内容提要
本书为活页式，系《新英语教程》（第二版）阅读第三册的补充读物。全书10单元，共选编短文20
篇，每篇长度350－600词不等，生词量控制不超过3％。选文涉及人类社会及其环境的诸多方面，语言
规范，知识性较强。文后附阅读理解题，以便检测学习者的快读水平。
本书可供选用《新英语教程》的大专院校教学之用，亦可供具有相应水平的自学者和英语爱好者使
用。

CONTENTS
Unit 1
1. Public Spirit
2 The Influence of Television
Unit 2
3. Freedom
4 Gifted Children
Unit 3
5. Taxation
6 An Efficient and Simple Device for Transportation
Unit 4
7. Timing
8 The Value of Fear
Unit 5
9. Smoking among the Young
10 Superstitions about the Dog
Unit 6
11. Mind Your Manners
12 The Climate Conference
Unit 7
13. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
14 Over the Himalayas and Beyond
Unit 8
15. What IsCrowding?
16 Farming in Japan
Unit 9
17. The First Man in Space
18 The Open University
Unit 10
19. Know Your Enemy
20. What Happened to Charles?
Key to Comprehension Exercises