大学英语阅读进阶 第4卷

Unit 1 Business 1

Part One Timed Reading 2

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 4

Text 1 Finding the Right Colors for Women of Color 4

Text 2 Introduction to WTO 8

Text 3 Business Letter 11

Unit 2 Child Education 14

Part One Timed Reading 15

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 17

Text 1 Baby Crying 17

Text 2 Importance of Play 20

Text 3 Day Care Under the Age of Three? 23

Unit 3 Environment Preservation 26

Part One Timed Reading 27

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 29

Text 1 A World Without Oil 29

Text 2 Energy Security 32

Text 3 Nuclear Power Cuts Pollution 35

Unit 4 Language & Language Learning 39

Part One Timed Reading 40

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 42

Text 1 Age and Foreign-language Learning 42

Text 2 Infant Education 45

Text 3 Our Crazy Language 48

Text Yourself (1) 51

Unit 5 Culture 59

Part One Timed Reading 60

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 62

Text 1 What's the Hero? 62

Text 2 Caught Between Two Worlds 65

Text 3 Mass Media and the Presentation of the Body in Everyday Life 69

Unit 6 Higher Education 72

Part One Timed Reading 73

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 75

Text 1 Tuition and Fees 75

Text 2 Learning Theory 78

Text 3 University Education in Britain 81

Unit 7 Travel 84

Part One Timed Reading 85

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 87

Text 1 How Well Do You Travel? 87

Text 2 Traveler 90

Text 3 The Race for the Poles 92

Unit 8 Nature 95

Part One Timed Reading 96

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 98

Text 1 Wide Places in River 98

Text 2 Water 101

Text 3 The Surface of the Earth 104

Test Yourself (2) 107

Unit 9 Employment & Unemployment 116

Part One Timed Reading 117

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 119

Text 1 Downsizing in Vogue 119

Text 2 Jobs on Your Doorstep 122

Text 3 Full Employment: Available for All? 125

Unit 10 Technology 128

Part One Timed Reading 129

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 131

Text 1 Proof Against Heart Attacks 131

Text 2 How Giraffes' Long Necks Developed? 134

Text 3 "Computer-literate" or "People-literate"? 137

Unit 11 Psychology& Our Life 140

Part One Timed Reading 141

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 143

Text 1 Meet Your Memory 143

Text 2 Relax 146

Text 3 Blood Pressure Rises Due to the Anger that Lasts Longer in Hostile 148

Unit 12 Health 151

Part One Timed Reading 152

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 154

Text 1 "No One Wants to Live to Be a Hundred" 154

Text 2 The Future is Full of Good Health 157

Text 3 Technology Helps the Disabled 159

Test Yourself (3) 162

Key 171

Glossary 191