秦中书、吴莉、王欣编写的《大学英语阅读(兴趣篇)》立足于民办普通高校大学生的英语基础和认知能力。篇目选择和题目设计由简入难，循序渐进，整体难度适中；强调对学生英语基本技能的培养和训练，突出学生英语实际运用能力的提高。
Unit 1 Impressive Stoies
Text 1 Galileo and the Pendulum
Text 2 Strange Minds
Text 3 The Man Who Made McDonald’S Popular Around the World
Text 4 A Leaf from Heaven
Unit 2 Wonderful Nature
Text 1 Breathing Sea Water
Text 2 Snow
Text 3 The Mystery of Time
Text 4 Wonders of the World—Modern Structures
Unit 3 Great inventions
Text 1 The Development of Cinema Film
Text 2 The Man Who Lighted the World
Text 3 Two Inventions That Have Helped Save Lives：Seatbelts and Kevlar
Text 4 The Strange Birth of Television Unit 1 Impressive Stoies
Text 1 Galileo and the Pendulum
Text 2 Strange Minds
Text 3 The Man Who Made McDonald’S Popular Around the World
Text 4 A Leaf from Heaven
Unit 2 Wonderful Nature
Text 1 Breathing Sea Water
Text 2 Snow
Text 3 The Mystery of Time
Text 4 Wonders of the World—Modern Structures
Unit 3 Great inventions
Text 1 The Development of Cinema Film
Text 2 The Man Who Lighted the World
Text 3 Two Inventions That Have Helped Save Lives：Seatbelts and Kevlar
Text 4 The Strange Birth of Television
Unit 4 Useful Energes
Text 1 Using the Sun
Text 2 Plastics—Man’S Most Useful Material
Text 3 Taking the Hot Air out of Wind Power
Text 4 Danger!Atomic Waste!
Unit 5 Health
Text 1 Want to Eat Less?Imagine Eating More
Text 2 How to Help Your Depressed Teen
Text 3 Walking for Exercise and Pleasure
Text 4 Smoking：It’S Never Too Late to Stop
Unit 6 Culture
Text 1 Meet the Downsized Generation：Millennials Who Are Rewriting the Rules for Success
Text 2 What Unites These States?
Text 3 Confucianism in China
Text 4 Ten Benefits of Reading：Why You Should Read Every Day
Unit 7 world concerns
Text 1 Three Myths on the World’S Poor
Text 2 Building a Country by Switching on the Lights
Text 3 Feeding the Planet Without Destroying It
Text 4 Turning up the Volume on Climate Change Isn’t Changing Behaviour
Unit 8 Future World
Text 1 The Futtire of Personal Computing：CloudConnected Screens Everywhere
Text 2 Why We Have to Turn Electronic Devices Off on Planes
Text 3 How Your Language Affects Your Wealth and Health?
Text 4 Can Schools Survive in the Age of the Web?
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