新视界大学英语快速阅读 4PDF电子书下载

Unit 1 A working life 1

Guided reading Using the Internet to help college students with career planning 1

Timed reading 1 We overvalue college 8

Timed reading 2 Nine ways to ace a job interview 13

Timed reading 3 The mystery of stubbom unemployment 18

Timed reading 4 Eight essential soft skills for leadership for changing and challenging times 23

Unit 2 Talking books 27

Guided reading Why reading is so important for children 27

Timed reading 1 How to learn speed reading 34

Timed reading 2 Why women read more than men 39

Timed reading 3 Age-by-age guide to reading to your baby 43

Timed reading 4 Fourteen ways to cultivate a lifetime reading habit 48

Unit 3 Passing fashions 53

Guided reading The fashion industry 53

Timed reading 1 The skinny model debate—when thin becomes dangerous 61

Timed reading 2 Global fashion sense 66

Timed reading 3 Fashion's dark side 71

Timed reading 4 How to seize the China opportunity,beyond store openings 76

Unit 4 Money matters 81

Guided reading The three reasons money brings satisfaction but not happiness 81

Timed reading 1 Can business evolve in a green world? 88

Timed reading 2 The history of money:from barter to banknotes 93

Timed reading 3 An introduction to stock market indexes 97

Timed reading 4 Seven unbelievable lottery winners'stories 102

Unit 5 The gender gap 107

Guided reading An introduction to Why Mars and Venus Collide 107

Timed reading 1 In college dorms,a"post-gender world" 114

Timed reading 2 Women in the workforce of the United States 119

Timed reading 3 Culture and gender:doing as the culture says? 124

Timed reading 4 At colleges,women are leaving men in the dust 129

Unit 6 Make yourself at home 135

Guided reading Real estate bubble 135

Timed reading 1 How the Intemet can help you buy a house 142

Timed reading 2 When a house is not a house 147

Timed reading 3 Will housing take another hit as boomers sell? 152

Timed reading 4 How I lost my middle-class life 158

Unit 7 A love of language 163

Guided reading A probe into the nature of language 163

Timed reading 1 Why study foreign languages? 170

Timed reading 2 Saving languages 175

Timed reading 3 Why major in linguistics? 180

Timed reading 4 First words 185

Unit 8 Enquiring minds 189

Guided reading Nature's gift:the economic benefits of preserving the natural world 189

Timed reading 1 Seven natural wonders to see before they disappear 197

Timed reading 2 Exploring nature with children 202

Timed reading 3 Seven incredible natural phenomena you've never seen 207

Timed reading 4 Living on the edge:extreme sports and their role in society 213

Answer keys 217