《英语快速阅读 修订版》

1．The Old Man and the Sea1

2．From Earth to Moon9

3．The First Men on Venus16

4．Elephants24

5．Sometimes They Seem Almost Human33

6．Healthy Eating41

7．Plastics—Man's Most Useful Material49

8．Sports around the World58

9．Madame Curie and Radium66

10．Learning Science75

11．Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen84

12．The Prince and the Judge96

13．The Tragedy from the California Gold Rush106

14．A Ship of Ice114

15．Nature Recycles Water122

16．Paper and Its Uses129

17．Pyramids138

18．Tokyo147

19．Eskimos in a Changing World157

20．Cultural Survival,Inc166

21．Energy Sense Makes Future Sense175

22．Waste Not,Want Not184

23．Money193

24．Talk Returns to the Doctor′s Office201

25．Dreams—What Do They Mean?210

26．Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer?218

27 Computers Concern You228

28 Early Birds237

29．Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrasts246

30．The Tramp and the Philosopher254

31．Better Known as Mark Twain263

32．Education in the United States274

33．Transportation286

34．Communications296

35．American Food and Drink307

36．Graveyard of the Atlantic319

SUPPLEMENTARY SPEED READING MATERIAL330

1．Fire Making330

2．The Development of Textile Fibres334

3．East or West339

4．A Chimp in Space344

5．Geography of the United States352

6．The Weather358

7．Country Living362

8．Food and Cooking367

9．Vacations371

10．Sports in America378

11．Medical Treatment384

12．Postal Services389

13．Weights and Measures393

14．Libraries398

15．Expert Says Arctic Ocean Will Soon Be an Open Sea402

16．The Wizard of Menlo Park408

ANSWERS417

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS436