大学英语快速阅读教程 4PDF电子书下载

阅读技巧：如何推断作者的写作意图和态度？ 1

UNIT 1 6

Text A Rising Stars—the Brain and the Temptation of Cake 6

Text B The Temptation of Fashionable Clothes 8

Text C Getting Thin—for Good 10

UNIT 2 14

Text A A Hot Controversy About Ability Differences Between Male and Female 14

Text B Proof That Men and Women Activate Stereotypes of Competence and Sociability Respectively 17

Text C The Art of Public Speaking 19

UNIT 3 23

Text A Chaplin's Early Life 23

Text B Charlie Chaplin on the Radio 25

Text C Media Selection for Advertisements 27

UNIT 4 31

Text A Racism or Just Cultural Differences? 31

Text B Classical Artists Embrace Digital Culture 33

Text C Halloween 35

阅读技巧：如何理解比喻性语言？ 39

UNIT 5 42

Text A A Nation's Civilization to Be Seen in Honor of the Disabled 42

Text B Beijing to Build More Service Stations to Cover All the Disabled by 2010 45

Text C Transportation 46

UNIT 6 50

Text A History of Copyright Law 50

Text B Dirge Fee Discussed for Funeral Parlors 53

Text C The Trouble with Television 54

UNIT 7 58

Text A Domestic Firm Overtakes Motorola in China 58

Text B Features and Implications of the New Era 60

Text C Studying in Sydney,Australia 62

UNIT 8 65

Text A Chinese Economic Development Pushes Chinese Language Education Ahead in the World 65

Text B Brazil's Economy,a Strong Leader in the South American Economy 68

Text C How Should You Build up Your Vocabulary? 69

阅读技巧：如何区分事实和观点？ 73

UNIT 9 75

Text A Are Cell Phones a Danger to Kids? 75

Text B A Story About Family 78

Text C Saving Language 79

UNIT 10 83

Text A Should Mary Buy Her Own Bonus? 83

Text B What Is Business Ethics? 86

Text C Airplane 87

UNIT 11 91

Text A NGO Alleges Widespread Bribery in Kenyan Election Campaign 91

Text B Commercial Bribery 93

Text C Invisible Victims 95

UNIT 12 99

Text A Psychological and Symbolic Reality 99

Text B Psychological and Social Issues Associated with Tooth Loss 101

Text C Dreams 103

阅读技巧：如何理解习语？ 107

UNIT 13 110

Text A Gene That Means Some People Can't Give up Cigarettes 110

Text B Father of Genetics 113

Text C Cryptic Coloring 114

UNIT 14 118

Text A Hopes for the Future 118

Text B My Hopes and Fears Concerning the Future with the Approach of New Era of Mankind 120

Text C Highways 122

UNIT 15 126

Text A Why Do We Get Fat As We Get Older? 126

Text B HIV-infected African Woman Addresses UN AIDS Meeting 128

Text C History of Immigration 130

UNIT 16 134

Text A Fear of Globalization 134

Text B Why Do People Oppose Globalization? 136

Text C Change and the Newspaper 138

KEYS 141