据高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会制定的《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》,阅读课程是英语专业本科基础阶段的一门专业必修课程,其中,快速阅读是英语专业阅读课程的主要内容之一。快速阅读旨在培养英语专业学生快速阅读的技能和技巧,培养学生通过阅读快速获取知识和信息的能力,培养英语专业学生语言能力、语言基本功和语言素养。
据高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会制定的《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》,阅读课程是英语专业本科基础阶段的一门专业必修课程,其中,快速阅读是英语专业阅读课程的主要内容之一。快速阅读旨在培养英语专业学生快速阅读的技能和技巧,培养学生通过阅读快速获取知识和信息的能力,培养英语专业学生语言能力、语言基本功和语言素养。
高等学校《英语专业快速阅读》(1~4册)教材由王扬教授担任总主编。参与编写教材的人员有刘娜、刘晶晶、周化嫒、龚小燕、乔淑霞、孔云军等。
教材每册设计16个单元(共32篇文章),每个单元包括与专题内容相关的2篇阅读材料,短文字数控制在800~1000词,设计阅读量要求学生10分钟左右完成。每篇文章设计5道选择题(其中,2道涉及文章主题或大意,3道涉及内容细节),要求学生在规定时间内选择出正确的答案。教材在语料选择上注意题材、体裁的多样化(科技、文学、语言、文化、社会、习俗、生活等);在内容上力求体现新颖性、趣味性、实用性、广泛性、可读性;在词汇等级及难易度控制上,根据《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》司汇范围选择语料。第一册词汇量范围为3500词,生词出现率为3%~5%;第二册词汇量范围为4500词,生词出现率为3%~5%;第三册词汇量范围为5500词,生词出现率为3%~5%;第四册词汇量范围为6500词,生词出现率为3%~5%。英语专业基础阶段共4学期,本套教材每学期学习1册,每周学习1个单元。
Unit 1 Economy
Text A Mining: The Wacky World of Gold
Text B Economic Forecasting: A Foggier View than Ever
Unit 2 Social Life
Text A Lonely Planet: Isolation Increases in U.S..
Text B Stay-at-home Students: Want MBA, Won't Travel
Unit 3 Population
Text A How Britain Will Dominate Europe
Text B Brazil's Girl Power
Unit 4 Festivals
Text A Father's Day: Facts, Gifts, More
Text B First “Halloween” Costumes: Skins, Skulls, and Skirts?
Unit 5 Education
Text A Why Language May Shape Our Thoughts
Text B Education, Psychology and Technology: Game Lessons
Unit 6 Culture
Text A Follow the Money
Text B Unburying the Aztec
Unit 7 People
Text A Clancy Martin's “How to Sell”: A Jewel of a Novel
Text B Bringing Beauty and Beast into the Drawing Room
Unit 8 Science
Text A How to Use Your Laptop to Locate an Earthquake
Text B Why Facebook Is the Future
Unit 9 Games
Text A The Behavioral Effects of Video Games
Text B A New Recovery Center for Online and Video Game Addicts
Unit 10 Environment
Text A Why Climate Change Is Even Worse than We Feared
Text B Why Carbon Is Not a Bad Word
Unit 11 Animals
Text A Orphans No More
Text B Animal Migrations
Unit 12 Health
Text A How to Lose Weight? Avoid Skinny Overeaters
Text B Depressed? Angry? Your Heart May Suffer as a Result
Unit 13 Food
Text A U.S. Tightens Fishing Policy, Setting 2012 Catch Limits for All Managed Species
Text B Time for a Sea Change
Unit 14 Automobiles
Text A Making Way for Electric Cars in the Big Apple
Text B Detroit: Will Americans Ever Buy Small Cars?
Unit 15 Housing
Text A Budget 2010: Stamp Duty Boost for First-time Home Buyers
Text B Public Housing Repairs Can't Keep Pace with Need
Unit 16 Media
Text A CES 2010: Amazon Kindle under Threat from “Unbreakable, Light-as-paper” Que E-reader
Text B Pitching Movies or Filming Shows,Hollywood Is Hooked on iPads