新标准大学英语
2010-8
外语教学与研究出版社
（英）SimonGreenall，文秋芳 编
166
《新标准大学英语：快速阅读4》分10个单元，每单元4篇文章。文章长度从第一级每篇700词左右过渡到第四级的1，200词左右。练习形式与大学英语四级考试快速阅读题型紧密结合，主要为多项选择题、判断对错题和信息填充题。 《新标准大学英语快速阅读4》每单元围绕同一主题展开，并与《新标准大学英语综合教程4》各单元主题相呼应，选篇不仅题材广泛、内容丰富、与时俱进，而且注重当今中国大学生的学习兴趣，着力凸现文章的趣味性、信息性、知识性和新颖性。所选文章内容主要涉及英语国家的语言文化、风土人情、科学技术、教育思想、社会热点等等。文章主要来源于近五年来出版的国内外书籍以及英语国家主要媒体的网站。
快速阅读技能指南Unit 1 Nine to fivePassage 1 Five Insider Tips for Job-Seeking College GradsPassage 2 Job FairsPassage 3 The Growing Job Crisis Needs Solutions NowPassage 4 A Career Switcher Looks to Build a Better ResumeUnit 2 A good readPassage 1 Reading: Luxury or Necessity?Passage 2 Top Ten Gift Ideas for Book Lovers and ReadersPassage 3 Book Clubs for the Chattering ClassesPassage 4 Brains, Books and the Future of PrintUnit 3 Fashion statementsPassage 1 Fashion Everywhere!Passage 2 All About Nail Art - It's Not Just About Painting Your Nails!Passage 3 Fashion Modelling - It's Not Just About a Pretty Face!Passage 4 The World of TattoosUnit 4 Money talksPassage 1 My Family's No-Buy ExperimentPassage 2 Mind over MoneyPassage 3 How to Save Money You Didn't Know You HadPassage 4 The New Internet Start-up Boom: Get Rich SlowUnit 5 Gender studiesPassage 1 The Male MinorityPassage 2 Changing Gender Roles Within the WorkplacePassage 3 What Women Want NowPassage 4 Are Co-ed or Single-sex Lessons Best?Unit 6 All in the pastPassage 1 NeanderthalPassage 2 Mankind's Greatest Explorations and AdventuresPassage 3 The Ancient OlympicsPassage 4 StonehengeUnit 7 No place like homePassage 1 Making New Memories of HomePassage 2 How Smart Could I Make My Dumb Manhattan Apartment?Passage 3 Living in a Share HousePassage 4 It Takes a ThiefUnit 8 Architecture: frozen musicPassage 1 Just Another Pretty Face?Passage 2 Cambridge Public LibraryPassage 3 Yale's Green ArkPassage 4 Beijing National Stadium, "the Bird's Nest"Unit 9 Words of wisdomPassage 1 Schmooze and Win - "Small" TalkYour Way to SuccessPassage 2 The Ten Most Popular Foreign Languages in the USPassage 3 ESL Technologies: The Universal LanguagePassage 4 Life Is a Sales JobUnit 10 The human spiritPassage 1 Can You Push Yourself Too Hard?Passage 2 Fight for SurvivalPassage 3 The Apollo Expeditions to the MoonPassage 4 Climbing Mount QomolangmaAnswer Key
