[内容简介]
      本教程分为两册，内容新颖、材料真实、题材广泛，涉及工业、农业、文学、医学、艺术、历史、科学、教育、能源、环境、社会等36个主题。本书为第一册。
[目录]
1 Unit1CareerPlanning
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
CareerPlanning
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1PortfolioCareer
Passage2WhatEmployersWillWantfromYou?
Passage3CareerFit
Unit2Geography
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
GeographyoftheSea
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth}
Passage1MediterraneanSea
Passage2UniqueGeographyofAustralia
Passage3GrandCanyon
Unit3Health
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
The"MilieuInterieur"(TheEnvironmentWithin)
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1ThreeKindsofFatigue
Passage2BettertoBeFatandFitthanSkinnyandUnfit
Passage3PromotionofHealthandLongevity
Unit4Biology
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
DarwinandtheTheoryofEvolution
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
PassageiTheRacetoDiscovertheGeneticCode
Passage2TheBiodiversityoftheRainforest
Passage3ManandApes:AreWeReallySoDifferent?
Unit5Travelogue
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
MarcoPoloandHisTravels
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
PassageIGulliver'sTravelsbyJonathanSwift
Passage2AmericanNotesbyCharlesDickens
Passage3TravelswithCharley:InSearchofAmericabyJohnSteinbeck
Unit6Energy
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
ThePermanentEnergyCrisis
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1TheMasterofWind
Passage2EnergyEfficiency
Passage3HybridFiction
Unit7LeisureReading(I)
Passage1WhatDoWomenReallyWant?
Passage2MenArelikeRubberBands
Passage3WomenArelikeWaves
Passage4AfterTwentyYears
Unit8Art
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
HowArtFunctions
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1TheImpressionists
Passage2Leonardo'sMonaLisa
Passage3KeystoSuccessfulArt
Unit9Environment
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
AbioticandBioticFactorsinEnvironment
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1CanWeSavetheWorldby2015?
Passage2EnvironmentalWasteSolutionsforanEver-changingWorld
Passage3CreatingaCleaningEnvironment
Unit10InternationalTrade
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
FreeTrade
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1MerchantstoMultinationals:BritishTradingCompaniesintheNineteenthandTwentiethCenturies
Passage2Protectionism(PartⅠ)
Passage3Protectionism(PartⅡ)
Unit11Animals
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
AnimalRights--HowWeTreatAnimalsReflectsWhoWeAre
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)~
Passage1Smart,Curious,Ticklish.Rats?
Passage2SeveralInterestingTraitsofBirds
Passage3ABigWinforPolarBears?
Unit12Marriage
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
AReviewofCoontz'sMarriage,aHistory
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1OnHappinessinMarriage
Passage2MaritalViolence
Passage3AmericanSocietyFavorsMarriage
Unit13IndustryandAgriculture
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
AmericanIndustryandWar
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1GreenRevolution
Passage2FinancialCrisisAddstoPressureonAutoIndustry
Passage3OrganicFarming
Unit14LeisureReading(II)
Passage1IWantaWife
Passage2ChaplinandModemTimes
Passage3HowObarnaHappened:TheRealStory
Passage4AnExcerptfromGonewiththeWind
Unit15Resources
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
WaterCrisis
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1RiskyRaceforMinerals
Passage2PalmOilBiodiesel
Passage3TheOceans--Man'sLastResource
Unit16Finance
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
FinancialTsunami
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth}
Passage1WarrenBuffett
Passage2StockMarket
Passage3BaringsBankCollapses
Unit17Anthropology
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
AnOverviewofAnthropology
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth}
Passage1HumanOrigins
Passage2Civilization'sRiseandDescent
Passage3FindingLucyandOtherFossilTreasures
Unit18Sociology
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
Sociology
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1DirtyWork
Passage2TheTragedyofOldAgeinAmerica
Passage3InsightsintoGenderDifferences
Unit19Speech
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
RomanOratory
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1MythsAboutPublicSpeaking
Passage2WinstonChurchill'sSpeech:Blood,Toil,TearsandSweat
Passage3AlbertEinstein'sSpeech:PeaceintheAtomicEra
Unit20Literature
PartⅠReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)
Shakespeare'sPlays
PartⅡReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)
Passage1RomanticisminLiterature
Passage2TheLostGeneration
Passage3DetectiveFiction
Keys
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