《大学英语快速阅读(3航海类专业适用)》由罗卫华和吕弘主编，是一本博采众长，具有开拓性的大学英语教材。

具体特色如下：

*主题鲜明，每个单元体现一个主题，密切联系航海类专业学生的未来生活和工作。

*选材新、题材广，航海特色突出，内容表现形式多样，信息量大，注重文化内涵，反映时代发展，展现语言魅力。

*应用类内容充实，尤其是听、说的输入量高于同类教材。

*注重在跨文化交际情境中使用恰当、得体、地道英语能力的培养。

*注重由浅入深、由易到难、循序渐进，体现系统性和连续性。

Unit 1 Ethics

 Passage A When Kids Say "1 hate you"

 Passage B Study Finds Factors for Overcoming Isolation

 Passage C Why Mothers Are Girls' Best Friends

 Passage D Husband and Wife Heart Transplant

Unit 2 Taboos

 Passage A Food Taboos= It's All a Matter of Taste

 Passage B Wisdom from the Sea: 3 Life Lessons from the Ocean

 Passage C Tattoos No Longer Taboo

 Passage D Do Food Taboos Change and Disappear?

Unit 3 Society

 Passage A Become a Chief Executive Officer

 Passage B First Rule of Good Management. Treat Shipmates Respectfully

 Passage C Recession Can Change a Way of Life

 Passage D How the Brain Benefits with Aging

Unit 4 Occupation

 Passage A Too Shy to Hunt Job?

 Passage B Life at Sea in the Age of Sail

 Passage C No Reply to Your Resume? Here's Why

 Passage D Finding a Summer Job or Internship

Unit 5 Environment

 Passage A Our Addiction to Oil Is Draining Every Last Drop

 Passage B Noise Pollution Rising at Sea

 Passage C Consumers Are Recycling and Buying "Green"

 Passage D Fight over Lead Pollution / 89

Unit 6 Future

 Passage A Future Tense

 Passage B A Little Oil Goes a Long Way

 Passage C The Future Is Urban

 Passage D Time Is Money

Unit 7 Science

 Passage A Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery

 Passage B Why do Whales Beach Themselves?

 Passage C How Freud Changed What People Thought About the Mind

 Passage D On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers

Unit 8 Literature

 Passage A Oliver Twist (Excerpt)

 Passage B Durham--The Galveston Voyage (Excerpt)

 Passage O The Birthmark

 Passage D The Open Window

Key to the Exercises