大学英语ESP快速阅读教程 高级PDF电子书下载

Unit One 1

Passage One The Friday the 13th Effect： Why So Many Restaurants are Missing a Table 13 1

Exercises 3

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 3

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 4

Passage Two A Race for Life： Double Lung Transplant Woman Sails Atlantic 6

Exercises 8

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 8

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 9

Passage Three Batik， the Traditional Fabric of Indonesia 10

Exercises 12

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 12

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 14

Unit Two 15

Passage One Restaurant Reviewing ABC’s 15

Exercises 17

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 17

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 18

Passage Two Nine Sacred Sites You Won’t Believe Exist 20

Exercises 22

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 22

Ⅱ Expanding Vocabulary 23

Passage Three The Science of Lasting Happiness 25

Exercises 27

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 27

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 28

Unit Three 30

Passage One What Do We Do About Poor Science Scores？ Take Kids Outside 30

Exercises 32

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 32

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 33

Passage Two He Texts， She Tweets — Are They E-Compatible？ 35

Exercises 37

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 37

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 38

Passage Three The Way We Love Now： Couples Who Meet Online 40

Exercises 42

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 42

Ⅱ Expanding Vocabulary 43

Unit Four 44

Passage One How Polite Are We？ 44

Exercises 46

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 46

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 47

Passage Two Successes in Rhetoric： Language in the Life of Churchill 49

Exercises 51

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 51

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 52

Passage Three In Era of Cheap Money， Consumers Are Shut Out 54

Exercises 56

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 56

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 57

Unit Five 58

Passage One Go Ahead， Binge-Watch That TV Show 58

Exercises 60

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 60

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 61

Passage Two The Natural World Outside Disney World 63

Exercises 65

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 65

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 66

Passage Three Traveling with Grandma： 11 Ways to Enjoy the Journey 68

Exercises 70

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 70

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 71

Unit Six 72

Passage One Universities Reshaping Education on the Web 72

Exercises 75

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 75

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 76

Passage Two Home Birth： Increasingly Popular， but Dangerous 77

Exercises 79

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 79

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 81

Passage Three Revisiting Predictions 83

Exercises 85

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 85

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 86

Unit Seven 88

Passage One What Matters in Investing 88

Exercises 90

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 90

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 92

Passage Two Globesity： How Climate Change and Obesity Draw from the Same Roots 93

Exercises 95

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 95

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 96

Passage Three Why Natural Disasters Are More Expensive — but Less Deadly 98

Exercises 100

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 100

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 101

Unit Eight 103

Passage One The Empire of Desire 103

Exercises 105

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 105

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 107

Passage Two Japanese Management： Business Strategy Lessons for the West 108

Exercises 110

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 110

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 112

Passage Three What Happens When Soldiers Become Civilians Again？ 113

Exercises 115

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 115

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 117

Unit Nine 118

Passage One If You’re Stricken， Minutes Matter， yet Many Ignore Signs， Delay Treatment 118

Exercises 120

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 120

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 121

Passage Two The US Tax System Needs Rebuilding 123

Exercises 125

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 125

Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 126

Passage Three Portrait of a Perfect Salesman 128

Exercises 130

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 130

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 131

Unit Ten 133

Passage One Scientists Race to Save World’s Rice Bowl from Climate Change 133

Exercises 135

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 135

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 136

Passage Two Preparation for Far-Reaching Decisions 138

Exercises 141

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 141

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 142

Passage Three Five Ways to Be Better at Math 144

Exercises 146

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 146

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 147

Unit Eleven 149

Passage One A Game of Catch-up 149

Exercises 152

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 152

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 153

Passage Two The Dangers of Teen Driving 155

Exercises 157

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 157

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 158

Passage Three Tips for Open， Honest Talking 160

Exercises 162

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 162

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 163

Unit Twelve 164

Passage One Understanding Computer Security — Types of Computer Security 164

Exercises 167

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 167

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 168

Passage Two Ten Most Influential Fashion Designers 169

Exercises 171

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 171

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 172

Passage Three Wealth Doesn’t Trickle Down — It Just Floods Offshore， ResearchReveals 174

Exercises 176

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 176

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 178

Unit Thirteen 180

Passage One Comeback Kid 180

Exercises 182

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 182

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 183

Passage Two Choice Not Chance 184

Exercises 186

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 186

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 187

Passage Three China Makes Surprise Interest Rate Cut 189

Exercises 191

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 191

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 192

Unit Fourteen 194

Passage One Many Governors Are Still Unsure About Medicaid Expansion 194

Exercises 196

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 196

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 197

Passage Two Open Education for a Global Economy 199

Exercises 201

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 201

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 202

Passage Three Black Market for Body Parts Spreads Among the Poor in Europe 204

Exercises 206

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 206

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 206

Unit Fifteen 208

Passage One Olympic Athletes Could Be Impaired by London Pollution 208

Exercises 210

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 210

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 211

Passage Two Implications of the Drug That Can Prevent 90％ of HIV Infections 213

Exercises 215

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 215

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 216

Passage Three Children and Computers： State of Play 218

Exercises 220

Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 220

Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 221

KEYS／ANSWERS 223