新编大学英语阅读教程 三级 3PDF电子书下载

ContentsUnit 1 Biography 1

Passage 1 A Fairy Tale for Grownups Charles and Camilla' s once upon a time 1

Passage 2 Stand-Up For Her Man 5

Passage 3 Albert Einstein 10

Unit 2 Family 16

Passage 1 What Your Child Fears Most 16

Passage 2 Why Happy Families are Different 20

Passage 3 Victorian Family Life 25

Unit 3 Marriage 31

Passage 1 Indo-Canadian "Mixed" Marriage: Context and Dilemmas 31

Passage 2 Love and Marriage — Japanese and American 36

Passage 3 Prenuptial Agreements 40

Unit 4 Human Civilization 46

Passage 1 The City of the Future or The Future of the City 46

Passage 2 The Beauty of Britain 49

Passage 3 Language and Culture 53

Unit 5 Psychology and Mental Health 58

Passage 1 Don't Let Depression Ruin a Good Thing 58

Passage 2 Sleep:A Dynamic Activity 61

Passage 3 Understanding Adult Obesity 66

Unit 6 Life Experiences 71

Passage 1 Clyde Snow: The Detective' s Detective 71

Passage 2 What I Learned in the Shoe Store 75

Passage 3 The Secret Life of Arthur Wold 79

Unit 7 International Organizations 87

Passage 1 World Health Organization 87

Passage 2 The International Federation of Red Cross 92

Passage 3 Phi Beta Kappa 98

Unit 8 Health 104

Passage 1 Cut Your Medical Bills IN'94 104

Passage 2 Little-known Signs of a Stroke 108

Passage 3 Five Myths About Health Care Spending 114

Unit 9 Life 121

Passage 1 Ozzie 121

Passage 2 My Miraculous Family 124

Passage 3 The Secret Language of Success 129

Unit 10 Science 134

Passage 1 Net Weaver 134

Passage 2 The Second Internet Revolution 137

Passage 3 The Coming E-Commerce Boom 142

Unit 11 Social Studies 148

Passage 1 Getting a Better Job in Changing Tim 148

Passage 2 Chicago' s Drug-Busting "GOD SQUAD" 152

Passage 3 Why Don' t We Have the Prisons We Need? 157

Passage 1 Schools That Make Dreams Come True 164

Unit 12 Social Problems 164

Passage 2 The Grass Isn' t Greener, Just the Money 169

Unit 13 Behavior and Mental Health 176

Passage 1 Polio's Back. Why Now? 176

Passage 2 The Cruelest Cut 180

Passage 3 Bill O' Reilly: He Still Doesn' t Get It 184

Unit 14 Science and Development 190

Passage 1 Is "Globalization" Helpful or Hurting? 190

Passage 2 The Whole-House Machine 193

Passage 3 Some Problems of Technological Advancement 197

Passage 3 Emerging Technology — Reinventing the e-Book 197

Unit 15 Economy and Culture 203

Passage 1 Here' s Health-care Reform That Works 203

Passage 2 In the Blink of an Ear 208

Passage 3 Fraud in Science 214

Key to Exercises 219