《大学英语泛读 下》

Unit One1

Texts:How to Read Fast1

Common Faults in Reading and How to Cure Them9

How to Take Tests:Scoring What You're Worth16

Sample Test on Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension21

Unit Two28

Texts:Advertising:The Selling of a Product28

Movie Magic34

Customs Vary with Culture41

Fast Reading:College Life in the United States49

Unit Three52

Texts:0ld Man River52

On the Road:Travel Lifestyles56

What Can We Learn from Art?64

Senior Citizens70

Unit Four79

Texts:Space Shuttle79

Computers for the Masses83

Archeoastronomy90

Fast Reading:Food Personalities97

Evenings with the Family:Present and Past99

Unit Five102

Texts:New York Botanist Wins'83 Nobel Medical Prize102

Gun Control107

Latchkey Children—Knock，Knock，Is Anybody Home?113

Fast Reading:Laws118

United States Emigrants120

Unit Six122

Texts:Women Balance Policework and Home122

About Men:Conflicting Interests128

The Making of a Father135

Fast Reading:A Congressional Astronaut141

Unit Seven144

Texts:Making a Culture Change144

The Misery of Shyness149

My Country155

Fast Reading:Disease Detectives163

Dangerous Sports166

Texts:Getting Organized:Where Did I Put My Keys?169

Unit Eight169

Burning Up Money and Yourself175

Migration and Homing181

Fast Reading:A Traditional Holiday187

Smart Shopping189

Unit Nine193

Texts:The Value of Friendship193

Saving Face198

Salt:A Crumbling Pillar204

Fast Reading:Colonial Williamsburg210

Mark Twain212

Key to Exercises216

Chinese Equivalents for Some New Words222

Appendix227