徐晓兵、章永兰主编的《英语阅读3》是高等院校英语专业基础阶段阅读课程使用的系列教材，也适用于非英语专业学生和中级英语学习者。循序渐进地构建了系统的多元化人文知识体系，时代性、经典性、哲理性、学术性、世界性并重，涵盖社会、政治、经济、文化、历史、新闻、宗教、体育、医药、文学、风土人情、科普知识等各个领域。英语注释文章的词汇、文化等知识点，便于学生扩大词汇量，快速理解课文，提高英语思维能力。练习题型多样化，旨在加强学生的语言基本功训练，提高他们的阅读理解能力与语言应用能力。书后附有难题练习的参考答案，供教师和学生参考。课堂教学与课外拓展阅读有机整合。教材介绍了一些有效的阅读方法，每单元配有与主题相关的英语同步阅读拓展资源，促使阅读教学朝着自主式学习方向发展。

Unit One Body Language

 1.Understanding the Basics of Body Language (Part I)

 2.Understanding the Basics of Body Language (Part II)

 3.The Magic of Smiles and Laughter

Unit Two The New Testament

 1.Introduction

 2.The Gospel According to Matthew (Matthew)

 On Forgiveness, Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5: 38-48)

 The Ascetic Ideal (Matthew 6: 25-33)

 The Golden Rule (Matthew 7:12)

 Salvation and Damnation Linked to Deeds (Matthew 7:13-23)

 3.The Letter of Paul to the Romans (Romans)

 Salvation by Faith (Romans 3:21-28 )

 4.The Revelation to John (Revelation)

 The Last Judgment (Revelation 20:11-21:4)

Unit Three Pearl Buck and the Good Earth

 1.Book Review: 'Pearl Buck in China

 2.The Good Earth

Unit Four Technology and Innovation

 1.Apple: More than a Pretty Face

 2.Sweden Puts Its Bets on Green Tech

 3.Solar Plant Yields Water and Crops from the Desert

 4.Robot Wars: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence

Unit Five Susan Glaspell and Trifles

 1.Biographical Influences on Glaspell's Trifles

 2.Trifles

Unit Six Education

 1.The Chinese Mother

 2.New Class(room) War: Teacher vs.Technology

 3.A Matter of Degrees

 4.Universities and Their Function

Unit Seven Silent Spring

 1.A1 Gore's Introduction to Silent Spring

 2.A Fable for Tomorrow

 3.The Obligation to Endure

Unit Eight China's Rise

 1.Beijing Tries to Push beyond 'Made in China' Status to Find Name-brand Innovation

 2.My Year without 'Made in China

 3.Rising China Bests a Shrinking Japan

 4.China Is Eager to Bring High-speed Rail Expertiseto the U.S."

Unit Nine World History III

 1.Italian Renaissance (I 330-1550)

 2.The Enlightenment (1650-1800)

Unit Ten Sightseeing ,

 1.The Palace of Versailles

 2.The Moscow Kremlin

 3.The Old City

Key to the Exercises

Appendix 1 New Testament Timeline

Appendix 2 Timeline of World History (II)