《普通高等教育十一五国家级规划教材·大学英语泛读教程2（第2版）》旨在提高学生的阅读能力、巩固所学词汇、激发学生对不同话题的兴趣，为今后阅读学术、技术文献奠定基础。适合非英语专业一年级下半学期的学生使用。
全书共4个单元，每个单元由3章组成。其特点主要体现在以下几个方面：重视培养学生阅读文献的能力和技巧；教材编写贴近学生的现实生活，真实、丰富、有趣；重视词汇的复现和反复操练；重视学习与现实生活、新技术的联系，培养学习能力。

Skills
Introduction

UNIT 1： Trends in Living
Chapter 1 A Cultural Difference： Being on Time
In some cultures， it is important to be on time. But“on time”can
have different meanings in different cultures.
Chapter 2 Changing Lifestyles and New Eating Habits
The way you live affects the way you eat. Sometimes when people
change their lifestyles， they change their eating habits， too.
Chapter 3 Dreams： Making Them Work for Us
Do you have bad dreams？ Nightmares？ You can learn to change
bad dreams into good dreams， and feel better， too.

UNIT 2： Issues in Society
Chapter 4 Language： Is It Always Spoken？
Babies learn to communicate in different ways. For babies who are
hearing-impaired， there are other ways to “speak.”
Chapter 5 Loneliness： How Can We Overcome It？
Everyone feels lonely sometimes. But for some people， loneliness
can last a long time. This can be very dangerous to their health.
Chapter 6 The Importance of Grandmothers
Grandmothers are usually a very happy part of their grandchil-
drens lives. They are also very important for other reasons， too.

UNIT 3： Justice and Crime
Chapter 7 Innocent Until Proven Guilty： The Criminal Court System
The American court system protects the rights of the people. How
does the American court system work？
Chapter 8 The Reliability of Eyewitnesses
An eyewitness to a crime can be very important in solving that
crime. But sometimes even an eyewitness can make a mistake.
Chapter 9 Solving Crime with Modern Technology
Today， there are many improvements in crime technology. This
modern technology helps solve crimes faster and better.

UNIT 4： Science and History
Chapter 10 Ancient Artifacts and Ancient Air
Archeologists make important discoveries about people who lived
a long time ago. This knowledge of the past can help us in the
future.
Chapter 11 How Lunar Eclipses Have Changed History
People did not always understand how lunar eclipses happen.
Because of this， superstitions about lunar eclipses had some impor-
tant effects on history.
Chapter 12 Mars： Our Neighbor in Space
There are some surprising similarities between the Earth and Mars.
Future missions to Mars may help us answer some interesting
questions about our own planet， too.

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