大学英语快速阅读 第3册PDF电子书下载

Unit1 1

Passage 1 University of Southampton 1

Passage 2 How Do U.S.Colleges ＆ Universities Evaluate Foreign Transcripts 5

Passage 3 Public and Private Schools in the U.S 9

Passage 4 Elementary and Secondary Education in America 13

Unit2 17

Passage 1 Student Diary:Academic,Athletic,and Social Lives 17

Passage 2 Five"Facts"from a Freshman 20

Passage 3 Studying Abroad and Culture Shock 25

Passage 4 How to Give Your First Speech 29

Unit3 34

Passage 1 Ways to Get About in Britain 34

Passage 2 Carsharing 38

Passage 3 Eating Out in America 42

Passage 4 Casino 46

Unit4 51

Passage 1 The Purchase of Alaska,a Real Deal 51

Passage 2 The History of NBA 55

Passage 3 The Great Fire of London 59

Passage 4 President Bush and the 9/11 Attacks 63

Unit5 67

Passage 1 China:Roused by Disaster 67

Passage 2 7 Reasons You Won't Get a Job in 2009 70

Passage 3 Web Opens World for Young Chinese 74

Passage 4 Attention Chinese Shoppers:No More Free Plastic Bags 78

Unit6 83

Passage 1 We Are on the Brink-Perhaps It Is Time to Look to the Romantics for What Lies Ahead 83

Passage 2 Toward a Greener Economy 87

Passage 3 Arts and Crafts Find New Life Online 91

Passage 4 Economy Begins with Eco 95

Unit7 99

Passage 1 Art Museum as Research Lab 99

Passage 2 Earth-friendly School 103

Passage 3 Organizing Your Web Life in One Place 106

Passage 4 Chocolate to Live for! 110

Unit8 114

Passage 1 Faking It:The Emotional Labour of Medicine 114

Passage 2 Gifted Children:How to Bring out Their Potential 118

Passage 3 Why Children Need Father-Love and Mother-Love 122

Passage 4 Why Do We Sleep 126

Unit9 130

Passage 1 He's Just Like You and Me,Except for the ￡31bn Fortune 130

Passage 2 Johnny Hart:Cartoonist Found Humor in Dinosaurs,Dungeons 133

Passage 3 Earth-friendly Architect Richard Rogers 137

Passage 4 Political Scientist Samuel P.Huntington 141

Unit10 145

Passage 1 How Many People Do You Have to Meet to Find Your Soul-Mate 145

Passage 2 Panic Attack:The First Day on the Job 149

Passage 3 Succeed After a Layoff by Reinventing Yourself 153

Passage 4 Stress and Stress Reduction 156

Key to Exercises 161