本套英语系列阅读教程是以《大学英语教学大纲》为指导，以提高学生学习英语的兴趣、培养学生语言运用能力为宗旨而设计和编写的专业英语教程，适用对象主要为已通过大学英语四级考试的学生，准备大学英语六级考试和研究生入学考试的考生，出国进修者和欲继续深造的英语爱好者。

本分册的课文材料均选自原版的报刊杂志，题材广泛，信息量大。内容既包括了广大读者关注的社会话题，又有人们日常生活中需要了解的知识，还有值得大家深思的问题和进一步探索的奥秘。在编写过程中，编者根据不同的需要，对所选文章的内容和篇幅进行了适当的删改。

"Unit One UFOs—A Second Look
Unit Two Hidden Dangers of Over the Counter Drugs
Unit Three Terror on an Empty road
Unit Four Tiny sacrifices at 22,000 Feet
Unit Five Who Is Jack Kevorkian, Really?
Unit Six Seeds of carnage
Unit Seven Twilight Mysteries
Unit Eight Whats the Difference Between Boys and Girls?
Unit Nine Whos Guilty?
Unit Ten Champion of the Chimps
Unit Eleven Many Bet the Farm on Auctions on the Internet
Unit Twelve Too Hot to Handle
Unit Thirteen JFK Jr.s Final Journey
Unit Fourteen MixnMatch
Unit Fifteen The Future of the Phone
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