朗文英语快速阅读进阶是一套旨在提高学生的阅读兴趣、扩展学生的词汇量、帮助学生掌握阅读技巧的非常系统的英语阅读丛书。该丛书的最大特点是选材新颖，融知识与趣味于一体。该丛书是按照初级、中级、中高级至高级四个阶段进行编排的。本书为中高级篇。

本书共分8个单元。每单元由三四篇相同主题的阅读文章组成，有助于学生对同一主题从不同的视角进行探究，从而提高学生的分析能力和思辨能力。高效的词汇技能练习拓展学生的词汇量，从而使学生从容的应对新词汇。阅读技能练习指导学生掌握阅读策略，从而使学生成功的阅读不同风格和流派的文章！读和写有机的结合在一起全面提高语言应用技能！

Introduction

UNIT 1 STRIVING TO COMMUNICATE

 1.The Hope of Esperanto

 2.Esperanto

 3.Reaping the Rewards of Learning English

 4.Half of World's Languages in Danger of Extinction

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UNIT 2 WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING

 1.What Winners Konw

 2.The Fine Art of Self-Handicapping

 3.What Makes a Champion

 4.“It Couldn't Be Done” by Edgar A.Guest

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UNIT 3 WHAT IS ART

 1.The Arts Are Essential

 2.Art Buyers May Not Care If Picasso Was a Monster

 3.They're Stealing Our Masterpieces

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UNIT 4 THE MARVELS OF MEDICINE

 1.Isaac Asimov's Futureworld: Medicine

 2.World's First Robot Surgeon Proves a Smooth Operator

 3.Chinese Medicine

 4.Frogs and Human Health

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UNIT 5 THE WAYWE ARE

 1.How Color Can Change Your Life

 2.Smile If You're Feeling Stressed

 3.Brain Power's Sliding Scale

 4.What Sex Is Your Brain?

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UNIT 6 THE AGE OF INFORMATION

 1.TALK to me

 2.Gender Gap in Cyberspace

 3.Cracking Down on Computer Crime

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UNIT 7 THE BEAUTY OF SCIENCE

 1.Hawking Gets Personal

 2.Valuable By-Products of Space Research

 3.Dancing to the Music of Physics

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UNIT 8 THE WORLD OF MARKETING

 1.How to Analyze an Ad

 2.Do's and Taboos: Cultural Aspects of International Business

 3.Big Blunders from Big Business

 4.Style's Hidden Persuaders

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