本教程共15 个单元，单元分为三部分。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；第二部分为快速阅读练习，提供 3 篇短文，要求在规定的时间内完成；第三部分为课外阅读，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。 《英语泛读教程》（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。本教程为第4册。

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UNIT 1
  PART ① Text Genius and the Craftsman
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Reading: Basic Principles
UNIT 2
  PART ① Text Food Fight
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Ultra-Processed Food
UNIT 3
  PART ① Text Personal versus Social Identity
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Social Comparison: Knowing the Self
UNIT 4
  PART ① Text Toy Story
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Watch and Learn
UNIT 5
  PART ① Text Postmortem with Strings
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Pay Attention, Rover
UNIT 6
  PART ① Text Ancient Athens
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Ancient Greek City-States
UNIT 7
  PART ① Text The Archaeologists Who Wouldn’t Dig
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading History
UNIT 8
  PART ① Text Byzantium
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Suleiman “the Magnificent”
UNIT 9
  PART ① Text The Life of Samuel Johnson
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley (Excerpts)
UNIT 10
  PART ① Text The 20th Century Time
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Albert Einstein
UNIT 11
  PART ① Text New Visions of the Universe
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Our Galaxy
UNIT 12
  PART ① Text Why People Work
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Working (Excerpts)
UNIT 13
  PART ① Text Happiness (I)
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading Happiness (II)
UNIT 14
  PART ① Text The American Scholar (I) (Excerpts)
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading The American Scholar (II) (Excerpts)
UNIT 15
  PART ① Text The Chrysanthemums
  PART ② Fast Reading
  PART ③ Home Reading A Little Cloud

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