《大学英语教程 阅读 2》

Extensive Reading1

Unit One1

1．The Problem of the World's Food Supplies1

2．The Minerals We Ues8

3．Golden Apples14

Unit Two20

4．Facts about Gases,Liquids and Solids20

5．Payments and Income27

6．Charlie Chaplin34

Unit Three41

7．Surprises in Ice41

8．Customs and Conventions48

9．Jack and Carla54

Unit Four61

10．Museums in the Modern World61

11．Cleaner69

12．The Modern Hospital75

Unit Five83

13．Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys?83

14．Airline Services90

15．Soccer:The World Cup98

Vocabulary Exercises Ⅰ106

Unit Six112

16．Types of Houses112

17．International Finance119

18．Learning a Language126

Unit Seven133

19．The Secrets of Sleep133

20．The Man and the Snake139

21．North American Indians147

Unit Eight154

22．The Woman in the Photograph154

23．A Career Woman Looks at the Future162

24．The Pleasures of Eating170

Unit Nine177

25．Factory Life—A Student's Experience177

26．The Final Interview184

27．Money and Age191

Unit Ten198

28．How to Tell When Someone Is Saying"No"198

29．Brain Drain:Should I Stay or Should I Go?205

30．Teaching Your Values to Your Children213

Vocabulary Exercises Ⅱ221

Vocabulary227

Fast Reading247

1．How Fires in the Air Are Dealt with247

2．The Waiter251

3．The District Nurse255

4．"Why I Love the City"259

5．At the Bank263

6．The Story of Helen Keller267

7．The Fireman271

8．Who Smokes?275

9．Banking and Credit279

10．The First Four Minutes with New People283