英语快速阅读技巧综述
Unit One Family Life
Reading A My Daughter Felt Forgotten: Parents on Working Late
Reading B It Took Me 20 Years to Talk About My Childhood
Reading C Does Your Husband Need Encouragement?
Reading D East vs. West: When Parenting Styles Clash
Unit Two Powerful Words
Reading A Words Create Worlds: Some Thoughts on the Power of Words
Reading B Powerful WORDS to Positively Change Your Life
Reading C Why Words are More Powerful than Swords
Reading D Powerful Words Can Change Your Life
Unit Three Famous Figures
Reading A Jobs and Apple
Reading B Michael Jordan Isn't Sitting out Any More, Says Protesting Athletes Shouldn't Be Demonized
Reading C The World Master of Investment ― Warren Buffett
Reading D Pablo Picasso
Unit Four Aerospace Age
Reading A Why Some Pilots Are Bad Risk Managers
Reading B Sky Kings: Flying the Aircraft You're In
Reading C AHarvest of New Moons
Reading D Pilotless Aircraft
Unit Five Of Language
Reading A Is English Changing
Reading B The Future of Language
Reading C British English vs. American English
Reading D Does the Language I Speak Influence the Way I Think?
Unit Six Key to Success
Reading A How to Be a Successful College Student
Reading B Steve Jobs’ 10 Principles to Success That Everyone Needs to Learn
Reading C The “Chosen Ones” Choose Themselves
Reading D Six Positive Mindsets That Give Your Dream its Best Chance to Soar
Unit Seven Career Building
Reading A 10 Things College Seniors Can Do This Summer to Help Their Future Job Search
Reading B The 10 Reasons Why You Should Invest in Your Career Rather Than a Relationship
Reading C The Scientifically Proven Way to Overcome Your Career Fears
Reading D Long-time Local Lawyers Discuss Their Careers
Unit Eight The Origin of Life
Reading A A Soviet Scientist Created the Only Tame Foxes in the World
Reading B Listening to Creationists Can Strengthen Our Understanding of Evolution
Reading C Searching for the Origins of Life Thousands of Feet Underwater
Reading D Do Aliens Exist?
Answers
Appendix
Table 1 Reading Speed Progress Chart
Table 2 Reading Comprehension Progress Chart
Table 3 Reading Efficiency Progress Chart

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