大学英语快速阅读高手 2PDF电子书下载

Unit One Sports 1

Passage 1 The Power of Special Olympics World Games 1

Passage 2 Parkour 5

Passage 3 Curling 9

Passage 4 Phelps'Epic Journey Ends in Perfection 13

Unit Two Wealth 17

Passage 1 7 Ways to Make Extra Money 17

Passage 2 10 Cool Jobs and What They Pay 21

Passage 3 US Wealth Gap Gaping Wider 25

Passage 4 Gender Spender:Sex Sets Your Money DNA 29

Unit Three Health and Fitness 34

Passage 1 Get Healthy Together! 34

Passage 2 How to Get Calcium You Need 38

Passage 3 Making Good Health Easy 42

Passage 4 Super Foods for Men and Women 45

Unit Four Disasters 49

Passage 1 Five Worst Modern Disasters 49

Passage 2 Are We Ready for Another Tsunami? 53

Passage 3 The Science of Wildfires 57

Passage 4 Is Global Warming Worsening Hurricanes? 61

Unit Five Energy 65

Passage 1 Dirty Coal Is Winning 65

Passage 2 What to Do with All That Carbon 69

Passage 3 Will Green Enterprises Survive the Economic Crisis? 73

Passage 4 Russia Scores Uzbek Natural Gas 77

Unit Six Food Crisis 82

Passage 1 Why Global Warming Portends a Food Crisis 82

Passage 2 What Will We Eat in a Hungrier World? 86

Passage 3 Rising Food Prices Sharpen a European Debate 90

Passage 4 UN Chief to Prod Nations on Food Crisis Trade,Price Policies at Issue 95

Unit Seven Travel 100

Passage 1 Rome:Things to Do in 24 Hours 100

Passage 2 Sydney:10 Things to Do in 24 Hours 104

Passage 3 New York City:5 Places to Stay 108

Passage 4 Tokyo:Need to Know 112

Unit Eight Entertainment 116

Passage 1 The Lost Finale:Top 10 Most Anticipated TV Endings 116

Passage 2 Top 10 Animal Stories 120

Passage 3 Top 10 Movies of 2009 124

Passage 4 Top 10 Quirky Local Festivals 128

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