大學英語快速閱讀4(第三版)（簡體書）

《普通高等教育"十一五"國家級規劃教材?普通高等教育"十二五"規劃教材:大學英語快速閱讀4(第3版)》適用于大學一、二年級非英語專業學生或具有高中以上英語水平的閱讀愛好者。

Unit 1
Passage 1 Why Teach Thinking?
Passage 2 Quality Schools
Passage 3 High Anxiety
Unit 2
Passage 1 College Dorm Life and Beyond
Passage 2 Do You Need a Break?
Passage 3 Do It Now!
Unit 3
Passage 1 Traditional Bridal Showers
Passage 2 What' s in the Name of American Indians?
Passage 3 The Frontier Disappears
Unit 4
Passage 1 Black Americans and Civil Rights
Passage 2 Mother Teresa: A Special Voice for the Poor
Passage 3 You' ve Got to Find What You Love-A Commencement Address by Steve Jobs
Unit 5
Passage 1 Prenuptial Agreements
Passage 2 Ethics Issue for Citizen Snappers
Passage 3 Superstition: The Faith We All Share
Unit 6
Passage 1 Saying No to the Net
Passage 2 Cell Phones: A Love-Hate Relationship with Staying Power
Passage 3 Who Killed the Newspaper?
Unit 7
Passage 1 Urbanization and the Environment
Passage 2 Extreme Weather: Is Global Warming to Blame?
Passage 3 The Global Green Deal
Unit 8
Passage 1 Food Safety and Security: What Consumers Need to Know
Passage 2 Can Stress Cause Women to Gain Weight?
Passage 3 Desk Rage: Workers Gone Wild
Key to Comprehension Exercises

Chinese universities stopped punishing students for dating about two decades ago.Five months ago, the Education Ministry lifted the ban preventing students marrying. Andrecently, they revised restrictions on students living outside of university dormitories.
"Universities should strengthen administration on students who have to rentoff-campus properties when the institutions have difficulty arranging accommodations,"said a Ministry regulation released in late July. Significantly, it dropped the clause "inprinciple, students should not be permitted to live in non-university properties," whichappeared in an earlier version released in June 2004.
Chinese college students have been required to live in cheap, crowded dorms withfour to seven peers for decades. But there are problems with the alternative as well, ofcourse. Last year' s ban came as the media emphasized cases of criminals targeting theincreasing number of students who chose to live off-campus.
Despite this, no doubt most young students received news of the regulation changejoyfully. Those who wish to and can afford it can now start house-hunting before the newsemester begins in September.
Parents and university administrations understandably reacted differently. Theyvoiced concerns about security, and the threat of off-campus lifestyles getting out ofcontrol.
Their apprehension aside, the policy changes, together with previous ones on studentdating and marriage, reflect the growing trend of deregulation in China' s highereducation administration. It is as if an old lady is reluctantly loosing her grip on hernaughty growing-up children. It is a trend that should be encouraged.
The reasons are simple. First, the revisions represent a humanistic approach inadministrating students. Despite all the social expectations of them to concentrate onstudying to become an educated elite, they are, above all, young adults. If young peopleoutside universities have the right and opportunities to enjoy romance, an earlier familylife, or a freewheeling lifestyle, so should those inside the Ivory Tower.
The regulatory changes are merely an overdue recognition and accommodation ofyoung people' s physiological, psychological and physical needs.
Second, the step away from over-protection and over-regulation opens up many lifechoices to students. At the same time it enables them to form new social links. Theseskills are much needed to allow young adults to grow up independently and find theirplaces in society.
In a society where parental and institutional overprotection and supervision has beenuniversal in most young people' s upbringings, these steps are all the more necessary.