新视界大学英语 长篇阅读 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 9

Timed reading 2 Nine ways to ace a job interview 14

Timed reading 3 Eight essential soft skills for leadership for changing and challenging times 19

Unit 2 Talking books 25

Guided reading Why reading is so important for children 25

Timed reading 1 How to learn speed reading 32

Timed reading 2 Why women read more than men 36

Timed reading 3 Age-by-age guide to reading to your baby 40

Unit 3 Passing fashions 45

Guided reading How to seize the China opportunity,beyond store openings 45

Timed reading 1 The skinny model debate—when thin becomes dangerous 52

Timed reading 2 Global fashion sense 57

Timed reading 3 Fashion's dark side 61

Unit 4 Money matters 67

Guided reading The three reasons money brings satisfaction but not happiness 67

Timed reading 1 Can business evolve in a green world? 74

Timed reading 2 The history of money:From barter to banknotes 79

Timed reading 3 An introduction to stock market indexes 83

Unit 5 The gender gap 89

Guided reading An introduction to Why Mars and Venus Collide 89

Timed reading 1 In college dorms,a"post-gender world" 96

Timed reading 2 Women in the workforce of the United States 100

Timed reading 3 At colleges,women are leaving men in the dust 105

Unit 6 Make yourself at home 113

Guided reading Real estate bubble 113

Timed reading 1 How the Internet can help you buy a house 121

Timed reading 2 Will housing take another hit as boomers sell? 125

Timed reading 3 How I lost my middle class life 131

Unit 7 A love of language 137

Guided reading A probe into the nature of language 137

Timed reading 1 Why study foreign languages? 144

Timed reading 2 Saving languages 149

Timed reading 3 Why major in linguistics? 153

Unit 8 Enquiring minds 159

Guided reading Nature's gift:The economic benefits of preserving the natural world 159

Timed reading 1 Living on the edge:Extreme sports and their role in society 167

Timed reading 2 Exploring nature with children 171

Timed reading 3 Seven incredible natural phenomena you've never seen 176

Answer keys 183

网络教学管理平台使用指南 193