《泛读教程》-的特征体现在“泛”与“读”两个方面。就“泛”而言，教材选用语言素材题材广泛，内容呈百科知识性，涉及英语国家的社会、政治、经济、文化、文学、历史、宗教、体育、医药、环保、风土人情、科普知识等各个领域。同时，语言素材的文体呈多样性，既有文学作品，又有记叙、说明、议论、新闻、广告等语言风格不同的各类文章。就“读”而言，王守仁、赵文书编著的《泛读教程（1修订版）》提供全面系统的阅读训练，指导学生掌握细读、略读、寻读等方法，学会快速、准确地获取并处理信息，并通过各种练习，培养假设判断、分析归纳、推理检验等逻辑思维能力。学生学了这套教材，可以提高英语的阅读理解能力和阅读速度，增强英语语感，扩大词汇量，增加英语国家文化背景知识。

READING SKILL:Context Clue to Word Meaning I

UNIT 1 University Student Life

 TEXT I:On Being a Student

 TEXT II:Getting the Best Value for Time

UNIT 2 Culture Shock

 TEXT I:Making a Cultural Change

 TEXT II:Culture Shock: A Fish out of Water

UNIT 3 Movie

 TEXT I:How Do the Movies Do It?

 TEXT II:The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse

UNIT 4 Food

 TEXT I:A Food Tour of the United States

 TEXT II:Dinner Invitations

READING SKILL:Context Clue to Word Meaning II

UNIT 5 Besiness

 TEXT I:Levi Strauss & Company

 TEXT II:What Is the WTO ?

UNIT 6 Sports

 TEXT I:A City Wild with Joy

 TEXT II:How the Olympic Games Started

UNIT 7 Shyness

 TEXT I:Overcome Shyness

 TEXT II:How to Make a Good Impression

UNIT 8 Native Peoples

 TEXT I:Native American Influences on Modern American Culture

 TEXT II:Endangered Peoples

READING SKILL:Understanding Sentences

UNIT 9 Bible Stories

 TEXT I:Genesis

 TEXT II:The Birth of Jesus Christ

UNIT 10 Festivals and Holidays

 TEXT I:Christmas

 TEXT II:Celebrating the Chinese New Year Home and Abroad

UNIT 11 Advertising

 TEXT I:International Advertising as a Communication Process

 TEXT II:How Advertisement Is Done

UNIT 12 Agriculture

 TEXT I:Scientists Find Way to Boost Rice Crop Yield

 TEXT II:Golden Rice: A Solution to Blindness?

READING SKILL:Distinguishing Topic from Main Idea

UNIT 13 Psychology

 TEXT I:Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

 TEXT II:General Psychology: The Study of Behavior

UNIT 14 Mysteries

 TEXT I:Have You Ever Seen a UFO?

 TEXT II:A Dustbin of Unsolved Mysteries

UNIT 15 Computer

 TEXT I:The School of the Future

 TEXT II:Google Thrives

UNIT 16 Physical Fitness

 TEXT I:Some Myths about Physical Fitness

 TEXT II:Getting Thin --for Good

UNIT 17 Pseudoscience

 TEXT I:Analyze Yourself with the Help of Doodles

 TEXT II:Horoscopes

UNIT 18 Fiction

 TEXT II:Whitewashing Aunt Polly's Fence

 TEXT II:A Long-Expected Party