《大學英語快速閱讀(3航海類專業適用)》由羅衛華和呂弘主編，是一本博采眾長，具有開拓性的大學英語教材。
具體特色如下：
*主題鮮明，每個單元體現一個主題，密切聯繫航海類專業學生的未來生活和工作。
*選材新、題材廣，航海特色突出，內容表現形式多樣，信息量大，注重文化內涵，反映時代發展，展現語言魅力。
*應用類內容充實，尤其是聽、說的輸入量高於同類教材。
*注重在跨文化交際情境中使用恰當、得體、地道英語能力的培養。
*注重由淺入深、由易到難、循序漸進，體現繫統性和連續性。

Unit 1 Ethics
Passage A When Kids Say "1 hate you"
Passage B Study Finds Factors for Overcoming Isolation
Passage C Why Mothers Are Girls' Best Friends
Passage D Husband and Wife Heart Transplant
Unit 2 Taboos
Passage A Food Taboos= It's All a Matter of Taste
Passage B Wisdom from the Sea: 3 Life Lessons from the Ocean
Passage C Tattoos No Longer Taboo
Passage D Do Food Taboos Change and Disappear?
Unit 3 Society
Passage A Become a Chief Executive Officer
Passage B First Rule of Good Management. Treat Shipmates Respectfully
Passage C Recession Can Change a Way of Life
Passage D How the Brain Benefits with Aging
Unit 4 Occupation
Passage A Too Shy to Hunt Job?
Passage B Life at Sea in the Age of Sail
Passage C No Reply to Your Resume? Here's Why
Passage D Finding a Summer Job or Internship
Unit 5 Environment
Passage A Our Addiction to Oil Is Draining Every Last Drop
Passage B Noise Pollution Rising at Sea
Passage C Consumers Are Recycling and Buying "Green"
Passage D Fight over Lead Pollution / 89
Unit 6 Future
Passage A Future Tense
Passage B A Little Oil Goes a Long Way
Passage C The Future Is Urban
Passage D Time Is Money
Unit 7 Science
Passage A Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery
Passage B Why do Whales Beach Themselves?
Passage C How Freud Changed What People Thought About the Mind
Passage D On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers
Unit 8 Literature
Passage A Oliver Twist (Excerpt)
Passage B Durham--The Galveston Voyage (Excerpt)
Passage O The Birthmark
Passage D The Open Window
Key to the Exercises