作为新课标大学英语阅读教程系列的第二本，本书强调培养语言的输入与输出能力，其选材无论是篇幅、语言难度，还是长度均体现一定梯度。本书对照《中国英语能力等级量表》和教育部颁布的《大学英语教学指南》，强调培养语言的输入与输出能力，并从当前学生的学习水平和心理出发，把现有大学英语快速阅读、泛读、长篇阅读与精读等教材所涉及的语言能力培养和教学目标融为一体，努力满足当前大学生英语学习的需求，特别注重培养学生的英语综合能力，使其通过阅读英语原文熟悉不同语域，切实把握语言特点和表述方式，进而更好地培养他们使用英语的能力。

Unit 1 Fashion
Text A Fur Sheds Its Staid Image
Text B No Longer a Follower, But a Leader
Text C Tea-loving Nation Warms to Coffee's Call
Unit 2 Sports
Text A Can't Overestimate Yao Ming's Impact
Text B World Cup Top Teams' Achilles Heel
Text C Western Conference
Unit 3 Study Abroad and Emigration
Text A Advantages and Disadvantages of Studying Abroad
Text B Gain or Drain? How Study Abroad Affects Our Economy
Text C Trump's Invisible Wall: How His 2018 Immigration Policies Built a Barrier
Unit 4 Consumerism
Text A Motivations That Lead Consumer to Buy Online
Text B Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Shopping
Text C Why a Credit Card Is Now a Must for Traveling
Unit 5 World Summit
Text A Pacific Summit Ends with No Communiqué
Text В Putin and Trump Chat at Last and Face Off over Ukraine
Text C Most Visited: World's Top Cities for Tourism
Unit 6 Economy
Text A Economic Evolution
Text B Economy and Social Media
Text C The Global Impact of US-China Trade War
Unit 7 China in World Perspectives
Text A Chinese Kung Fu
Text B Chinese Tea Culture
Text C Shadow Play
Unit 8 World Sages
Text A Differing Lives, Parallel Sayings
Text B Plato
Text C Confucianism as a Way of Life
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