《快速閱讀（第4冊）》“新世紀大學英語系列教材”是按照《大學英語課程教學要求》，由外教社組織國內十余所著名高校英語教學專家，邀請國際知名視聽教學專家，為我國大學生度身打造而成！
科學性、系統性和時代性的完美體現：以國內外先進外語教學理論為指導，融多種教學模式和手段為一體，滿足一般要求、較高要求和更高要求的分層次教學需要。選材貼近時代、貼近生活；強化聽說，注重聽、說、讀、寫、譯等技能協調發展；練習編寫充分體現實用性、新穎性和可操作性。
語言能力和文化素質的同步提升：注重培養學習者的英語思維習慣，開拓跨文化交際視野，實現語言綜合應用能力和人文素養的全面提高。
分類指導和因材施教的教學原則：綜合、視聽說、閱讀、寫作、快速閱讀等主干教程和經貿、文化類選修課教程，涵蓋語言知識、應用技能、學習策略和跨文化交際，充分滿足個性化教學的需要，有助于學生提高語言綜合應用能力，從容應對各級語言能力測試。
基于計算機和課堂的教學模式：提供完整、多元、立體化的英語教學平臺，個性化的學習光盤、方便實用的電子教案、豐富多樣的網絡資源，使課堂內外教與學充分體現交互性、自主式和合作型的新型教學模式，實現培養學生終身學習能力的教學目標。
Unit One Arts
Text 1 Musical Film
Text 2 Spotlight on Florence
Text 3 How Jazz Began
Text 4 The British Museum
Text 5 Chinese Painting
Unit Two The Economy
Text 1 Burn Your House， Boost the Economy
Text 2 Public Release of $2 Bills at Face Value Continues
Text 3 Risky Business
Text 4 Shanghai： Real Estate Market Worries
Text 5 Swiss Banking Secrecy
Unit Three Genetic Engineering
Text 1 What Are Genetically Modified （GM） Foods?
Text 2 Feeding the World —— Facts versus Fiction
Text 3 GE Agriculture and Genetic Pollution
Text 4 What Are the Risks of Cloning?
Text 5 Post-Genome Shopper
Unit Four Sleep and Dreams
Text 1 Why Do We Dream?
Text 2 Sleep Behavior
Text 3 What Do Our Dreams Mean?
Text 4 Lack of Sleep Affects Kids' Alertness
Text 5 A Good Night's Sleep
Unit Five Outer Space
Text 1 The Sun's Atmosphere
Text 2 What Are Falling Stars?
Text 3 Unmasking the Face of Mars
Text 4 Mourn for Challenger
Text 5 The First Traveller in Space
Unit Six War and Peace
Text 1 The Maginot Line
Text 2 Lifesaver Hero： Florence Nightingale
Text 3 The Blitz
Text 4 Gun Politics in the United States
Text 5 Mahatma Gandhi
Unit Seven The Internet and Computers
Text 1 The Origins and History of Computer Viruses
Text 2 Personal Communication in the Age of the Internet
Text 3 Chat Room Briton Saves US Family from Poisoning
Text 4 What Is Cyberlove?
Text 5 Artificial Intelligence in the Game of Go
Unit Eight Politics
Text 1 Why the European Union?
Text 2 Hiroshima： Harry Truman's Diary and Papers
Text 3 Benjamin Franklin
Text 4 The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Text 5 Roman Government
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