4S大学英语阅读教程

Unit 1 Universe

Focus

Text A A Universe Stranger Than We Can’t Imagine

Reading Skills Preparing for TEM4： General Skills

Text B Life， the Universe and Everything

Text C 2012Apocalypse

Jerusalem UFO “Almost Certainly a Hoax”

The Red Planet

Test Preparation

Reading for Fun

Unit 2 Philosophy

Focus

Text A Philosophy：Who Needs It?

Reading Skills Preparing for TEM4： Word Formation

Text B What Makes People Unhappy?

Text C What Is Philosophy?

Life of Plato

Wu Hsing： the Five Material Agents

Model Test

Reading for Fun

Unit 3 Energy

Focus

Text A If Green's So Great．．．?

Reading Skills Preparing for TEM4： Summary of the Main Structures in EST

Text B Food Bubble Collapse Threatens Survival of Human Civilization

Text C Solar Power Emergency

Elephant Dung to Power Green Energy Plans at Paignton Zoo

How Hybrid Cars Work

Model Test

Reading for Fun

Unit 4 Art

Focus

Text A Aesthetic Commentary： Post-Postmodern Art

Picasso’s Blue Period

Reading Skills Figures of Speech（1）：Comparison and Contrast

Text B Graffiti

Text C Chinese Seals

Chinese Shadow Puppetry

Chinese Embroidery

Model Test

Reading for Fun

Unit 5 Artificial Intelligence

Focus

Text A Rise of the Robots—The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Reading Skills Preparing for TEM4：Numerical Expressions in EST

Text B How Driverless Cars Will Work

Text C Next Generation Surgical Robots： Where's the Doctor?

RoboCup 2010： Could Robot versus Human Be Far Behind?

Microsoft Bets on Gesture over Touch

Model Test

Reading for Fun

Unit 6 Polities

Focus

Text A Obama Acceptance Speech

Reading Skills Figures of Speech （2）：Parallelism， Repetition， Climax and Antithesis

Text B 6 Things You Won't Believe Can Brainwash You On Election Day

Text C A Breast-Feeding Plan Mixes Partisan Reactions

Internet， Mobile at Forefront of Election Coverage

Urban League Study Focuses on Plight of African Americans

Test Preparation

Reading for Fun

Unit 7 New Technology

Focus

Text A Human-Motion Detection-Nanotechnology Takes Interactivity to a New Level

Reading Skills Preparing for TEM4： Reading Strategies for Different Genres

Text B 10 Profound Innovations Ahead

Text C Loving and Hating the iPad

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Unit 8 Economy

Unit 9 Metaphysics

Unit 10 Genetic Engineering

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