大学英语快速阅读

Unit 1

Passage 1 Japanese and American Workers: Two Casts of Mind

Passage 2 The English Character

Passage 3 I' m Sorry. I Won' t Apologize

Passage 4 Chinese, English Speakers Vary at Math

Unit 2

Passage 1 The Western: The Legend and the Cardboard Hero

Passage 2 Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen

Passage 3 Gold Is the Devil

Passage 4 Learning to Save Can Be Challenging

Unit 3

Passage 1 A Message to Garcia

Passage 2 Thin Is "In," Fat Is "Out"

Passage 3 Confessions of a Sports Morn

Passage 4 One Number Doesn' t Fit All

Unit 1

Passage 1  Japanese and American Workers: Two Casts of Mind

Passage 2  The English Character

Passage 3  I' m Sorry. I Won' t Apologize

Passage 4  Chinese, English Speakers Vary at Math

Unit 2

Passage 1  The Western: The Legend and the Cardboard Hero

Passage 2  Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen

Passage 3  Gold Is the Devil

Passage 4  Learning to Save Can Be Challenging

Unit 3

Passage 1  A Message to Garcia

Passage 2  Thin Is "In," Fat Is "Out"

Passage 3  Confessions of a Sports Morn

Passage 4  One Number Doesn' t Fit All

Unit 4

Passage 1  Happy People

Passage 2  Biological Parents and Adoptive Parents

Passage 3  Salty Coffee

Passage 4  Dad Beats up Mum. What Can a Child Do?

Unit 5

Passage 1  The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Mafia

Passage 2  The First American

Passage 3  The Rise of Asian Women

Passage 4  My Black Skin Makes My White Coat Vanish

Unit 6

Passage 1  Take This Fish and Look at It

Passage 2  STM

Passage 3  Don't Fear Failure

Passage 4  If at First You Don't Succeed Enough

Unit 7

Passage 1  The Greenland Viking Mystery

Passage 2  The Biological Clock

Passage 3  Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer?

Passage 4  Showing Emotion Is a No-Can-Do among Men

Unit 8

Passage 1  Whatever' s Happened to the Weather?

Passage 2  A Practical Mind

Passage 3  Energy Sense Makes Future Sense

Passage 4  Japan Tries to Cut Down on Plastic Bags

Key to Comprehension Exercises

杨跃、高霄、李玉萍主编的《大学英语快速阅读 (3第4版)》是非英语专业快速阅读教材，适用于大学 一、二年级非英语专业学生或者具有高中以上英语水 平的阅读爱好者。
　　本教材旨在通过积极主动的阅读训练，帮助读者 扩大英语词汇量，提高快速阅读的浏览能力、准确猜 词能力、独立分析能力和归纳总结能力。
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