柯彦玢主编的《全新版大学英语<第2版>阅读教程》课文前设有Introduction，课文配有脚注，提供简单易懂的Background Inform，ation。这部分内容使学生对课文的主要内容和背景知识有一个大概的印象，既解决阅读课文时遇到的部分困难，又能提高阅读兴趣。课文后设Reading Skills and Practice，内容包括根据上下文猜测词义的练习和根据课文特点设计的、能解决本课阅读难点的阅读技能练习。安排这部分内容是为了使学生对课文的篇章结构及语言特点等有一个比较清醒的认识，把词的学习与词所处的语境紧密联系起来。多项选择是引导学生加深对课文内容的理解。词汇练习和句子结构练习的形式灵活多样，旨在培养学生对语言基本要素的学习意识，提高阅读与写作能力。英译汉练习是通过翻译加强对课文的理解，提高学生的翻译水平。

Unit One

 1.The Campers at Kitty Hawk

 2.Leading, Men

 3.Fighting Fire with Fire

Unit Two

 4.100 Miles per Hour, Upside Down and Sideways

 5.The Car We Had to Push

 6."LookMa, No Hands."

Unit Three

 7.Succeeding Outside the IvoryTower A Former Academic Offers Lessons in Joining, the "Real World".

 8.Be a Politician

 9.Winningthe Job Interview Game

Unit Four

 10.Global Village - Utopia Revisited?

 11.Education and the Rise of the Global Economy

 12.An Age of Optimism

Unit Five

 13.In Praise of Flattery

 14.Beauty

 15.Darkness at Noon

Unit Six

 16.Super Mom in the Suburbs: A Cautionary Tale About How to Be Neat,Clean, Cheerful, Organized- and Frieadless

 17.The Cult of Busyness

 18.The Cautious and Obedient Life

Unit Seven

 19.Is War Our Biological Destiny

 20.The Sniper

 21.The TeleX, ram

Unit Eight

 22.Why We Travel

 23.Sightseer

 24.Grape Expectations

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