本书旨在培养学生初步的学术阅读能力，提升和强化学生的学术阅读能力和初步的学术写作能力。本书以当前国内外大学层面的阅读材料普遍采用的“主题教学法”为纲，选择“友谊、社会、教育和文化、交流与合作、思辨能力、时间”等六个主题，旨在拓展学生关注社会问题、思辨人类社会的深度和广度。本书共六个单元，每单元三篇文章，课后题型参考雅思、托福等主流考试题型，旨在为学生提供系统的学术英语阅读与写作的学习与训练，适用对象为国内高校中外办学合作项目学生。

Unit 1 Friendship or
Companionship
Text 1 Friendships
Text 2 The Six Types of Friends Everyone Should Have
Text 3 Why Do You Have Less Friends When You Grow Up？
Unit 2 Socialization
Text 1 The ABC of Socialization (1)
Text 2 The ABC of Socialization (2)
Text 3 Helping Your Child with Socialization
Unit 3 College Education and Life
Text 1 Adjusting to College Life
Text 2 Dealing with Stress During College
Text 3 Why Do People Decide to Go to College？
Unit 4 Communication and Teamwork
Text 1 Keys to Successful Teamwork
Text 2 The Effects of Poor Communication in Business
Text 3 Effective Communication and Team Work
Unit 5 Critical Thinking
Text 1 Thinking Skills in the Age of Globalization
Text 2 How to Improve Critical Thinking Skills (1)
Text 3 How to Improve Critical Thinking Skills (2)
Unit 6 Time
Text 1 Managing Time to Accomplish More
Text 2 Timing Is Everything
Text 3 Seven Ways We're Tricked by Time