內容簡介
《高職高專英語泛讀教程(第1冊)》的編寫以“高職高專英語課程教學基本要求”為依據，旨在使學生通過閱讀鞏固已學的基本辭彙和語法知識，同時擴大辭彙量，加強語感，提高英語閱讀能力，同時拓寬學生的視野，提高他們的科學文化素養。
主要特點
本教材編寫的主要特點是：
1.內容新穎，時代感強。選材上注重信息性、可思性和前瞻性，題材廣泛，內容豐富，主要涉及語言、文化、習俗、倫理、信息、經濟、文化、體育、社會焦點等方面。
2.知識性與趣味性並重。結合高職高專學生特點，從學生的實際興趣和關注的焦點出發，做到語言活潑、生動，讓學生在學習英語的過程中獲得樂趣。
3.考慮PET考試的要求。本套教材的練習形式兼顧高職套用英語能力考試的題型，如正誤判斷、多項選擇、簡短回答、翻譯等。
編輯推薦
《高職高專英語泛讀教程》是一套實用新穎、學考並重的全新閱讀教材。全套教材共分三冊，每冊十個單元，
具有以下特點：
選材多樣新穎，語言地道，內容深刻，篇幅及難度適中。
課後練習豐富多樣.從不同的角度訓練和提高學生的英語水平和套用能力。
系統講解閱讀技巧，並配以針對性強的練習，有效地鞏固和提高學生的閱讀技能。
緊密結合“高職高專英語套用能力考試”和“大學英語四級考試”，使學生在日常學習中輕鬆備考。
目錄
Unit 1 Bearing Friendship in Mind
Passage A Mr. Gillespie
Reading Skills Preview
Passage B A Journey of Friendship
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun A New Friend of Doziest Sleepers
Unit 2 Never Forgetting Mother's Love
Passage A Mystery of the White Gardenia
Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Context (1)
Passage B Love Is like a Broken Arm
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun Tom and His Mother
Unit 3 Showing Mercy to the Weak
Passage A Breakfast at McDonald's
Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Context (2)
Passage B The Kindness of a Stranger
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun A Football Fan
Unit 4 Kee in Our Planet Clean
Passage A You Have Lost Something
Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Context (3)
Passage B Too High a Price?
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun The Lonely Hamster
Unit 5 Taking Advantage of the Internet
Passage A Free Downloading——A Hot Issue
Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Word Formation (1)
Passage B Children's Internet Usage: How Parents Can Take Control
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun The Misdirected Vacation E-mail
Unit 6 Realizing a Nice Dream
PassageA If the Dream Is Big Enough
Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Word Formation (2)
Passage B The Two Roads
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun Your Horse Called
Unit 7 Fighting Terrible Diseases
Passage A Please Dress Me in Red
Reading Skills Looking for Topic Sentences
Passage B The Story of a Father's" Love for His Disabled Son
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun What Happened in Texas?
Unit 8 Going on a Journey
Passage A End of the Road
Reading Skills Reading for Main Idea
Passage B How to Be a Tourist When You Live in NYC
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun A Talking Pig
Unit 9 Shaping Proper Life Attitude
Passage A Learning to Laugh at Yourself
Reading Skills Understanding Homonym and Homophone
Passage B "If Only..."
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun Domestic Divide
Unit 10 Looking for a Job
Passage A Working for the Police
Reading Skills Understanding Transitions
Passage B Heavy Equipment Mechanic
Reading Comprehension from PRETCO
Reading for Fun What Is Two and Two?
Key to Exercises
