秦中書、吳莉、王欣編寫的《大學英語閱讀(興
趣篇)》立足於民辦普通高校大學生的英語基礎和認
知能力。篇目選擇和題目設計由簡入難，循序漸進，
整體難度適中；強調對學生英語基本技能的培養和訓
練，突出學生英語實際運用能力的提高。

Unit 1 Impressive Stoies
Text 1 Galileo and the Pendulum
Text 2 Strange Minds
Text 3 The Man Who Made McDonald’S Popular Around the World
Text 4 A Leaf from Heaven
Unit 2 Wonderful Nature
Text 1 Breathing Sea Water
Text 2 Snow
Text 3 The Mystery of Time
Text 4 Wonders of the World—Modern Structures
Unit 3 Great inventions
Text 1 The Development of Cinema Film
Text 2 The Man Who Lighted the World
Text 3 Two Inventions That Have Helped Save Lives：Seatbelts and Kevlar
Text 4 The Strange Birth of Television
Unit 4 Useful Energes
Text 1 Using the Sun
Text 2 Plastics—Man’S Most Useful Material
Text 3 Taking the Hot Air out of Wind Power
Text 4 Danger!Atomic Waste!
Unit 5 Health
Text 1 Want to Eat Less?Imagine Eating More
Text 2 How to Help Your Depressed Teen
Text 3 Walking for Exercise and Pleasure
Text 4 Smoking：It’S Never Too Late to Stop
Unit 6 Culture
Text 1 Meet the Downsized Generation：Millennials Who Are Rewriting the Rules for Success
Text 2 What Unites These States?
Text 3 Confucianism in China
Text 4 Ten Benefits of Reading：Why You Should Read Every Day
Unit 7 world concerns
Text 1 Three Myths on the World’S Poor
Text 2 Building a Country by Switching on the Lights
Text 3 Feeding the Planet Without Destroying It
Text 4 Turning up the Volume on Climate Change Isn’t Changing Behaviour
Unit 8 Future World
Text 1 The Futtire of Personal Computing：CloudConnected Screens Everywhere
Text 2 Why We Have to Turn Electronic Devices Off on Planes
Text 3 How Your Language Affects Your Wealth and Health?
Text 4 Can Schools Survive in the Age of the Web?
Keys to Exercises
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