本教程共15 个单元，单元分为4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，系统介绍阅读技巧，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，提供与课文长度相当的语言材料，配有阅读理解题和思考题。 第四版在第三版的基础上，收入反映近年来社会进步和技术发展的文章，根据难易程度调整了单元顺序，对文章和练习进行了优化设计，融入中华优秀文化元素，通过二维码内嵌线上学习链接，更适合教和学的需求。

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UNIT 1
  PART ① Text Love
  PART ② Reading Skills Previewing (I)
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading A Wonderful Present
UNIT 2
  PART ① Text Young William Shakespeare
  PART ② Reading Skills Previewing (II)
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading The Best Playwright in England
UNIT 3
  PART ① Text The Happy Prince (I)
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading The Happy Prince (II)
UNIT 4
  PART ① Text Migratory Birds and Coffee
  PART ② Reading Skills Understanding the Topic
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading Insects
UNIT 5
  PART ① Text Cheating
  PART ② Reading Skills Determining the Main Idea
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading Stolen Day
UNIT 6
  PART ① Text Fool’s Paradise
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Sleeping Ugly
UNIT 7
  PART ① Text London
  PART ② Reading Skills Guessing Meanings of Words from the Context (I)
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading Great Britain
UNIT 8
  PART ① Text Two Boxes of Gold (I)
  PART ② Reading Skills Guessing Meanings of Words from the Context (II)
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading Two Boxes of Gold (II)
UNIT 9
  PART ① Text Your College Experience
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Techniques That Might Smile upon Mona Lisa
UNIT 10
  PART ① Text The All-American Slurp
  PART ② Reading Skills Recognizing Organization and Seeing Relationship (I)(Sequence of Events)
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading The Dinner Party
UNIT 11
  PART ① Text On the Wrong Side of the Global Divide
  PART ② Reading Skills Recognizing Organization and Seeing Relationship (II)(Understanding Supporting Details)
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading Protect Yourself Against AIDS
UNIT 12
  PART ① Text Queen Elizabeth I
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading The Queen and I
UNIT 13
  PART ① Text Artificial Intelligence
  PART ② Reading Skills Finding the Point of View
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading AI, IoT and the Blockchain
UNIT 14
  PART ① Text The Confidence Game
  PART ② Reading Skills Guessing Meanings of Words from Word-formation
  PART ③ Fast Reading
  PART ④ Home Reading My Way to Success
UNIT 15
  PART ① Text Breaking the Communication Barriers
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading The Divine Ms H

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