快速阅读技能指南 5
Unit 1 Food Culture 15
Passage 1 Culture of French Food(Ⅰ) 16
Passage 2 Culture of French Food(Ⅱ) 19
Passage 3 Salad Days and Cold Cuts 23
Passage 4 Peachesand dreams 26
Passage 5 Enticing Scent of Coffee in Hong Kong 28
Unit 2 Stylish Life 31
Passage 1 Want to Stave Off Ailments of Old Age? Then Try Thinking Young 32
Passage 2 The Incredible"Smart"Wallets 36
Passage 3 Pleasure in the Raw 39
Passage 4 Re-gifting:Rude or Resourceful? 42
Passage 5 Think Yourself Thinner with the Fantasy Diet 44
Unit 3 Language and Culture 47
Passage 1 The Culture of Body Language 48
Passage 2 CultureShock 52
Passage 3 English in the United States 55
Passage 4 Do You Have to Be"Cultured"to Understand Other Cultures? 59
Passage 5 Cultural Diversity 62
Unit 4 Social Focuses 65
Passage 1 Is the Internet the Secret to Happiness? 66
Passage 2 Is True Friendship Dying Away? 69
Passage 3 Texting Generation Doesn't Share Boomers'Taste for Talk 72
Passage 4 I-Dosing 75
Passage 5 Farewell,Libraries? 78
Unit 5 Mythology 81
Passage 1 A Contest Between a Human and the Goddess of Wisdom 82
Passage 2 The Different Ages of Man 85
Passage 3 In the Company of Snakes 88
Passage 4 An UnfortunateCouple 91
Passage 5 The King of Sharks 94
Unit 6 Education 97
Passage 1 Should You Trust College Rankings? 98
Passage 2 The Female Student Psych Crisis 101
Passage 3 Shanghai Surprise:Don't Sweat Global Test Data 104
Passage 4 How to Raise an A+student 107
Passage 5 Do Male Students Need Affirmative Action? 110
Unit 7 New Technology 113
Passage 1 PayPal Will Play an Even Bigger Role at eBay 114
Passage 2 Smartphones Have Conquered PCs 117
Passage 3 Universal Remotes:Not Remotely Possible 120
Passage 4 The New Hot Wheels 123
Passage 5 Geek TV:Computer Makers Take Over the Tube 126
Unit 8 Space Exploration 129
Passage 1 In Surprise,Moon Shows Signs of Water 130
Passage 2 Businesses Take Flight,with Help from NASA 133
Passage 3 Test of Mars Soil Sample Confirms Presence of Ice 136
Passage 4 In Hubble's Lens,Signs of a Galaxy Older and Farther than Any Other 139
Passage 5 Private Spacecraft Returns Safely from Orbit 142
Glossary 145
Answer Key 155