由束定芳主編的這本《快速閱讀（2第2版）》是
“十二五”普通高等教育本科國家級規劃教材。教材
根據閱讀目的將閱讀技巧的訓練分為兩大板塊：“考
試閱讀題型與技巧”和“真實閱讀策略與技巧”。前
者圍繞四、六級考試的常見文體、題型介紹閱讀技巧
；後者則是針對真實生活中獲取信息這一目的講述閱
讀技巧。

Unit 1 People
Text 1 Deep Blues and Sunny Yellows
Text 2 Bill Gates in His Boyhood
Text 3 The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse
Text 4 Mark Twain and the Muddy Mississippi
Text 5 Benjamin Franklin
Unit 2 The Information Society
Text 1 How Texting and IM'ing Helps Introverted Teens
Text 2 Why I've Stopped Sending Holiday Photo Cards
Text 3 Teens and Video Games: How Much Is Too Much?
Text 4 Email a Message at Your Peril
Text 5 Long Live Paper
Unit 3 Cuisine
Text 1 The Sweet Taste of Summer
Text 2 Spanish Cuisine
Text 3 The Last Jar of Jelly
Text 4 The Story of Sushi
Text 5 Curries of the World
Unit 4 Marriage
Text 1 The Science of a Happy Marriage
Text 2 The Do's and Don'ts of Intercultural Marriage
Text 3 To Win at Marriage, Learn to Lose
Text 4 American Wedding Customs and SupersUUons
Text 5 Loving Muriel
Unit 5 Culture
Text 1 Culture Shock
Text 2 Tea Culture
Text 3 Ramadan (The Muslim Holy Month)
Text 4 Thailand Social Customs: Public Behavior Do's and Don'ts
Text 5 The Difference between American and British Humour
Unit 6 Adventure
Text 1 A Pirate Bold to Be
Text 2 The Treasure-hunt
Text 3 The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters
Text 4 Parker and Pi
Text 5 The Bet on the Tour of the World
Unit 7 Life
Text 1 Life in a Violin Case
Text 2 Generosity Is a Two-way Street
Text 3 The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Text 4 Why Measure Life in Heartbeats?
Text 5 A Ball to Roll Around
Unit 8 Science and Technology
Text 1 Why Do We Yawn?
Text 2 Why Have We Got a Memory?
Text 3 Science and the Scientific Attitude
Text 4 What Would Happen If the Earth Stopped Spinning?
Text 5 Weird Science
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