《高职高专英语泛读教程》以当前我国高职高专英语教学的实际需要为出发点，以培养学生的英语综合应用能力为目标，以突出和强化学生阅读技能训练与培养为目的，而设计、开发的一套贴近高职学生生活，实用新颖，学、考并重的全新阅读教材。

本教材依据《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求(试行)》，结合高等学校英语应用能力A、B级考试和大学英语四级考试，按照实用、够用的原则，设计、编排各单元的内容和体例，旨在帮助学生培养良好的阅读习惯，掌握实用的英语阅读知识和技巧，提高英语的文字处理能力，顺利通过A、B级和四级考试，并为学生的可持续性发展创造良好条件。

全套教材共分三册，每册十个单元。本书为第三册。

《高职高专英语泛读教程》是一套实用新颖、学考并重的全新阅读教材。全套教材共分三册，每册十个单元，具有以下特点：

选材多样新颖，语言地道，内容深刻，篇幅及难度适中；

课后练习丰富多样，从不同的角度训练和提高学生的英语水平和应用能力；

系统讲解阅读技巧，并配以针对性强的练习，有效地巩固和提高学生的阅读技能；

紧密结合“高职高专英语应用能力考试”和“大学英语四级考试”，使学生在日常学习中轻松备考。

Unit 1 Conduction Preschool Education

 Passage A A Shout Out to Preschool Teachers Everywhere

 Reading Skills Expansion of Topic Sentence

 Passage B How Do I Help My Preschooler Beat Separation Anxiety?

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun Parents PinchPennies from Piggy Banks

Unit 2 Experiencing Global Warming

 Passage A Students Put Global Warming in the Spotlight

 Reading Skills Comparing and Contrasting

 Passage B Global Warming Does the Greatest Harm to the Poorest Country

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun Heat and Homicide

Unit 3 Encountering Natural Disasters

 Passage A Typhoon Morakot Lashes Taiwan

 Reading Skills Reading in Meaning Clusters

 Passage B Helping Children Cope with Disaster

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun Earthquake Happens

Unit 4 Learing Online

 Passage A E-learning

 Reading Skills Reading in Coherence

 Passage B lnternet and Education

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun Smelly Readers Banned from Calif. Library

Unit 5 Exploring Secrets of Health

 Passage A The Disease Men Don't Talk About

 Reading Skills Understanding Long Sentences

 Passage B The Secrets of Good Health

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun

Unit 6 Being an Outstanding Woman

 Passage A Helen Adams Keller

 Reading Skills Reading Newspapers and Headlines

 Passage B Audrey Hepburn

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun Wife's Duty

Unit 7 Meditating on Terrorism

 Passage A The Terror Attacks in Year 200l

 Reading Skills Reading Graphic Information

 Passage B Long-term Effects of the Terror Attacks

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun

Unit 8 Customer Service

 Passage A Twilight in the Toy Shop

 Reading Skills Reading Advertisements

 Passage B The Soft Sell

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun Shopping for Goods

Unit 9 Language Progressing

 Passage A Not the Queen's English

 Reading Skills Reading Scientific and Technical Writings

 Passage B Languages and the Internship Rush

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun Language Changes How People Do Math

Unit 10 Protecting Your Privacy

 Passage A Privacy on Parade, at a Price

 Reading Skills Reading Expositor3, Writings

 Passage B Passwordage

 Reading Comprehension from CET-4

 Reading for Fun Keys or Kiss?

Key to Exercises