大学英语》系列教材自1986年问世以来,为适应教学形势的变化,几经修改,于1992年出版正式本,并于1998年进行了修订。这套教材使用了20年,受到使用院校的广泛欢迎,曾先后获**级奖项,它的生命力在于与时俱进,不断更新,不断完善。本书为《大学英语》系列教材(第三版)泛读教程。本次修订是按照2004年教育部颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求(试行)》并结合当前我国大学英语的实际情况而进行的。因此,我们的修订的方向是:在提高阅读能力的同时,要注重培养学生综合应用英语的能力。本次修订时不改变原书的体例,即每册十个单元,每单元三篇课文。由于各院校课程安排不同,各地学生阅读能力存在差异,各院校可视具体情况有选择地使用本教材。我们在编排时,每个单元的**课内容更精彩些,使用时可着重处理。每篇课文后有两种练习,一是阅读练习,二是词语应用练习。词语应用练习的形式力求多样、新颖,例如多义词用法小结、小词的活用及搭配、同形异义词辨析、以及词的派生等,既能帮助归纳已学知识,又能锻���学生的应变和适应能力。阅读练习是一定要做的,词语练习可根据个人需要和能力,或全做或选做一部分。为了提高学习兴趣,每十五课后增加一个自

UNIT ONE
1. Words That Work Miracles
2. An Uncertain Future
3. Shame
UNIT Two
4. To Face Life with Courage
5. A Rifle, an Ax and a Bag of Corn
6. Backpacking
UNIT THREE
7. About Heroes
8. Armed and Dangerous
9. The First Piano in a Mining Camp
UNIT FOUR
10. Reagan's First Inaugural Address
11. What Profession to Enter?
12. How to Be an Employee
UNIT FIVE
13. What Makes a Leader?
14. Henry VIII
15. The Louisiana Purchase
TEST YOURSELF (1)
UNIT Six
16. A Man Who Had No Eyes
17. Throwaway Clothes: Cool and Cheap
18. I'll Remember It in a Minute
UNIT SEVEN
19. My Mother's Hands
20. Preservation of the Forests
21. The Man on the Street and the Men on the Moon
UNIT EIGHT
92. Was There a Golden Age?
23. In the Footsteps of Giants
24. How Advertising Informs to Our Benefit
UNIT NINE
25. Hate
26. Homicide?
27. The Cat Is Out of the Bag
UNIT TEN
28. An Essay on War
29. Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments
30. One of the Greatest Performing Artists of All Time
TEST YOURSELF (2)
APPENDICES
Ⅰ. Glossary
Ⅱ. Key to Test Yourself (1) and (2)
Ⅲ. Key to Comprehension of the Text