本书对照《中国英语能力等级量表》和教育部颁布的《大学英语教学指南》，强调培养语言的输入与输出能力，其选材无论是篇幅、语言难度，还是长度均体现一定梯度。并从当前学生的学习水平和心理出发，把现有大学英语快速阅读、泛读、长篇阅读与精读等教材所涉及的语言能力培养和教学目标融为一体，努力满足当前大学生英语学习的需求，特别注重培养学生的英语综合能力，使其通过阅读英语原文熟悉不同语域，切实把握语言特点和表述方式，进而更好地培养他们使用英语的能力。

Unit 1 University Life
Text A What Will College Life Be Like?
Text B The Value of A College Degree
Text C The Future of College Education: Students for Life,Computer Advisers and Campuses Everywhere
Unit 2 Smart Transportation
Text A How Will Intelligent Transportation Systems Work in Ten Years?
Text B Smart Transportation
Text C Israel as A Lab for Smart Transportation
Unit 3 Family
Text A Amal Clooney's Tribute to George
Text B Divorce:A Love Story
Text C How Single Parent Households Affect Children?
Unit 4 Health
Text A Water-—To Your Health
Text B Is Coffee Healthy?
Text C 5 Tips to Help Manage Your Back-to-School Mental Health
Unit 5 The Impact of Internet
Text A How Computer Influences Our Life?
Text B How Today's Computers Weaken Our Brain?
Text C Does Journalism Have A Future?
Unit 6 Interpersonal Communication
Text A Less Silence, Better Performance
Text B A Letter to My Son
Text C Social Media and Interpersonal Communication
Unit 7 Lifestyle
Text A Seeking "to Be Visible", More Americans 65 and Older Are Getting Plastic Surgery
Text B Traditional Family Gives Way to Individualism
Text C Why Is It so Hard to Lead A Minimalist Lifestyle?
Unit 8 Literature
Text A The Open Window
Text B The Danger of Lying in Bed
Text C Cinderella
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