大学英语快速阅读4（第2版）是根据教育部颁发的《大学英语教学基本要求》以及大学英语四、六级考试最新题型而编写的。改革后的大学英语考试题型更注重扫读和寻读能力的培养，并增加了阅读的篇幅，改进了阅读理解题型，要求学生在15分钟之内完成约1000个单词文章的阅读量。传统的阅读教材在阅读篇幅、阅读时间以及阅读理解题型方面都很难满足新的要求。为了适应大学英语四、六级考试的新变化，我们及时修订了《大学英语快速阅读教材系列》。
Unit One Entertainment
In.Class Reading
Harry Potter Storms into Homes
Happiness Isn't for Sale, but Some Planning
After-Class Reading
Bite the Big Apple
How to Give Negative Feedback
Unit Two Issues on Sports
In-Class Reading
Jones Is Said to Have Failed Drug Test in June
Deceived by a Glimpse of Greatness
After.Class Reading
Coping with the Inevitability of Defeat Makes Victories All the More Sweet
Minimizing the Risks of Organized Youth Sports
Unit Three Social Problems
In-Class Reading
Remember Me
Faith, in Its Place
After-Class Reading
When Mountains Move
Real TV?
Unit Four Issues on Education
In-Class Reading
Primary Pupils Showing Passion for Languages
Trouble within Those Test Scores
After-Class Reading
The Move to a State School Was Too Much to Bear
In Elite N. Y. Schools, a Dip in Blacks and Hispanics
Unit Five Animals
In-Class Reading
Professor Ant
Cultivate Obedience in Dogs
After-Class Reading
A Sense of Danger
It's a Math World for Animals
Unit Six Information Technology
In-Class Reading
Intemet and Life
How Women and Men Use the Intemet
After-Class Reading
The Intemet Transforms Modem Life
Music Television
Unit Seven International Affairs
In-Class Reading
The UN Expresses Shock at Israeli Bombing
Peace and Development
After-Class Reading
Uncle Sam Faces a World Trade Backlash
Executive Summary of Public Views on the Anti-Terrorism Act (Canada)
Unit Eight Morality
In-Class Reading
Leadership Brings Responsibility
Cruel and Rlegal
After-Class Reading
Do Boys Need Fathers? This Woman Says No
Columbus's Parrot
Unit Nine Environment
In-Class Reading
"Turn Garages into Houses"
Scientists Reveal Details of Brain Cell Communication:
Implications for Learning & Memory
After-Class Reading
They Keep Our Buildings Humming
News
Unit Ten Economic Growth
In-Class Reading
Coffee Chain Brews Plan to Percolate into China
What to Do about Asia's Savings?
After-Class Reading
If Minimum Wage Is Raised, Who Benefits?
Economy Grew at a Slower Pace, According to New Fed Snapshot
Keys to Fast Reading( Book Four)
2 Fiona, meanwhile, says the decision to go it alone was the single mostgalvanizing moment in her life. "I can honestly say that I have Jamie to thankfor me making something of myself. " In those early days she left the Bfix~nsquat where she'd lived with her partner and rented a fiat in Hampstead.Without financial help from her ex but with the emotional support of hermother, she juggled childcare with setting up her own business. Mother andson now live in Fulham. Jamie goes to a private boys' school and Fiona runsher own life-coaching business.
3 Money has never been an issue, says Fiona succinctly. "I alwaysearned more than Jamie's father. " Neither was discipline. "Because we hadgreat chunks of time together nothing ever built up. Everything wasdiscussed. " Or conflict. "I can honestly say our house was a sanctuary.There were no bust-ups or tensions or disagreements. " One by one sheebulliently demolishes the clich6s around single mothers and sons. She takespride in the fact that she never allowed Jamie to become the surrogatehusband or "the man of the house. " At the same time she says she'sencouraged him to be independent. She describes a son who is sociable andpopular.
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