出版時間:2011-6 出版社:大連理工大學出版社 作者:羅衛(wèi)華,樊宇 主編 頁數(shù):117
內(nèi)容概要
《大學英語快速閱讀教程(第1冊)》根據(jù)教育部新頒布的《大學英語課程教學要求》編寫而成,適用于大學一年級(上)非英語專業(yè)學生或具有同等英語水平的閱讀愛好者。本教程編寫目的是,通過積極主動的快讀訓練,幫助學生擴大英語詞匯量,提高快速瀏覽能力、準確猜詞能力、獨立分析能力以及歸納總結(jié)能力。
書籍目錄
Unit 1
The Key to Success Is Education
Online Libraries: Great News for Adult Students
Intelligence
Reading
Unit 2
Be the Most Popular College Freshman
The Benefits of Living on Campus
Loneliness... Building Relationships
On Libraries, Bookshops and Netbars
Unit 3
Western European Wedding Traditions
United States Tipping Etiquette
Thanksgiving
Easter in the U.K.
Unit 4
The American Revolution
The Tragic Event
Gold! Thousands Went to Western Canada to Find It
Industrial Revolution
Unit 5
Recession Brings New Attention to Domestic Violence
Life in Somalia's Pirate Town
Growing Drug Violence Shakes Mexico, Threatens to Spill Into U.
S
From Sydney to San Francisco: Lights Dim in Earth Hour
Unit 6
The Mystery of College Costs
Hello, Girls
World's Aging Population Challenges Societies
Oil Prices Collapse on Falling Demand
Unit 7
Greener Diet
Bringing Fish Back up to Size
Farms Begin to Grow in Cities
Reading a Mind's Memories
Unit 8
Your Amazing Brain
The Secret Language of Dolphins
Alternative Fuel——Is Green the New Black?
Renewable Energy Is Popular, but Coal Is Still King
Unit 9
Barack Obama
Helen Keller
David Beckham
Bill Gates
Unit 10
How to Benefit From Walking
Laid off Workers: Less Stressed Than Those still Employed?
The Charm of Perfume
Why Are so Many People Getting Divorced?
Key to Comprehension Exercises
章節(jié)摘錄
The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain in the middle of the 18th century,and spread to Europe and America by the early 19th century. New ideas and inventionswere also taken up in mining, the working of metals, and in the transportation of goods. The most important new invention of the industrial revolution was the steam engine.Early steam engines were used in mines to pump out water and pump in air. This allowedthem to go deeper into the earth. The steam engine, invented by James Watt around 1776was used to power the factories and pump out the deeper mines. It was also used inrailway engines. The heat from burning coal became the main source of power. Some historians see the period called the Industrial Revolution as finishing about1820, but they agree this was only the start of change in the way we make things, whichcontinues right up to the present time. ......
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