大学英语快速阅读教程（第1册）

出版时间：2011-6  出版社：大连理工大学出版社  作者：罗卫华，樊宇　主编  页数：117  

内容概要

　　《大学英语快速阅读教程(第1册)》根据教育部新颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求》编写而成，适用于大学一年级（上）非英语专业学生或具有同等英语水平的阅读爱好者。本教程编写目的是，通过积极主动的快读训练，帮助学生扩大英语词汇量，提高快速浏览能力、准确猜词能力、独立分析能力以及归纳总结能力。

书籍目录

Unit 1
　The Key to Success Is Education
　Online Libraries: Great News for Adult Students
　Intelligence
　Reading
Unit 2
　Be the Most Popular College Freshman
　The Benefits of Living on Campus
　Loneliness... Building Relationships
　On Libraries, Bookshops and Netbars
Unit 3
　Western European Wedding Traditions
　United States Tipping Etiquette
　Thanksgiving
　Easter in the U.K.
Unit 4
　The American Revolution
　The Tragic Event
　Gold！ Thousands Went to Western Canada to Find It
　Industrial Revolution
Unit 5
　Recession Brings New Attention to Domestic Violence
　Life in Somalia's Pirate Town
　Growing Drug Violence Shakes Mexico, Threatens to Spill Into U.
S
　From Sydney to San Francisco: Lights Dim in Earth Hour
Unit 6
　The Mystery of College Costs
　Hello, Girls
　World's Aging Population Challenges Societies
　Oil Prices Collapse on Falling Demand
Unit 7
　Greener Diet
　Bringing Fish Back up to Size
　Farms Begin to Grow in Cities
　Reading a Mind's Memories
Unit 8
　Your Amazing Brain
　The Secret Language of Dolphins
　Alternative Fuel——Is Green the New Black？
　Renewable Energy Is Popular, but Coal Is Still King
Unit 9
　Barack Obama
　Helen Keller
　David Beckham
　Bill Gates
Unit 10
　How to Benefit From Walking
　Laid off Workers: Less Stressed Than Those still Employed？
　The Charm of Perfume
　Why Are so Many People Getting Divorced？
　Key to Comprehension Exercises

章节摘录

　　The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the middle of the 18th century,and spread to Europe and America by the early 19th century. New ideas and inventionswere also taken up in mining, the working of metals, and in the transportation of goods.　　The most important new invention of the industrial revolution was the steam engine.Early steam engines were used in mines to pump out water and pump in air. This allowedthem to go deeper into the earth. The steam engine, invented by James Watt around 1776was used to power the factories and pump out the deeper mines. It was also used inrailway engines. The heat from burning coal became the main source of power.　　Some historians see the period called the Industrial Revolution as finishing about1820, but they agree this was only the start of change in the way we make things, whichcontinues right up to the present time.　　......