大学英语快速阅读4

出版时间：2010-8  出版社：武汉大学出版社  作者：汪火焰 主编  

内容概要

本教材首先是紧扣最新变化，无论是阅读篇幅还是题型都严格按最新大学英语四级考试要求编写。其次是选材多样，内容新颖，信息量大，所选短文全部是近两年英美正式发表的，以介绍英美社会、人文、习俗等背景知识为主，每单元以一个话题为中心。本书的编写宗旨不以应试为目的，而在于给学生提供高质量的英语阅读文章，使学生在愉快的阅读中欣赏美文，开阔视野，并在不知不觉中掌握阅读技能，尤其是快速阅读技能。最后，本教材适合于课堂和自学两种教学模式。每单元由四篇文章组成，前两篇为课内阅读，由教师按规定的时间安排随堂练习，有计划、有步骤地培养学生的阅读技能；后两篇文章为课后阅读，可作为课后作业和学生自主学习的材料，进一步强化和巩固课内所学的知识。

书籍目录

Unit One Entertainment  In-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ Harry Potter Storms into Homes    Passage Ⅱ Happiness Isn't for Sale，but Some Planning  After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ Bite the Big Apple     Passage Ⅱ How to Give Negative FeedbackUnit Two Issues on Sports  In-Class Reading     Passage Ⅰ Jones Is Said to Have Failed Drug Test in June    Passage Ⅱ Deceived by a Glimpse of Greatness   After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ Coping with the Inevitability of Defeat Makes Victories All the More Sweet     Passage Ⅱ Minimizing the Risks of OrgaIlized Youth SportsUnit Three SociaI Problems  In-Class Reading     Passage Ⅰ Remember Me    Passage Ⅱ Faith，in Its Place  After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ When Mountains Move    Passage Ⅱ Real TV？Unit Four Issues on Education  In-Class Reading     Passage Ⅰ Primary Pupils Showing Passion for Languages    Passage Ⅱ Trouble within Those Test Scores  After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ The Move to a State School Was Too Much to Bear    Passage Ⅱ In Elite N.Y.School，a Dip in Backs and HispanicsUnit Five Animals  In-Class Reading     Passage Ⅰ Professor Ant    Passage Ⅱ Cultivate Obedience in Dogs  After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ A Sense of Danger    Passage Ⅱ It'S a Math、7lbnd for AnimalsUnit Six Information Technology  In-Class Reading     Passage Ⅰ Intemet and Life    Passage Ⅱ gow Women and Men Use the Intemet  After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ The Intemet Transforms Modem Life    Passage Ⅱ Music TelevisionUnit Seven International Affairs  In-Class Reading     Passage Ⅰ The UN Expresses Shock at Israeli Bombing     Passage Ⅱ Peace and Development  After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ Uncle Sam Faces a W10dd Trade Backlash     Passage Ⅱ Executive Summary of Public Views on the    Anti-Terrorism Act f Canada)Unit Eight Morality  In-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ Leadership Brings Responsibility    Passage Ⅱ Cruel and Illegal  After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ Do Boys Need Fathers？This Woman Says No    Passage Ⅱ Columbus's ParrotUnit Nine Environment  In-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ “Turn Garages into Houses”    Passage Ⅱ Scientists Reveal Details of Brain Cell Communication：Implications for Learning&Memory  After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ They Keep Our Buildings Humming    Passage Ⅱ NewsUnit Ten Economic Growth  In-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ Coffee Chain Brews Plan to Percolate into China    Passage Ⅱ What to Do about Asia's Savings？  After-Class Reading    Passage Ⅰ If Minimum Wage Is Raised，Who Benefits？    Passage Ⅱ Economy Grew at a Slower Pace，According to New Fed SnapshotKeys to Fast Reading(Book Four)

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　　2 Fiona, meanwhile, says the decision to go it alone was the single mostgalvanizing moment in her life. "I can honestly say that I have Jamie to thankfor me making something of myself. " In those early days she left the Bfix~nsquat where she'd lived with her partner and rented a fiat in Hampstead.Without financial help from her ex but with the emotional support of hermother, she juggled childcare with setting up her own business. Mother andson now live in Fulham. Jamie goes to a private boys' school and Fiona runsher own life-coaching business.　　3 Money has never been an issue, says Fiona succinctly. "I alwaysearned more than Jamie's father. " Neither was discipline. "Because we hadgreat chunks of time together nothing ever built up. Everything wasdiscussed. " Or conflict. "I can honestly say our house was a sanctuary.There were no bust-ups or tensions or disagreements. " One by one sheebulliently demolishes the clich6s around single mothers and sons. She takespride in the fact that she never allowed Jamie to become the surrogatehusband or "the man of the house. " At the same time she says she'sencouraged him to be independent. She describes a son who is sociable andpopular.　　……