致用英語閱讀教程(下)（簡體書）

《致用英語》是供高職高專英語專業學生使用的系列教材，包括《綜合教程》、《口語教程》、《聽力教程》、《聽力教程》、《閱讀教程》、《寫作教程》、《語法教程》、《英語國家概況》、《英語報刊閱讀》。本系列教材根據高職高專英語專業的教學現狀和改革方向，由國內英語教育專家和高職高專英語教學一線的教師聯合編寫，旨在以全新的理念、實用的內容，著重培養學生的綜合職業素質，提高學生的英語應用能力。
《致用英語 閱讀教程》共兩冊，旨在通過大量的閱讀實踐、實用的閱讀技能訓練，全面提高學生的閱讀能力。
每冊包括10個主題單元和兩個綜合訓練。
每單元包括和主題相關的兩篇主課文和一篇補充閱讀，使學生在完成基本的閱讀訓練的同時，接觸多種題材和體裁的閱讀文章，拓展知識面，擴充詞匯量。
系統講解閱讀技巧，并結合課文中的實例進行練習和鞏固，有效提高學生的閱讀技能。
練習形式豐富多樣，啟發性強，注重培養學生的批判性思維能力。

Unit 1 Learning
Passage A The Power of Knowledge
Passage B How to Improve Your Study Habits
Reading Skills Identifying Skill Requirement
Supplementary Reading Seven Steps to Positive Self Talk
Unit 2 Blue Jeans
Passage A The Invention of Blue Jeans
Passage B Forever in Blue Jeans
Reading Skills Reading Poetry
Supplementary Reading Dads Boots
Unit 3 Living in the City
Passage A Getting Pounded
Passage B New Orleans Reconstruction: We Shall Overcome
Reading Skills SQ3R Strategy
Supplementary Reading The Sparrows in Madison Square
Unit 4 Entertainment
Passage A Can a Film Change the World?
Passage B Star Couples Fight to Keep Baby News Private
Reading Skills Activating Your Background Knowledge
Supplementary Reading So, What Were We Writing about Again?
Unit 5 Travel and Tourism
Passage A Secrets of Cheap Travel
Passage B Slow Business Travel
Reading Skills Practical Tips for Reading Critically
Supplementary Reading Travel and Tourism
Comprehensive Practice Ⅰ
Unit 6 Natural Disaster
Passage A Storm of the Century
Passage B Pompeii
Reading Skills Enlarge Your Vocabulary
Supplementary Reading Food and Water in an Emergency
Unit 7 Environment and Energy Crisis
Passage A Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Grow
Passage B Solar Power Wins Enthusiasts but Not Money
Reading Skills Speedy Reading
Supplementary Reading One Countrys Success Story: Building a Green Economy
Unit 8 Internet Pioneers
Passage A Vinton Cerf
Passage B Tim Berners-Lee
Reading Skills Active Reading
Supplementary Reading Internet Privacy
Unit 9 Economy
Passage A Is an Open Economy Good?
Passage B Economic Boom Produces More Domestic Brands
Reading Skills Summarizing
Supplementary Reading How World Growth Will Withstand the US Recession
Unit 10 Career
Passage A Triple Your Personal Productivity
Passage B Is Your Work Getting in the Way of Your Life?
Reading Skills Figurative Language
Supplementary Reading My Defense of Unfulfilling Careers
Comprehensive Practice Ⅱ
Key to Exercises