朗读是学习英语的基本功。它可以训练正确的发音和语调，促进口语的发展，并帮助我们记忆生词、短语，熟悉所学的语法现象。通过表情朗读，还可细致地体会文章的情感与精神所在。同学们应养成朗读的习惯。每天大声朗读单词，朗读句子，朗读课文。每天早晨或晚饭后要坚持至少30分钟的朗读训练，较短课文要在朗读基础上进行背诵。贾永青、杜通主编的《跟名师读美文(大学生版)》是在校大学生必备的英语学习材料。

Passage 1 Silk Road

Passage 2 Food Safety Scandals

Passage 3 Hunger Primes the Brain for Junk Food

Passage 4 Social Media and the Post-privacy Society

Passage 5 Love Me, Love My Book

Passage 6 The Power of Thoughts

Passage 7 Surmounting Life's Obstacles

Passage 8 Risk of Music

Passage 9 Web Business

Passage 10 Iceberg Water

Passage 11 Writing

Passage 12 Distance Learning

Passage 13 Privacy Under Attack

Passage 14 Global Warming

Passage 15 Customer Service

Passage 16 Going to a Doctor

Passage 17 You Are What You Eat and Drink

Passage 18 The Modem Jane Austen Heroine

Passage 19 New Library Workspaces

Passage 20 The Great Four Inventions

Passage 21 CEO Compensation

Passage 22 Don't Dig a Big Money Pit

Passage 23 The History of Tea

Passage 24 Chinese Knot

Passage 25 A Bless in Disgnise

Passage 26 Conflagration in London

Passage 27 Lessons from a Feminist Paradise I

Passage 28 Lessons from a Feminist Paradise I1

Passage 29 Consequences of Parental Leave Policies

Passage 30 The Importance of a Little Thought

Passage 31 Language Changing

Passage 32 Reaction Towards Fear

Passage 33 Overwhelming Lust for Money

Passage 34 Google

Passage 35 Why Doesn't Ever-greater Wealth Promote Ever-greater Happiness?

Passage 36 Small Schools Rising

Passage 37 The Prevalance of Texting

Passage 38 Workers' Compensation Law

Passage 39 Income Inequality

Passage 40 Sustainable Development in Agriculture

Passage 41 Profession and Respect

Passage 42 Primary Care

Passage 43 The Toxic Paradox

Passage 44 College Investment

Passage 45 Endangened Turtles

Passage 46 Parents' Misconceptions

Passage 47 The Value of the Dollar

Passage 48 Acclimating Newcomers to the Office

Passage 49 How Often Should You Switch Jobs?

Passage 50 Being a Woman Scientist

Passage 51 Wang Tops List of Surnames

Passage 52 The Tourist Trade Is Booming

Passage 53 Immigration

Passage 54 The Norwegian Government Tend to Control the Oil Industry

Passage 55 Influence of the Establishment on American