新世纪新编大学英语快速阅读

出版时间：2009-6  出版社：上海交通大学出版社  作者：徐珺 编  页数：108  

前言

　　教育部2007年颁布了《大学英语课程教学要求》（以下简称《教学要求》），对大学英语教学目标做出了定性、定量的要求，并将大学英语教学分为三个层次：一般要求、较高要求和更高要求。具体如下表所示：　　英语快速阅读能力的培养与提高是大学英语教学的重要内容，也是衡量大学生英语水平高低的重要指标。为进一步深化大学英语教学改革，提高教学质量，应对新形势、新挑战，我们依据教育部2007年的《教学要求》，以外语教学理论为指导，以英语语言知识与应用技能、跨文化交际和学习策略为主要内容，编写了这套《新世纪新编大学英语快速阅读》（以下简称《快速阅读》）。本套教材有助于学生在就业时和将来的工作、生活以及社会交往中，运用英语进行有效的口头和书面交流，同时增强学生的自主学习能力，提高综合文化素养。

内容概要

　　《新世纪新编大学英语:快速阅读（1）》内容新颖。所选文章均来自21世纪出版的国内外最新书籍、报刊以及互联网资源，致力于学生快速阅读能力与水平的提高。题材丰富。内容涉及语言、文化、经济、IT信息、求职、艺术、娱乐、名人演讲、体育、法律、医疗等学科领域以及社会热点问题。主题设计合理，融知识性、信息性、时代性、趣味性和实用性为一体。　　难度适中。课与课之间、册与册之间的难度呈递进式，循序渐进。　　练习题型灵活。既有判断题、信息填充题，也有综合题。客观题与主观题结合，便于学生自测。

书籍目录

Unit 1Text A A Housewarming PartyText B Nightlife: Put on Your Dancing ShoesText C Night Life in SingaporeUnit 2Text A Online Dating: Getting to Know Someone GraduallyText B Budget Dating: Cutting Costs Without Cutting FunText C A Great Marriage StoryUnit 3Text A Study Abroad Flourishes, with China a Hot SpotText B Getting Your Student VisaText C Lifelong LearningUnit 4Text A Preparing Answers in Advance for a Job InterviewText B Looking for a Job in Hard TimesText C Why Career Planning Is Time Wasted?Unit 5Text A Mix and Match: The Secret to Dressing WellText B Looking Good! A Plus-size Womans RevolutionText C My Smoky EyeUnit 6Text A The Secret to Staying YouthfulText B A Success StoryText C Recognizing Job BurnoutUnit 7Text A Grand Canyon Glass Skywalk OpensText B Why Go on a Trekking Holiday?Text C Hiking Hut-to-Hut in the AlpsUnit 8Text A Why Not Consider an Iguana for Your Next Pet?Text B Yellowstone——A Look ForwardText C Whale Watching in CaliforniaUnit 9Text A Easy Ecommerce——Opening Your Own Online BusinessText B Identity Theft CrimesText C Traditional Shopping vs. Online ShoppingUnit 10Text A Tennis Court Surfaces: Clay, Concrete and GrassText B SnowboardingText C My Skydiving StoryUnit 11Text A　Magic Tricks That Everyone Can LearnText B　The Crazy World of 3D AnimationText C　Finding the Perfect Holiday HomeUnit 12Text A Oil Price in the FutureText B With Gas Price Falling, Trucks Come BackText C Left-overs from Food Production: Transportation Fuels of the Future?Unit 13Text A Greening Our InfrastructureText B Recycling and Reducing Paper UseText C Japan Races to Build Zero Emissions Electric CarUnit 14Text A Solid State Drives vs. Traditional Hard DrivesText B Improved PSP Gets Even Cooler New FeaturesText C The Truth Behind the Apple IPodUnit 15Text A The Sub-prime Lending CrisisText B What Can Climate Scientists Tell Us About the Future?Text C Natural Disaster ManagementUnit 16Text A Interesting Facts About...Text B The Kobe Bryant You Know and Dont KnowText C All Eyes on First Ladys WardrobeUnit 17Text A Are You Storing Food Safely?Text B Food Additives as Damaging as LeadText C The Global Water CrisisKey to Comprehension Exercises

章节摘录

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