刘乃银主编的《英语泛读教程(2)(学生用书)(第3版)》阅读材料题材广泛，涉及英语**社会、政治、经济、文化等方面；内容新颖，注意收入反映近年来社会进步和科学技术发展的文章；注重趣味性，文体多样。突破传统教材课文篇幅太短的局限，阅读量明显加大。课文长度从**册的1 200词增加到第四册的2 400词。学生通过阅读实践，可扩大英语词汇量，提高阅读速度和理解能力。注重培养学生快速、准确、有效地获取信息的能力和把握文章**思想的能力，训练学生见“树”又见“林”的能力。

Unit 1
text the shadowland of dreams 1
reading skills using the dictionary 6
testing your reading comprehension and speed 8
home reading help yourself through the hard times 12

Unit 2
text critical tbinking 18
reading skills dealing witb synonyms and antonyms 25
testing your reading comprehension and speed 26
home reading happy accidents 30

Unit 3
text recycling 35
testing your reading comprehension and speed 42
home reading global warming 46

Unit 4
text the lady on pemberton street 52
reading skills dealing with homonyms 58
testing your reading comprehension and speed 59
home reading it's our world, too! 63

Unit 5
text a mother's place 70
reading skills skimming 77
testing your reading comprehension and speed 78
home reading to grandmother's house we go 82

Unit 6
text fathers & sons: the bonding process 89
testing your reading comprehension and speed 95
home reading my fatber's music 99

Unit 7
text numbers and omens 104
reading skills scanning 112
testing your reading comprehension and speed 114
home reading the concept of culture 117

Unit 8
text getting enough sleep? dream on 124
reading skills choosing reading speeds 131
testing your reading comprehension and speed 132
home reading three hours to save your life 136

Unit 9
text invented words 142
testing your reading comprehension and speed 148
home reading a history of english 153

Unit 10
text nuclear energy 159
reading skills facts and opinions 166
testing your reading comprehension and speed 167
home reading if earth were powered from space 172

Unit 11
text the rocking-horse winner (i) 177
reading skills making inferences 185
testing your reading comprehension and speed 187
home reading the rocking-horse winner (ii) 191

Unit 12
text social critic with verve 200
testing your reading comprehension and speed 207
home reading jacques derrida 212

Unit 13
text giving hitler hell (i) 217
reading skills underlining and listing 224
testing your reading comprehension and speed 227
home reading giving hitler hell (ii) 231

Unit 14
text overdue interest 238
reading skills summarizing 245
testing your reading comprehension and speed 247
home reading g. a. fitch's diary 252

Unit 15
text the old man and the sea (i) 258
testing your reading comprehension and speed 267
home reading the old man and the sea (ii) 271
sources of some reading materials 279
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