泛读

UNIT ONE

Thinking Starters

Text A: Will Spelling Count?

Text B: How to Read Better and Faster

Reading Skills: Contextual Clues to Word Meaning

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT TWO

Thinking Starters

Text A: The Book That Changed My Lives: An Introduction

Text B: For the Love of Books

Reading Skills: Guessing Word Meaning from Word Formation (I)

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT THREE

Thinking Starters

Text A: Giving Disorganized Boys the Tools for Success

Text B: The Traditional Approach and Why It Doesnt Work

Reading Skills: Guessing Word Meaning from Word Formation (II)

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT FOUR

Thinking Starters

Text A: Bringing the Best out of People

Text B: Putting Feelings into Words

Reading Skills: Guessing Word Meaning from Synonyms and Antonyms (I)

Readings and Self-testing

FIVE

Thinking Starters

Text A: Independence Day

Text B: Independence Day (continued)

Reading Skills: Guessing Word Meaning from Synonyms and Antonyms (II)

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT SIX

Thinking Starters

Text A: Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self

Text B: Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self (continued)

Reading Skills: Recognizing Examples and Illustration

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT SEVEN

Thinking Starters

Text A: The Threat of Secondhand Smoke Justifies Smoking Restrictions

Text B: Smoking Should Be Treated as Nicotine Addiction

Reading Skills: Prediction

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT EIGHT

Thinking Starters

Text A: Channelled Whelk

Text B: Never Say Never

Reading Skills: Recognizing Restatement

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT NINE

Thinking Starters

Text A: An Honest Doubter

Text B: My Friend Lodovico

Reading Skills: Skimming

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT TEN

Thinking Starters

Text A: Own This Child

Text B: Barbie to Baby Einstein: Get Over It

Reading Skills: Scanning

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT ELEVEN

Thinking Starters

Text A: Australia: An Underappreciated Nation

Text B: Towards One Destiny

Reading Skills: Summarizing (I)

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT TWELVE

Thinking Starters

Text A: On Seeing England for the First Time

Text B: Welcome to St Pauls

Reading Skills: Summarizing (II)

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT THIRTEEN

Thinking Starters

Text A: A Granddaughters Fear

Text B: On the Verge of Adulthood: Older Teens and the Library

Reading Skills: Recognizing Sequence (I)

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT FOURTEEN

Thinking Starters

Text A: Joyas Voladoras

Text B: Leader of the Pack: The Fascinating Lives of Wolves

Reading Skills: Recognizing Sequence (II)

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT FIFTEEN

Thinking Starters

Text A: 86,400 Hours

Text B: Men and Women Talking on the Job

Reading Skills: Signal Words (I)

Readings and Self-testing

UNIT SIXTEEN

Thinking Starters

Text A: Gravity

Text B: What If It Happens in Your Family?

Reading Skills: Signal Words (II)

Readings and Self-testing

《超越概念：泛读（第1册）》采用了中美教授、学者合作编写的形式。由中外学者合编教材国内已有先例，但是本套教材无论从编撰者的数量到编写人员的素质，从双方合作的广度到相互交流的深度，从教材种类所涵盖的范围到其内容的真实性，都是前所未有的。编写初始由中方编者提出编写思路、选材要求，之后将要求交付美方编者，由美方编者在美国选材。在选材过程中，双方经过多次讨论，最后确定每一篇课文的内容与长度。然后由中方编者根据所选内容编写配套的练习，最后由美方审读并润色。这种分工方式最充分地利用了双方的优势：中方编者不但有在国外学习、工作、获取学位的经历，而且长期在国内高校从事英语教学，对国内学生的需求以及国内现有教材的情况了如指掌，可以准确地把握教材的内容和难易程度。而美方编者的优势在于对西方，特别是美国的英语教学和文化的认知与了解。他们出国前均为国内高校英语教师，并有在美国大学英语系不低于20年的教学经验。他们不但对国外的英语教学了如指掌，更重要的是对英语语言和文化有一种直觉的感知，而这种感知是从任何教科书中学不到的。

超越权威：凝聚全国英语专业教学指导委员会主任何其莘教授数十年教学、科研及教材编写经验，是何其莘教授的又一次自我超越。
　　超越国界：汇集众多中美名家的经验与智慧，吸收国际先进理念，旨在提升本土教学水平。
　　超越传统：打破以功能训练为主的传统教材编写模式，充分考虑当前教学实践，创新教学方法和手段，突出文化特征，培养学生人文素质和文化意识。