由刘孝忠和林意新主编的《大学英语跟踪阅读》在选材中特别重视筛选新兴学科和内容新颖的文章，绝大部分选自近五年来一些知识面宽、科学性强、趣味性浓的英语读物，涉及语言、文化、习俗、伦理、信息、科学、社会焦点等诸多方面，使学生读来津津有味、妙趣横生、拓宽见闻、知识倍增，力求融语言知识学习、文化意识提高与批判性思维能力的培养为一体，同时，所选文章大部分出自名家之手，遣词造句文从字顺、语言规范、情景交融，使学生读来心领神会，易于吸收。

由刘孝忠和林意新主编的《大学英语跟踪阅读》（第二版）依据《大学英语课程教学要求》的精神，在同原书第一版的基础上修订而成，分为4册。本册18个单元，每单元由10篇阅读理解文章及不同形式的练习题构成。在编写过程中，力求所选文章依据难易梯度设置，各篇词汇分布均匀，尽可能覆盖《大学英语课程教学要求》中规定的词汇和各项语言基础知识。每篇阅读文章之前均提供了文章字数，供学生及时评估阅读速度和效率，逐步提高阅读理解能力。本次修订主要订正了第一版书中的个别错误，更换了少量难度或主题不甚理想的文章或习题，将文中的生词进行了重新全面排查和注释。本教程既可作为独立的大学英语阅读教材使用，也可配合大学英语主干教材使用。

《大学英语跟踪阅读》的目标读者为高等院校在校学生，大学英语四、六级备考人员及英语水平相当的其他人士。

Unit 1

 Expressions of Colors

 Who's There？

 "What" and "Not"

 Return to My Hometown

 The Largest Library in the World

 Tea

 Jack London

 Karaoke

 Evidence

 Women's Contribution

Unit 2

 TV Ads

 What's Good to Eat and Drink

 An April Fool's Story

 Honeymoon

 Two Jobs

 The Illness of Mrs. Brown

 Getting into College

 Olympic Games

 A Special Day for British Girls

 Oil and Water

Unit 3

 The Development of Money

 A Human Mistake

 The European Cuckoo

 The Living Statues in Barcelona

 I Can Drive at My Eighties

 Travelers

 Disneyland

 How McDonald's Became a Billion-dollar Business

 Pele

 Ticket, Please

Unit 4

 An Adjustment to Price

 Was the Dog Clever？

 Beijingners Speaking English

 The Danger of Air Travelling

 How Did the Handshake Come into Being？

 What a Soldier

 A Wedding Dress

 A Free Haircut

 Aesop

 Prince and Princess

Unit 5

 Static Electricity

 American Families

 Medical Journals

 My Father

 Penicillin

 Annual Rings

 Hawaii

 Signs on the Roads

 Barbie Dolls

 Frogs

Unit 6

 The Answer of Jason

 Breakfast

 Mirrors

 Never too Late to Learn

 Pumpkins

 Future Man

 One-Way-Street

 David Jones and His Salary

 You're on V-Mail

 Stamps

Unit 7

 Laptop Computer

 Written Language

 Whales

 Culture and Physical Appearance

 Seeing Things

 Where's the Beef

 Two Thieves

 The Garden Hotel

 Halloween

 Guinness Book of World Records

Unit 8

 Potato and Tobacco

 Don't Let Them Close Your School

 Fire and Water

 A Free Trip

 Thank You

  Sunrise or Sunset

  Intelligence Didn't Work

  Exchange of Letters

  Shakespeare

  Birthday Present

Unit 9

  Wind Power

  Greenwich

  Field Event

  Mr. Flowers

  Problem Page

  The Science Museum

  A Letter of Complaint

  The Quiet Country Cottage

  Me-Books

  FBI

Unit 10

  Family Dog

  Things Brought to Heaven

  The Origins of Basketball

  Danger: Children at Work

  How Long

  An Old Couple

  Tea in Britain

  Coins of Any Special Dates？

  Tragedy or Blessing

  Flying

Unit 11

  Where to Live

  TV

  Teachers and Teaching

  Feast on Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving

  Lifetime Employment

  Falling off the Platform

  Dreams

  A Visit to Italy

  Blue Jeans

  Father's Day

Unit 12

  How People Get Their Names

  Taboo

  The Attraction of a Bookshop

  Keeping up with the Joneses

  Drugs

  Nose

  Shanghai's Popular Air Touring

  Rats

  A Self-introduction

  How a Refrigerator Works

Unit 13

  Wild Animals

  Henry, Laura and Bill

 The Weather Forecasting

 Cheating

 A Travel Experience

 Other Senses

 Jazz

 The First Questions in College

 Food for Thought

 An Advertisement

Unit 14

 Soap and Water

 Punctual Like a Clock

 Speed Changes the World

 GM Foods

 See Well by Feeling

 About Human Beings' Eating

 Odds and Ends

 Fortune and the Beggar

 Umbrellas

 Saving Paper

Unit 15

 Tom's Trip

 Joan's Luck at Hospital

 The World's Water Problem

 Sightseeing in Kunming

 My Childhood

 CATV

 Linda's Promise

 Edgar's Photo

 Copying the Picture

 Finders or Keepers？

Unit16

 The Invention of Lightning Rod

 A Satisfactory Solution

 First Subway

 My Teaching Experience

 Colors and Meanings

 Pyramids

 Animals and Earthquakes

 Sold Out!

 The Blind Girl

 Safety Tips for Kids on the Intemet

Unit 17

 The New World

 Application Letter

 How to Shop Food Wisely

 Men and Women Shoppers

 Balance of Nature

 Change of Roles

 Let the Children Read

 Dining Custom in USA

 Writing Reports on Psychological Research

 Parents and Children

Unit 18

 The International Red Cross

 The Sea War Between Britain and Germany

 The Powerful Influence of Weather

  The Importance of Breakfast

  George and Charlie

  Heroes of Today

  A Small Person

  Adventure Vacations

  Charlie Chaplin

  My Mother's Beauty

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