《英语专业快速阅读（第三册）》按照英语专业教学大纲的要求，从5500个词汇量出发，选择政治、科技、金融、网络、文学、健康、国际事务、文化、教育、企业经营等领域不同题材的文章，配以相应的练习题。所选材料语言生动、题材广泛、长短适中、难度适中。每篇阅读材料后的针对性问题，可以使学生加深对课文的理解。
《英语专业快速阅读（第三册）》不仅能帮助学生快速提高词汇量，增强语感，还能有助于扩大他们的视野，提高他们的阅读水平。
据高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会制定的《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》，阅读课程是英语专业本科基础阶段的一门专业必修课程，其中，快速阅读是英语专业阅读课程的主要内容之一。快速阅读旨在培养英语专业学生快速阅读的技能和技巧，培养学生通过阅读快速获取知识和信息的能力，培养英语专业学生语言能力、语言基本功和语言素养。
高等学校《英语专业快速阅读》（1～4册）教材由王扬教授担任总主编。参与编写教材的人员有刘娜、刘晶晶、周化嫒、龚小燕、乔淑霞、孔云军等。
教材每册设计16个单元（共32篇文章），每个单元包括与专题内容相关的2篇阅读材料，短文字数控制在800-1000词，设计阅读量要求学生10分钟左右完成。每篇文章设计5道选择题（其中，2道涉及文章主题或大意，3道涉及内容细节），要求学生在规定时间内选择出正确的答案。教材在语料选择上注意题材、体裁的多样化（科技、文学、语言、文化、社会、习俗、生活等）；在内容上力求体现新颖性、趣味性、实用性、广泛性、可读性；在词汇等级及难易度控制上，根据《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》词汇范围选择语料。第1册词汇量范围为3500词，生词出现率为3%～5%；第2册词汇量范围为4500词，生词出现率为3%～5%；第3册词汇量范围为5500词，生词出现率为3%～5%；第4册词汇量范围为6500词，生词出现率为3%～5%。英语专业基础阶段共4学期，本套教材每学期学习1册，每周学习1个单元。
本套教材适用于英语专业本科基础阶段或英语专业专科以及同等水平的英语读者。
由于编写时间紧、任务重，加之编者水平有限，教材中难免有不足之处，敬请外语同行及专家批评指正。
Unit 1 Politics
Text A It Is Bush
Text B Clinton Is Right
Unit 2 Science Ⅰ
Text A The Growth of Science
Text B Study the Birds and the Bees
Unit 3 Literature
Text A Who Moved My Cheese? （Excerpt One）
Text B Who Moved My Cheese? （Excerpt Two）
Unit 4 Internet
Text A Gmail： Can't Live with It - or Without It
Text B The Future of Windows
Unit 5 Economy
Text A How Real Is It?
Text B From Wall Street to Main Street， Layoffs，Losses， and Little Hope
Unit 6 Health
Text A The Best Diet： Quality Count
Text B Body Mass Index （BMI）
Unit 7 International Affairs
Text A United Nations Unanimously Passes Weapons Ban
Text B Europe's Gypsies， Are They a Nation?
Unit 8 Culture
Text A Texting is Killing Language
Text B Lessons from Fashion's Free Culture
Unit 9 Education
Text A Michelle Obama： A Plea for Education
Text B Bill Gates： Mosquitos， Malaria and Education
Unit 10 Society
Text A How Common Threats Can Make Common （political） Ground
Text B The Social Animal
Unit 11 Crime
Text A The Booming Online Illicit Drug Economy
Text B As D．C． Homicides Decline， Murder Still a Stubborn Crime to Solve and Prosecute
Unit 12 Business
Text A J．P． Morgan Breach Raises Alarm about Safety of Financial System
Text B Home Depot and J．P． Morgan Are Doing Fine．Is It a Sign We'Re Numb to Data Breaches?
Unit 13 Entertainment
Text A Reese Witherspoon， from Rom-com Queen to "Wild" Woman
Text B Carl Weathers of"Rocky" Still a Hit with Fans
Unit 14 War
Text A WAR in Afghanistan Was Won or Was Lost?
Text B Israeli and Palestinian Kids Caught in the Cross Fire
Unit 15 International Relations
Text A This Isn't What the 21 st Century Supposed to Look Like
Text B Time Is on Tehran Side
Unit 16 Science Ⅱ
Text A It's a Safe Bet That David Ioyce Knows More Than You Did
Text B How Nasty Ebola Is
《英语专业快速阅读（第三册）》：
"I wasn't Sniff-I didn't sniff out the situation and see the change early. And I certainly wasn't Scurry-I didn't go into action immediately. "
"I was more like Hem, who wanted to stay in familiar territory. The truth is, I didn't want to deal with the change. I didn't even want to see it. " Michael, who felt like no time had passed since he and Carlos were close friends in school, asked, "What are we talking about here, buddy?" Carlos said, "An unexpected change ofjobs. "Michael laughed. 6 "Hem reminds me of a friend of me, " Frank said. "His department was closing down, but he didn't want to see it. They kept relocating his people. We all tried to talk to him about the many other opportunities that existed in the company for those who wanted to be flexible, but he didn't think he had to change. He was the only one who was surprised when his department closed. Now he's having a hard time adjusting to the change he didn't think should happen. " Jessica said: "I didn't think it should happen either, but my 'Cheese' has been moved more than once. " Many in the group laughed, except Nathan.
"Maybe that's the whole point. " Nathan said. "Change happens to all of us. " He added, "I wish my family had heard the Cheese story before this. Unfortunately we didn't want to see the changes coming in our business, and now it's too late-we're having to close many of our stories. " That surprised many in the group, because they thought Nathan was lucky to be in a secure business he could depend on, year after year.
"What happened?" Jessica wanted to know.
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