王尚阁主编的《魅力英语：阅读（第1册）》本着扩大知识面和增强英语阅读水平的目标，为学生提供全面而系统的阅读技巧、阅读材料和习题训练，指导学生掌握多种阅读方法，学会快速而准确地寻找有效信息，并通过习题训练来培养判断、归纳、推理等逻辑思维能力。全书共计十六个单元，按照阅读方法分编成组。供高等学校英语专业一、二年级泛读课教学使用。

本教材紧跟时代的步伐，体现了新世纪英语教学的新特点，具有独特性、新颖性、创新性、实用性以及信息量大、趣味性强等优势。

Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning

Unit 1 Campus Life

 Section A Passions, Friends, and Great Profs

 Section B

 Section C 10 Tips for a Good Roommate Relationship

Unit 2 Political Party

 Section A Political Parties in the United States

 Section B

 Section C Political Parties in the UK

Unit 3 Environment

 Section A Blame Failure of Copenhagen Summit on Denmark, Not China

 Section B

 Section C Silent Spring （excerpt）

Reading Skill: Word-Formation

Unit 4 Technology

 Section A What Is Artificial Intelligence？

 Section B

 Section C Innovation: Teaching Robots Some Manners

Unit 5 Jury System in America

 Section A Jury Service in America

 Section B

 Section C Conduct of the Jury During the Trial

Unit 6 Fighting Cold.

 Section A Hand-Washing, Mask-Wearing May Limit Transmission of Pandemic Flu

 Section B

 Section C Flu Prevention: 5 Critical Lessons from History and What They Mean Today

Reading Skill: Skimming

Unit 7 Online Shopping

 Section A Forget Taobao.com, Try These Other Shopping Sites on for Size

 Section B

 Section C Online Shopping: Good for the Environment; Good for the Wallet

Unit 8 Career

 Section A The Job of Jobs

 Section B

 Section C Young & Jobless

Unit 9 Management

 Section A Our Management Approach of Johnson & Johnson

 Section B

 Section C Help Your Best People Do a Better Job

Unit 10 Military Academies

 Section A West Point Cadet Ready to Be Leader

 Section B

 Section C Monterey Naval Postgraduate School Prepares Military Elite

Reading Skill: Scanning

Unit 11 News

 Section A Online Sites Win Journalism Firsts at Pulitzers

 Section B

 Section C Tensions Rise as South Korea Says North Torpedoed Ship

Unit 12 Travel

 Section A Proper Trip Preparation

 Section B

 Section C Europe's Best and Worst——With No Apologies

Reading Skill: Denotation and Connotation

Unit 13 Culture

 Section A Does the Blues Need a Pick-Me-Up？

 Section B

 Section C Russian Wedding Traditions and Customs

Unit 14 People Who Shaped Our World

 Section A Mother Teresa

 Section B

 Section C Mad Zedong

Unit 15 Speech

 Section A Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat

 Section B

 Section C How to Land on Your Feet When Speaking in Public.

Unit 16 Fiction

 Section A In the Morning

 Section B A Day of Misery

Appendix

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 Glossary