本教程依据教育部颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求》，针对独立学院和非**大学的教学实际，坚持以动机为先导，以兴趣为动力，以学生为**，强调自主学习和任务型学习。注重选材语言的“原汁原味”和内容风格的新鲜多样，突出快速阅读能力和跨文化交际能力的培育。特别导入了“快速扫视法”，有效训练学生眼与脑的协调配合，提高阅读速度和效果。本教程适用于独立学院和地方本科院校以及成人教育本科学生使用，也可作为英语学习爱好者的参考读物。

《大学实用英语快速阅读教程3》目录：
Unit One　Interests and Hobbies
Passage 1　How Self-Acceptance Leads to Happiness Within
Passage 2　Be Still
Passage 3　Adventurous Hobbies
Passage 4　How to Choose a Hobby that Suits You
Unit Two　Life and Fashion
Passage 1　Facial Make-up
Passage 2　Determine the Shape of Your Face
Passage 3　Greening Your Office
Passage 4　How to Lose Weight The Basics of Weight Loss
Unit Three　Language and Culture
Passage 1　 "China Threat" Fear Countered by Culture
Passage 2　Languages Change
Passage 3　How Culture Influences Language
Passage 4　How to Learn a Foreign I.anguage: Finding a Great Language Helper
Unit Four　Love and Marriage
Passage 1　Just Love Doesn't Keep a Marriage Going
Passage 2　The American Way: Marriage
Passage 3　High Costs Force Us to Wait
Passage 4　Love and Marriage
Unit Five　Myths and Legends
Passage 1　A Legendary King
Passage 2　Yerba Mate, and the legend of the Guarani
Passage 3　Nt　Wa
Passage 4　The Legend of Saint Nicholas
Unit Six　History and Culture
Passage 1　The Road to Revolution
Passage 2　 "Old Glory": The American Flag
Passage 3　The Renaissance
Passage 4　Princess Wencheng--Bridging the Different Cultures
Unit Seven　Emerging Technology
Passage 1　First Robot Scientist Makes Gene Discovery
Passage 2　Man Uses Chip to Control Robot with Thoughts
Passage 3　A New Single-Lens Camera Able to Capture 3D Images
Passage 4　Electrified Flowers Make Astonishing Artworks
Unit Eight　Mysteries of the Universe
Passage 1　The Secret of How Our Brains Switch on an Itch
Passage 2　Mysteries of Humpback Migration
Passage 3　Top Five Strangest Things in the Universe
Passage 4　Sleep Science. The Mystery of Dreams and Dreaming