技巧篇 3
写给教师——如何进行快速阅读教学 3
快速阅读的基本知识和技巧 5
How to Find Time to Read（如何找出时间阅读） 11
经验篇 17
坚持教学改革，抓好快速阅读，全面提高大学英语教学水平 17
实践篇 25
Unit One The Old Man and the Sea 25
Timed Reading:Better Known as Mark Twain 30
Unit Two From Earth to Moon 35
Timed Reading:The First Men on Venus 40
Unit Three Sometimes They Seem Almost Human 44
Timed Reading:Elephants 49
Unit Four Tuantuan and Yuanyuan:The Next Generation's Commitment to Peace 53
Timed Reading:Nature Reserve Spells Danger for Pandas 60
Unit Five Healthy Eating 65
Timed Reading:Food and Cooking 71
Unit Six Alfred Nobel—A Man of Contrasts 75
Timed Reading:Madame Curie and Radium 81
Unit Seven China's First Spaceman:Yang Liwei 85
Timed Reading:China Launches Third Orbiter for Indigenous Global Satellite Navigation System 92
Unit Eight Eskimos in a Changing World 98
Timed Reading:A Brief History of the American Indian Reservation System 104
Unit Nine Paper and Its Uses 109
Timed Reading:The Paper Making Process 114
Unit Ten Plastics—Man's Most Useful Material 119
Timed Reading:Plastic-bag Ban Paying off 125
Unit Eleven Pyramids 130
Timed Reading:Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian 136
Unit Twelve Dreams—What Do They Mean? 142
Timed Reading:Understanding Your Dreams 148
Unit Thirteen Energy Sense Makes Future Sense 153
Timed Reading:Waste Not,Want Not 160
Unit Fourteen Wave Snakes'Switch on to Harness Ocean's Power 164
Timed Reading:Wave and Tidal Power:Huge Potential Market 171
Unit Fifteen Bark-like Skin Getting Better on"Tree Man" 176
Timed Reading:The Elephant Man's Bones Reveal Mystery 183
Unit Sixteen Eating Disorder(Ⅰ) 188
Timed Reading:Eating Disorder(Ⅱ) 195
Unit Seventeen Yoga 200
Timed Reading:Getting Started with Yoga—How to Get Started with Yoga 207
Unit Eighteen Who Need a Flu Shot? 213
Timed Reading:Flu Prevention:5 Critical Lessons from History and What They Mean Today 219
Unit Nineteen How to Be Safe When You Are in the Sun 225
Timed Reading:How to Be Safe in Ice and Snow 232
Unit Twenty Body Image and Self-Esteem 237
Timed Reading:How Can I Improve My Self-esteem 244
Unit Twenty-one Depression 250
Timed Reading:Anxiety Disorders 258
Unit Twenty-two Stepparents(Ⅰ) 264
Timed Reading:Stepparents(Ⅱ) 270
Unit Twenty-three A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Teen Years(Ⅰ) 275
Timed Reading:A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Teen Years(Ⅱ) 281
Unit Twenty-four Cell Phone Use May Fight Alzheimer's,Mouse Study Says 286
Timed Reading:Cell Phone Secrets:Getting the Most out of Your Phone 293
Unit Twenty-five Google Tracks Our Web Habits,Should We Care? 298
Timed Reading:Why Google Is the New Pirate Bay 306
Unit Twenty-six 2012—End Age 311
Timed Reading:What Will Exactly Happen in 2012?—A Look at the Mayan Prophecy 318
Answer Keys 323
Appendix(Useful Methods for Reading Given by Students) 339
我学英语的“诀窍” 王跃 340
我是怎样学好英语的 胡昭玲 343
阅读使我受益匪浅——谈我学习英语的体会 王玮 345
知之不如好之 翁宇华 347
浅谈阅读与写作——八六级四级英语统考作文题的写作体会 李旭洋 349
我怎样学英语 林杨帆 351
打好基础是学习英语的捷径 刘晓杉 354
兴趣使然 唐玥（天津实验中学2000级） 356
兴趣最重要 郭倩（天津实验中学2000级） 358
我的英语学习心得 李辉 360
我们“思”“飞”的路 贾雪飞 汪思冰 364
抓好基础，重视阅读，全面提高英语教学质量 汪士彬 366
Acknowledgements 370