《英语泛读教程》（第三版）是普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材，供高等学校英语专业一，二年级使用，也适用于同等程度的英语自学者。全套教材共4册。刘乃银主编的《英语泛读教程（4学生用书第3版）》为第一册，共15个单元。单元一般分为四部分：第一部分为阅读课文及练习，练习包括判断课文中心思想、阅读理解、课堂讨论题和词汇练习；第二部分为阅读技巧，重点介绍各种阅读技巧，并配有相应的练习；第三部分为快速阅读练习，提供3篇短文，要求在规定的时间内完成；第四部分为课外阅读，提供和课文长度相当的语言材料，配有阅读理解题和思考题。
　　《英语泛读教程（4学生用书第3版）》第三版替换了第二版的部分内容，并根据难易程度调整了单元顺序，使阅读文章题材更加广泛、更具有时代感。

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　Text Genius and the Craftsman
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Reading: Basic Principles
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　Text Personal versus Social Identity
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Social Comparison: Knowing tbe Self
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　Text Food Fight
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Wine in American Life
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　Text The 20tb Century Time
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed

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　Text Genius and the Craftsman
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Reading: Basic Principles
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　Text Personal versus Social Identity
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Social Comparison: Knowing tbe Self
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　Text Food Fight
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Wine in American Life
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　Text The 20tb Century Time
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Albert Einstein
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　Text Toy Story
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Watch and Learn
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　Text How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity （I）
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity（II）
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　Text Postmortem with Strings
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Pay Attention, Rover
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　Text The Life of Samuel Fohnson
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
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　Text The Archaeologists Who Wouldn't Dig
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading History
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　Text Is Weather Getting Worse？
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Basic Instinct
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　Text Personal Names
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Surviving Twin Challenges -- at Home and Work
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　Text Why People Work
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Working
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　Text Happiness （I）
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading Happiness （II）
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　Text The American Scholar （I）
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading The American Scholar （II）
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　Text The Chrysanthemums
　Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
　Home Reading A Little Cloud
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