新时代大学英语拓展阅读教程

Unit 1 Education System
Part One Reading in depth
Passage A NYU's Free Medical-School Tuition
Passage B A 5-Year-Old's 15-Page Resume
Part Two Fast reading
Passage C Sex and Health Education in England Schools
Passage D U．S． University Tech Race With China

Unit 2 Science and Technology
Part One Reading in depth
Passage A An Experiment With a Begging Robot
Passage B What's Wrong With AI?
Part Two Fast reading
Passage C Alibaba's Futuristic Hotel
Passage D Apple and Samsung Fined for Deliberately Slowing Down Phones

Unit 3 Health and Medicine
Part One Reading in depth
Passage A Superfoods Are a Marketing Ploy
Passage B Measles Outbreak in Anti-vaccination "Hotspot" Near Portland
Part Two Fast reading
Passage C U．S． Life Expectancy Declines Again
Passage D London HIV Patient Becomes World's Second AIDS Cure Hope

Unit 4 Social Psychology
Part One Reading in depth
Passage A Personality Trait
Passage B The Hidden Networking Gap Between Men and Women
Part Two Fast reading
Passage C Gatekeeper at "Suicide Forest" Hopes Music Can Save Lives
Passage D Why Cars Are a Popular Place for a Good Cry

Unit 5 Social Media
Part One Reading in depth
Passage A Student Journalism in the Age of Media Distrust
Passage B Saudi Writer's Mild Calls for Reform Grew Into a Defiant Shout
Part Two Fast reading
Passage C Shifting Facebook Toward a "Privacy-focused" Platform
Passage D Worlds first AI News Anchor Debuts in China

Unit 6 Environmental Protection
Part One Reading in depth
Passage A Venice Battles With Tourism and Flooding
Passage B The "Great Dying"．
Part Two Fast reading
Passage C Plummeting Insect Numbers "Threaten Collapse of Nature"
Passage D Why Half a Degree of Global Warming Is a Big Deal

Unit 7 Global Celebrity
Part One Reading in depth
Passage A Angela Merkel's Legacy
Passage B George H．W． Bush
Part Two Fast reading
Passage C Karl Lagerfeld
Passage D Co-founder of Microsoft： Paul Allen

Unit 8 Financial Window