本书为“全新版大学英语”之“快速阅读”分册。全书分为8单元，每单元围绕一个反映当代生活实际的主题展开，同时兼顾语言知识、应用技能、学习策略和跨文化交际等方面内容的有机融合，指导学生深入全面地获取并掌握与各主题有关的语言文化知识及丰富的语料，并针对该现实主题充分进行语言综合应用能力的训练。

Unit 1

 Text A-1 Why I Love the City

 Text A-2 People on the Move

 Text B-1 Caution:Bumpy Road Ahead

 Text B-2 Memory Lane Isn't What It Used to Be

Unit 2

 Text A-1 Rosa Parks-A Hero of Civil Rights

 Text A-2 Best of Friends,Worlds Apart

 Text B-1 Coming to an Awareness of Language

 Text B-2 She Wanted to Teach

Unit 3

 Text A-1 Black Box Tells Its Secrets

 Text A-2 Don't Fly with Me

 Text B-1 Brave New World of Biometrics

 Text B-2 The Deli

Unit 4

 Text A-1 First Planet from the Sun

 Text A-2 Black Holes

 Text B-1 The Cosmos

 Text B-2 Stars

Unit 5

 Text A-1 A Merry Christmas

 Text A-2 From Your Valentine

 Text B-1 Family Rituals

 Text B-2 The Thanksgiving Stroy

Unit 6

 Text A-1 The First Read

 Text A-2 The Gift

 Text B-1 Peanuts Creator Schulz Dies on Eve of Last Strip

 Text B-2 Linda's New Friend

Unit 7

 Text A-1 Starting Your Own Business

 Text A-2 Ted Turner;His Life and Career

 Text B-1 Working for Fun and Profit

 Text B-2 The Carpet Fitter

Unit 8

 Text A-1 A Tree Project Helps the Genes of Champions Live On

 Text A-2 Cloning

 Text B-1 Engineers Ask Nature for Design Advice

 Text B-2 Flowers in Desert?

Appendix

 Key to Comprehension Exercises