《汪氏英語·快速閱讀系列：中級科普英語快速閱讀（第2版）》在選材中特別重視篩選新興學(xué)科和內(nèi)容新穎的文章，絕大部分選自近5年來一些知識面寬、科學(xué)性強(qiáng)、趣味性濃的英語科普讀物，使學(xué)生讀來津津有味，妙趣橫生，拓寬見聞，知識倍增。同時(shí)，所選文章均出自科學(xué)名家之手，遣詞造句文從字順，語言規(guī)范，情景交融，使學(xué)生讀來心領(lǐng)神會，易于吸收。編排時(shí)，力求由簡而繁，由淺入深，循序漸進(jìn)，使學(xué)生在快速閱讀中提高語言素養(yǎng)，學(xué)會地道的英語，過好閱讀關(guān)。 《汪氏英語·快速閱讀系列：中級科普英語快速閱讀（第2版）》內(nèi)容豐富，涉獵廣泛，題材力求多樣化。其中包括通俗科普和邊緣學(xué)科的最新報(bào)道、科學(xué)研究及一些寶貴資料。如車載電腦、清潔能源、克隆技術(shù)的最新應(yīng)用；外星生命的研究：肥胖基因的發(fā)現(xiàn)；獲取快樂的方法的探討；青少年整容的思考：大自然的神奇力量；長頸鹿的生長和奧秘。
汪士彬，南開大學(xué)教授，享受國務(wù)院政府特殊津貼，大學(xué)英語四、六級考試的知名輔導(dǎo)專家。現(xiàn)任海南大學(xué)三亞學(xué)院外語分院院長。長期致力于英語教學(xué)法與測試輔導(dǎo)研究，在數(shù)家出版社出版了40多部與教學(xué)配套教材，包括強(qiáng)化訓(xùn)練英語基本功的語法和詞匯指南、快捷掌握閱讀技15的階梯速讀，以及系統(tǒng)梳理各類題型的實(shí)戰(zhàn)模擬檢測等。所編寫的四、六級考試輔導(dǎo)用書廣受歡迎，多次獲全國及省市優(yōu)秀暢銷書獎(jiǎng)。
再版前言使用說明實(shí)踐篇
Unit One Why NASA Barred Women Astronauts Timed Reading: Shuttle Launched: One Giant Leap for Womankind
Unit Two H1N1 （Swine） Flu Timed Reading: Coping with Colds
Unit Three Compute in Ca Timed Reading: Two Views on Neural Compute
Unit Four Giraffes Timed Reading: Gorilla Is Not as Mean as It Looks
Unit Five Building a Food Pyramid Timed Reading: In Search of the Perfect French Fry
Unit Six Chew for Health Timed Reading: Chew on This: Gum May Be Good for Body, Mind
Unit Seven "Fat" Gene Found by Scientists Timed Reading: Kids with Obesity-linked Gene Like Fattening Foods
Unit Eight Can Laughter Cure Illness? Timed Reading: Are Happy People Healthier?
Unit Nine Four Ways to Achieve Greater Happiness in Your Life Timed Reading: Depression
Unit Ten Tee and Plastic Surgery Timed Reading: Risks and Rewards of Plastic Surgery
Unit Eleven Wind Power May Have Its Own Environmental Problems Timed Reading: White Roofs to Fight Global Warming
Unit Twelve Greenhouse Effect for Kids Timed Reading: Facts about the Greenhouse Effect
Unit Thirteen The Greenest Green Energy——Fuel from Algae Timed Reading: Alternative Energy
Unit Fourteen Ten Freaky Forces of Nature Timed Reading: Raining Animals and Coi : Mystery of the History
Unit Fifteen Blue If You Want to Be Creative, Red If You Want to Be Diligent Timed Reading: How Do We See Red? Count the Ways
Unit Sixteen Short Sleeper Timed Reading: Genetic Mutation May Be Why Some People Need Less Sleep Than Othe
Unit Seventeen Cloning Timed Reading: How Do I Know if I'm Eating Cloned Meat?
Unit Eighteen The Internet Is Sick... Timed Reading: The Future of the Internet
Unit Nineteen Could Life on Earth Have Come from Ceres? Timed Reading: Life's Evolution May Depend on Galaxy
Unit Twenty Pyramids Timed Reading: Egyptian Lion Mummy Found in Ancient Tomb
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Test 1 CET-4 2009年6月 How Do You See Dive ity?
Test 2 CET-4 2008年12月 That's Enough, Kids
Test 3 CET-4 2008年6月 Media Selection for Advertisements
Test 4 CET-4 2007年12月 Unive ities Branch Out
Test 5 CET-4 2007年6月 Protect Your Privacy When Job-hunting Online
Test 6 CET-6 2009年6月 Helicopter Moms vs. Free-range Kids
Test7 CET-6 2008年12月 Supe ize Surprise
Test 8 CET-6, 2008年6月 What Will the World Be Like in Fifty Yea ?
Test 9 CET-6, 2007年12月 Seven Ways to Save the World
Test 10 CET-6, 2007年6月 Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling Job A wer Keys
Leveling the NASA Playing Field
"Another giant leap for womankind，" declared Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala in anticipation of the first U.S. space mission commanded by a woman. The Cabinet Secretary， an advocate of women's issues， was paraphrasing the famous comment of Apollo ll's Neil Armstrong as man first stepped onto the moon. Just several days after the 30th anniversary of that moment and with space shuttle Columbia just successfully launched， women believe that history has been made.
"This is a significant moment in women's history， but also in American history，" said Shalala. This is about "the breakthroughs of the future." Shalala， a participant at a by-invitation-only women's conference of just over 100 women sponsored by NASA on the eve of the shuttle Columbia launch， was referring to the fact that up until now， a woman had not commanded a mission into space. Col.Eileen Collins will now be written into the history books.
"She has the right stuff，" Shalala said. "And having the right stuff is not something that is exclusive to one chromosome or another."
Chromosomes Do Not Matter
With this shuttle mission just launched and the playing field now nearly level，women involved in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration （NASA） program are now focusing on continuing to do more to keep the field permanently level.
"This was the last astronaut job that was not （yet） done by a woman，" said Ellen Ochoa， the first Hispanic woman in space and a member of the President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History. "Now with this milestone we can focus on the fact that what is important to succeed in life， it does not matter whether you are a man or a woman."
"It does not matter （that Collins is a man or a woman），" said Kathryn Sullivan， the first American woman to walk in space. "She earned her seat."
"I am so excited （about this mission），" said National Organization for Women President Patricia Ireland. "For years the space program was not open to women."
"We have come a long way，" acknowledged Sally Ride， the first American woman in space. "Since Kathryn （Sullivan） and Ijoined the （space） program， a lot more women have gotten involved." Still， Ride admitted， "the battle is never over."
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