona, meanwhile, says the decision to go it alone was the single mostgalvanizing moment in her life. "I can honestly say that I have Jamie to thankfor me making something of myself. " In those early days she left the Bfix~nsquat where she'd lived with her partner and rented a fiat in Hampstead.Without financial help from her ex but with the emotional support of hermother, she juggled childcare with setting up her own business. Mother andson now live in Fulham. Jamie goes to a private boys' school and Fiona runsher own life-coaching business. 3 Money has never been an issue, says Fiona succinctly. "I alwaysearned more than Jamie's father. " Neither was discipline. "Because we hadgreat chunks of time together nothing ever built up. Everything wasdiscussed. " Or conflict. "I can honestly say our house was a sanctuary.There were no bust-ups or tensions or disagreements. " One by one sheebulliently demolishes the clich6s around single mothers and sons. She takespride in the fact that she never allowed Jamie to become the surrogatehusband or "the man of the house. " At the same time she says she'sencouraged him to be independent. She describes a son who is sociable andpopular. ……
