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《大學英語泛讀教程2(第2版)》是《大學英語泛讀教程2》，旨在提高學生的閱讀能力、鞏固所學辭彙、激發學生對不同話題的興趣，為今後閱讀學術、技術文獻奠定基礎。適合非英語專業一年級下半學期的學生使用。
全書共4個單元，每個單元由3章組成。其特點主要體現在以下幾個方面：重視培養學生閱讀文獻的能力和技巧；教材編寫貼近學生的現實生活，真實、豐富、有趣；重視辭彙的復現和反覆操練；重視學習與現實生活、新技術的聯繫，培養學習能力 。
目錄
Skills
Introduction
UNIT 1: Trends in Living
Chapter 1 A Cultural Difference: Being on Time
In some cultures, it is important to be on time. But“on time”can have different meanings in different cultures.
Chapter 2 Changing Lifestyles and New Eating Habits
The way you live affects the way you eat. Sometimes when people change their lifestyles, they change their eating habits, too.
Chapter 3 Dreams: Making Them Work for Us
Do you have bad dreams？ Nightmares？ You can learn to change bad dreams into good dreams, and feel better, too.
UNIT 2: Issues in Society
Chapter 4 Language: Is It Always Spoken？
Babies learn to communicate in different ways. For babies who areheating-impaired, there are other ways to “speak.”
Chapter 5 Loneliness: How Can We Overcome It？
Everyone feels lonely sometimes. But for some people, loneliness can last a long time. This can be very dangerous to their health.
Chapter 6 The Importance of Grandmothers
Grandmothers are usually a very happy part of their grandchil-dren's lives. They are also very important for other reasons, too.
UNIT 3: Justice and Crime
Chapter 7 Innocent Until Proven Guilty: The Criminal Court System
The American court system protects the rights of the people. How does the American court system work？
Chapter 8 The Reliability of Eyewitnesses
An eyewitness to a crime can be very important in solving that crime. But sometimes even an eyewitness can make a mistake.
Chapter 9 Solving Crime with Modern Technology
Today, there are many improvements in crime technology. This modern technology helps solve crimes faster and better.
UNIT 4: Science and History
Chapter 10 Ancient Artifacts and Ancient Air Archeologists make important discoveries about people who lived
a long time ago. This knowledge of the past can help us in the future.
Chapter 11 How Lunar Eclipses Have Changed History
People did not always understand how lunar eclipses happen.
Because of this, superstitions about lunar eclipses had some impor-tant effects on history.
Chapter 12 Mars: Our Neighbor in Space
There are some surprising similarities between the Earth and Mars.
Future missions to Mars may help us answer some interesting questions about our own planet, too.
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