《21世紀大學新英語長篇閱讀（3）/“十二五”普通高等教育本科國家級規劃教材》旨在幫助學生進行系統的、有針對性的快速閱讀（長篇閱讀）訓練，掌握基本閱讀技能，培養良好閱讀習慣，提高閱讀效率。選材方面，我們力求所選文章兼備時代性、信息性、趣味性以及可讀性，語言難度適中，其體裁和題材體現多樣性，話題涵蓋中西文化、教育、生活、媒介、歷史、科技、哲學、文學等。
Unit 1 TEACHING AND LEARNING
Passage 1 "See Spot Run": Teaching My Grandmother to Read
Passage 2 Learning Cultural Differences in Nonverbal Communications
Passage 3 15 Steps to Cultivate Lifelong Learning
Unit 2 HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED
Passage 1 Finding a Good Volunteer Opportunity
Passage 2 A Joyful Philanthropist（慈善家）
Passage 3 The Overview of the Debate over Euthanasia（安樂死）
Unit 3 FRIENDSHIP
Passage 1 Friendship from the Animals
Passage 2 Is True Friendship Dying Away?
Passage 3 Importance of Friendship in Childhood and Adolescence（青春期）
Unit 4 HOBBIES
Passage 1 FDR's Stamp Collection: A Childhood Hobby Taken to the Oval Office
Passage 2 Music in My Family
Passage 3 Pet Owner to Pet Trainer - Transforming Your Pastime into a Profession
Unit 5 FAMOUS PEOPLE
Passage 1 Movie Stars Aren't Happy - The Public Struggles of Celebrity Perfomers Can Lead to Misery
Passage 2 The Inspirational Story of Steve Jobs
Passage 3 How to Overcome or Stop Celebrity Worship
Unit 6 SUCCESS
Passage 1 Is Education the Key to Success?
Passage 2 Character and Success
Passage 3 Honesty in Success
Unit 7 HONESTY
Passage 1 Lies Are Never a Part of Your Own Truth
Passage 2 How to Tell If Someone Is Lying to You?
Passage 3 Analysis of Ethics: Is Honesty the Best Policy?
Unit 8 ENVIRONMENT
Passage 1 Celebrating Earth Day - Celebrating Forty Years of Grassroots Efforts of Saving Our Earth
Passage 2 Walking and the Environment
Passage 3 Reflections: Saving the Environment
Appendix Keys and Answers
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