《研究生英语阅读教程(提高级第3版新编研究生英语系列教程)》由李光立主编，本书共设计六个单元，每单元三课，共18课。各单元体裁分别为：第一单元为新闻报道阅读；第二单元为传记阅读；第三单元为杂文阅读（记叙文与描述文）；第四单元也是杂文阅读（说明文与议论文）；第五单元为科技与科普文章阅读；第六单元为小说阅读。每个单元的开始都详细地介绍了该单元体裁文章的阅读技巧，每课课文后配有有关阅读技巧和课文的大量的练习、课文中的生词表、注释、作者及文章背景介绍等，供相关读者阅读学习。

Unit One Reading News Reports 1

Lesson 1 Spillonomics: Underestimating Risk 4

Lesson 2 Humbled by nature, humble by culture 13

Lesson 3 How We Broke the Murdoch Scandal 22

Unit Two Reading Biography and Personal Recollection 36

Lesson 4 Bill Clinton 37

Lesson 5 Steve Jobs 51

Lesson 6 A Beautiful Mind 66

Unit Three Reading Essays 78

Lesson 7 A Christmas Sermon On Peace 82

Lesson 8 Left for Dead 92

Lesson 9 Spell of the Rising Moon 101

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Unit Four Reading Scientific And Technical Articles 111

Lesson 10 Our Picture of the Universe 115

Lesson 11 Flying and Driving after the September 11 Attacks 127

Lesson 12 2 Inches Between Life, Death 137

Unit Five Reading Short Stories and Novels 149

Lesson 13 Cat in the Rain 152

Lesson 14 The Stolen Party 160

Lesson 15 A Summer’s Reading 170