本书为《大学英语阅读》第三册，共八个单元，分专题组织阅读材料，便于学生围绕某个专题获取相关知识和信息，设计的专题包括学习与成长、健康与人生、人与自然、环保与社会、科学与文明、文化与沟通、时政与经济、人物故事，等等，有利于学生拓展视野，提高综合素质；每个专题下有快速阅读文章、深度阅读文章和美文欣赏，文章后配有理解练习题。

Unit 1 Education &Civilization

 Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)

Civilization and Culture

 Passage 2 (Fast Reading)

Get in and Get out Quickly with Your Dignity Intact

 Passage 3 (Appreciation)

John E Kennedy

Unit 2 Job & Human Touch

 Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)

A Strange Hitchhiker

 Passage 2 (Fast Reading)

Gordon Brown: I will go on and on

 Passage 3 (Appreciation)

Job Market Stabilizes for Business Students

Unit 3 Social Problem

 Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)

Car Crimes

 Passage 2 (Fast Reading)

Why Do Women Identify Themselves as Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse?

 Passage 3 (Appreciation)

Copenhagen--Host City of UN Climate Change Conference

Unit 4 Arts & Media

 Passage I (Intensive Reading)

Electronic Media

 Passage 2 (Fast Reading)

Joseph Pulitzer

 Passage 3 (Appreciation)

The Last Supper

Unit 5 Culture & Life

 Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)

I've Always Been Muffs "Angel"

 Passage 2 {Fast Reading)

Chinese Culinary Arts Celebrated in Vancouver

 Passage 3 (Appreciation)

Meals of the Day

Unit 6 Health

 Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)

Body Balance

 Passage 2 (Fast Reading)

When Ordinary Symptoms Turn Serious

 Passage 3 {Appreciation)

Rise in Pneumonia Cases Linked to H1N1

Unit 7 Science & Technology

 Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)

Lie-detector Camera Looks into Your Eyes

 Passage 2 (Fast Reading)

Building Confidence

 Passage 3 (Appreciation)

Is It Possible to Predict Earthquake

Unit 8 Politics & Economy

 Passage 1 (Intensive Reading)

The Rise of the Handyman

 Passage 2 (Fast Reading)

A New Clean Economy--With Old Sources of Energy

 Passage 3 (Appreciation)

BRIC Summit may Focus on Reducing Dollar Dependence