新时代主题大学英语进阶快速阅读(4新题型版数字教材版十三五普通高等教育核心规划教材)

　　《新时代主题大学英语进阶快速阅读4（新题型版 数字教材版）》是第四册，其特点如下：
　　一，选材标准严格。所选材料均摘自英文原版新闻、报道、评述等，选材标准依据2018年新《大学英语教学指南》的要求。
　　二，内容新颖，题材广泛。涉及家庭生活、言语的力量、名人逸事、航空航天、谈语言、成功之道、职业生涯规划、生命起源。既注重语言内容的可学性、可思性和趣味性，又注重培养学生的跨文化意识，注重价值观导向，注重有关中国文化、中国精神和中国故事内容的选取。
　　三，题型前瞻。既有与目前四级考试题型完全匹配的题型Reading A、Reading B和Reading C，又设计了具有前瞻I生意义的新题型Reading D。Reading D是雅思考试题型，主要考查学生的高度概括能力及分辨能力，是英语阅读的核心目标之一。
　　四，难易度适宜。篇章长度：每篇文章控制在1000词左右；词汇难度：按照大学英语四级词汇（4794）的要求，从较高词汇、更高词汇、超纲词汇三个维度进行把控；易读度：按照《大学英语教学指南》基础阶段的要求，采用Flesch Reading Ease易读度标准，对每篇文章的易读度进行科学控制。
　　五，进阶式快速阅读。《新时代主题大学英语进阶快速阅读4（新题型版 数字教材版）》的编写体例按照进阶式快速阅读模式，先易后难，循序渐进，以帮助学生快速提高阅读水平。
　　六，适用于教师指导下的阅读和自主阅读。《新时代主题大学英语进阶快速阅读4（新题型版 数字教材版）》可以在教师指导下由学生完成阅读任务；也可以经过教师指导后，由学生自主完成阅读任务。

英语快速阅读技巧综述
Unit One Family Life
Reading A My Daughter Felt Forgotten： Parents on Working Late
Reading B It Took Me 20 Years to Talk About My Childhood
Reading C Does Your Husband Need Encouragement?
Reading D East vs． West： When Parenting Styles Clash

Unit Two Powerful Words
Reading A Words Create Worlds： Some Thoughts on the Power of Words
Reading B Powerful WORDS to Positively Change Your Life
Reading C Why Words are More Powerful than Swords
Reading D Powerful Words Can Change Your Life

Unit Three Famous Figures
Reading A Jobs and Apple
Reading B Michael Jordan Isn’t Sitting out Any More， Says Protesting Athletes Shouldn’t Be Demonized
Reading C The World Master of Investment — Warren Buffett
Reading D Pablo Picasso

Unit Four Aerospace Age
Reading A Why Some Pilots Are Bad Risk Managers
Reading B Sky Kings： Flying the Aircraft You’re In
Reading C AHarvest of New Moons
Reading D Pilotless Aircraft

Unit Five Of Language
Reading A Is English Changing
Reading B The Future of Language
Reading C British English vs． American English
Reading D Does the Language I Speak Influence the Way I Think?

Unit Six Key to Success
Reading A How to Be a Successful College Student
Reading B Steve Jobs’ 10 Principles to Success That Everyone Needs to Learn
Reading C The “Chosen Ones” Choose Themselves
Reading D Six Positive Mindsets That Give Your Dream its Best Chance to Soar

Unit Seven Career Building
Reading A 10 Things College Seniors Can Do This Summer to Help Their Future Job Search
Reading B The 10 Reasons Why You Should Invest in Your Career Rather Than a Relationship
Reading C The Scientifically Proven Way to Overcome Your Career Fears
Reading D Long-time Local Lawyers Discuss Their Careers

Unit Eight The Origin of Life
Reading A A Soviet Scientist Created the Only Tame Foxes in the World
Reading B Listening to Creationists Can Strengthen Our Understanding of Evolution
Reading C Searching for the Origins of Life Thousands of Feet Underwater
Reading D Do Aliens Exist?

Answers
Appendix
Table 1 Reading Speed Progress Chart
Table 2 Reading Comprehension Progress Chart
Table 3 Reading Efficiency Progress Chart