Unit One Books and Learning 1
Proverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 1
Text 2
Books 2
Reading Skills(11) 11
Eye-Movement in Speed Reading 11
Articles for Fast Reading 12
1．How to Find Time to Read 12
2．Live and Learn 21
3．English Learning 26
4．Of Studies 29
Related Words and Phrases 35
Unit Two Different Cultures 37
Proverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 37
Text 38
Friendship in Different Cultures 38
Reading Skills(12) 48
Phrase Reading 48
Articles for Fast Reading 50
1．American Family Life 50
2．Dining Customs in America 60
3．Specific Taboos 66
4．Some Differences Between American and English Cultures 71
Related Words and Phrases 80
Unit Three Advertising 82
Proverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 82
Text 83
Advertising:The Selling of a Product 83
Reading Skills(13) 88
Critical Reading 88
Articles for Fast Reading 90
1．Should Advertising be Banned 90
2．People Change Their Attitudes Towards Ads 96
3．The Language of Advertising 101
4．Some Advertisements 106
Related Words and Phrases 111
Unit Four Great Men in the WorldProverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 112
Text 113
Winston Churchill—His Other Life 113
Reading Skills(14) 119
Making Inferences 119
Articles for Fast Reading 121
1．Charles Dickens 121
2．Abraham Lincoln and His Gettysburg Address 126
3．Thomas Alva Edison 132
4．"My Heart Was With Her" 141
Related Words and Phrases 149
Unit Five traveling 151
Proverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 151
Text 152
Why People Travel 152
Reading SKills(15) 162
Identifying Types of Language 162
Articles for Fast Reading 163
1．A Walkway in Queen Charlotte Sound Attracts Tourists 163
2．South Pacific Paradise 170
3．Wulingyuana Wonderland 173
Related Words and Phrases 181
Unit Six Famous Speeches 183
Proverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 183
Text 184
Greeting a New Millennium 184
Reading Skills(16) 192
Differentiating Facts From Opinions 192
Articles for Fast Reading 195
1．Normalizing Diplomatic Relations With China 195
2．Blood,Toil,Tears and Sweat 201
3．On Women's Rights to Suffrage 208
4．The Torch Has Been Passed to a New Generation of Americans 213
Related Words and Phrases 223
Unit Seven Educational CirclesProverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 224
Text 225
Universities And Their Function 225
Reading Skills(17) 232
Identifying the Author's Purpose 232
Articles for Fast Reading 234
1．Why I Teach 234
2．The Struggle to Create Creativity 244
3．An Educator's Moral Responsibility 251
Related Words and Phrases 257
Unit Eight Stories 259
Proverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 259
Text 260
Spring Flood 260
Reading Skills(18) 268
Evaluating the Authority of the Author 268
Articles for Fast Reading 269
1．Cost of a Miracle 269
2．New Applications 274
3．Pandora's Box 281
Related Words and Phrases 288
Unit Nine Social Problems 289
Proverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 289
Text 290
Population Growth and Industry 290
Reading Skills(19) 296
Skimming 296
Articles for Fast Reading 299
1．Privacy in the Information Age 299
2．Success Is the Mother of Failure 306
3．Crime Prevention 316
4．AIDS in Kenya 325
Related Words and Phrases 332
Unit Ten Music 334
Proverbs.Mottoes.Quotes 334
Text 335
Songs of Love 335
Reading Skills(20) 343
Scanning 343
Articles for Fast Reading 346
1．A Vollage Concert 346
2．Variations of Music 356
3．Enjoying Music 360
4．Theme of Music 372
Related Worlds and Phrases 381
Vocabulary List 383
参考文献 427