《新编英语快速阅读教程》

1 A French Boy's Adventure in Canada1

2 The Whale5

4 How Well Do You See?13

5 A Roof Over Our Heads17

3 Entineers of the Woods19

6 Ozone:Thinning of the Ozone Layer21

7 Telling the Time24

8 Walking in Space28

9 Life on Mars?32

10 Artificial Waterways36

11 Beauty on the Wing40

12 The Secluded Life44

13 Magic48

14 Is Modern Art a Load of Rubbish?52

15 Paper and Green Consumerisn57

16 Laser;Different Types59

17 The First Nuclear Reactor63

18 Political Power67

19 Diet:Its Contribut on to Good Health71

20 The "Unsinkable"Titanic75

21 Electron Microscopy via the Internet79

22 Moral Evil and Human Nature82

23 Mind-Body Problem86

24 Psychology:Experiments on Perception91

25 Neutron:Life Span95

26 Geology and the South American Civilizations98

27 Dinosaur:Coloning form Preserved DNA102

28 Pigeon and Dove107

29 Oil:Are We Looking in the Right Place?112

30 Euthanasia116

31 Love120

32 Charles Darwin124

33 Extinction:A Race Against Time130

34 Energy Resources134

35 Civeil Rights138

36 Discorery of X-Rays142

37 American Civil War:Causes146

38 Gun-Control in the UKand US150

39 Post-Modernist Design and Architecture156

40 Exploration;the Age of Discovery160

41 Upgrading166

42 Science and Religion170

43 Business Cycle174

44 Abraham Lincoln179

45 Habit and Addiction182

46 Measuting the Speed of Light186

47 DNA:Discovery of the Structure of DNA190

48 Thomas Alva Edison194

49 Fishing:Declining Stocks198

50 Artificial Blood:Risky Blood201

51 Mathematics and Computing205

52 Forests: the Hunt for Sustainability209

53 ChaosTheory:the Mathematics of Chaos213

54 Frech Revolution216

55 Middle East Peace Process221

56 Gandhi and Indian Nationalism225

57 Penlcillin:Discovery229

58 Whaling233

59 Air Transpory and the Environment237

60 Digital Future241

61 World Trade Organization244

62 Causes of Great Depression247

63 Urban Design in the 20th Century251

64 Madness255

65 European Union:A Single Currency260

66 Happiness263

Key to the Exercises268

Appendix274