《大学英语泛读 上》

Unit One1

Texts：Foreign Students in the United States and Canada1

The Powerful Influence of Weather6

Our Changing Diet10

Fast Reading：Earthquakes16

Bay of Fundy Birds17

Unit Two20

Texts：“How Can I Get to the Post Office?”20

Women in the Nuclear Family25

A Murder Mystery：The Critic in the Storm30

Fast Reading：Animals in the City37

Texts：Social Customes：A Dinner Party39

Unit Three39

The Secrets of a Very Long Life44

Television：How It Affects Us49

Fast Reading：Florida Snakes55

Whale-Watching56

Unit Four59

Texts：Dear Abby59

They No Longer Move：Mobile Homes64

My Father’s Tears71

Fast Reading：World Travelers78

Unit Five81

Texts：Aquaculture：New Hope for Food81

The World Cup85

The Farmer from Rota92

Fast Reading：Whoosh!100

Unit Six102

Texts：Methods of Education：East versus West102

Adjusting to a New Culture107

The Olympic Games111

Fast Reading：A Case Study118

A Russian Visitor120

Unit Seven122

Texts：The Indian Land Claim122

Inventions and Inventors126

The Solar System134

Fast Reading：California Beacon141

Texts：Marriage：American Style144

Unit Eight144

The Bridge the Roeblings Built150

Welcoming the New Year157

Fast Reading：Measuring Earthquakes165

Unit Nine167

Texts：The National Theater of the Deaf167

This Prophecy Was Fulfilled172

Women’s Business180

Fast Reading：Women in Space189

Key to Exercises191

Chinese Equivalents for Some New Words197

Appendix200