《英語泛讀教程(第三版)》是普通高等教育“十一五”國家級規(guī)劃教材，供高等學(xué)校英語專業(yè)一、二年級使用，也適用于同等程度的英語自學(xué)者。全套教材共4冊。劉乃銀主編的《英語泛讀教程(2)(學(xué)生用書)(第3版)》為第二冊，共15個單元。單元一般分為四部分：第一部分為閱讀課文及練習(xí)，練習(xí)包括判斷課文中心思想、閱讀理解、詞匯練習(xí)和課堂討論題；第二部分為閱讀技巧，重點(diǎn)介紹各種閱讀技巧，并配有相應(yīng)的練習(xí)；第三部分為快速閱讀練習(xí)，提供3篇短文，要求在規(guī)定的時間內(nèi)完成；第四部分為課外閱讀，提供和課文長度相當(dāng)?shù)恼Z言材料，配有閱讀理解題和思考題�！队⒄Z泛讀教程(2)(學(xué)生用書)(第3版)》第三版更換了第二版的部分內(nèi)容，并根據(jù)難易程度調(diào)整了單元順序，使閱讀文章題材更加廣泛，更具有時代感。
劉乃銀主編的《英語泛讀教程(2)(學(xué)生用書)(第3版)》閱讀材料題材廣泛，涉及英語國家社會、政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、文化等方面；內(nèi)容新穎，注意收入反映近年來社會進(jìn)步和科學(xué)技術(shù)發(fā)展的文章；注重趣味性，文體多樣。突破傳統(tǒng)教材課文篇幅太短的局限，閱讀量明顯加大。課文長度從第一冊的1200詞增加到第四冊的2400詞。學(xué)生通過閱讀實(shí)踐，可擴(kuò)大英語詞匯量，提高閱讀速度和理解能力。注重培養(yǎng)學(xué)生快速、準(zhǔn)確、有效地獲取信息的能力和把握文章中心思想的能力，訓(xùn)練學(xué)生見“樹”又見“林”的能力。
Unit 1 Text The Sbadowland of Dreams Reading Skills Using the Dictionary Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading Help Youelf Tbrou Unit 1 Text The Sbadowland of Dreams Reading Skills Using the Dictionary Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading Help Youelf Tbrougb the Hard TimesUnit 2 Text Critical Thinking Reading Skills Dealing with Synonyms and Antonyms Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading Happy AccidentsUnit 3 Text Recycling Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading Global WarmingUnit 4 Text The Lady on Pemberton Street Reading Skills Dealing with Homonyms Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading It's Our World, Too!Unit 5 Text A Mother's Place Reading Skills Skimming Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading To Grandmother's House We GoUnit 6 Text Fathe & So: the Bonding Process Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading My Father's MusicUnit 7 Text Numbe and Ome Reading Skills Scanning Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading The Concept of CultureUnit 8 Text Getting Enough Sleep? Dream On Reading Skills Choosing Reading Speeds Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading Three Hou to Save Your LifeUnit 9 Text Invented Words Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading A History of EnglishUnit 10 Text Nuclear Energy Reading Skills Facts and Opinio 166 Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading If Earth Were Powered from SpaceUnit 11 Text The Rocking-Hoe Winner (I) Reading Skills Making Inferences 185 Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading The Rocking-Hoe Winner (II)Unit 12 Text Social Critic with Verve Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading Jacques DerridaUnit 13 Text Giving Hitler Hell (I) Reading Skills Underlining and Listing Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading Giving Hitler Hell (II)Unit 14 Text Overdue Interest Reading Skills Summarizing Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading G. A. Fitcb's DiaryUnit 15 Text The Old Man and the Sea (I) Testing Your Reading Compreheion and Speed Home Reading The Old Man and The Sea (II)Source of Some Reading Materials
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