英文阅读加速度 高级(txt+pdf+epub+mobi电子书下载)

作者：戴青

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英文阅读加速度 高级试读：

从打开这本书的时刻起，您也就开始了一段新的学习旅程。显然，学习已经是我们生活的一部分了，而随着时代的发展，关于学习我们也有了更多的途径和思考。本单元将为您展现不同的学习思维、模式，同时帮助您提高阅读技巧，提升语言积累，通过语言了解更广阔的世界。Part 1

Learning关于学习的那些事

本书已进入阅读学习的高级阶段啦，请快速阅读以下文章，回答文章后的问题，核对答案并填写表格。请记下阅读的开始时间和结束时间。本文的目标阅读时间为3分25秒。

Car in a Suitcase

Travelling light, the student who proved a point

By RAY MASSEY Motoring Correspondent

The tutors' case appeared unanswerable when they barred an engineering student from building a novel car as part of his degree because others had tried and failed.

Vaios Panagiotou's answer was a different kind of case — a suitcase that speeds past them on the way to lectures.

On top of that he then folded up the 44-pound motorised suitcase in under two minutes, avoiding the need for a parking space and the risk of a parking ticket. His six-horsepower black-and-yellow creation can reach speeds of up to 35 mph. It boasts horn, headlights and indicators, and took 15 days to build based on a main frame of two light aluminium alloy boxes.

With its inventor behind the bicycle handlebars which form the steering wheel, the contraption measures roughly 32 in. long, 28 in. wide and 11 in. high before packing down to bag size.

"It's the only high performance suitcase I know of," he added.

Mr. Panagiotou, 25, said his car, which has seven gears, and is powered by a 35 cc. lawn mower engine, was "a joy to drive".

"It would have cost me about￡300, but I got sponsorship from Greece. You can prove anything if you have time and money."

The Greek student, who is in the third year of a mechanical engineering degree at Brighton University, said, "It was going to be a course project, but the department said it was impossible. So I did it to prove a point."

Mr. Panagiotou, who wants to do "a master's degree in automotive systems because I love everything about cars", may have earned the nickname "Man in a Suitcase", but the Sussex police suggested that his car stay on the university campus — and off public roads. While praising his ingenuity, a spokesman said he should insure that he has insurance, a registration plate, road tax and MOT certificate before venturing on to public roads.

测一测

阅读后，根据原文，判断下列说法是否正确。正确的请写T，错误的请写F。

(　) 1．The university tutors encouraged Vaios to make the car.

(　) 2．Vaios had already tried to build a novel car and failed.

(　) 3．His motorised suitcase weighs 44 pounds.

(　) 4．It uses bicycle wheels.

(　) 5．The engine comes from a lawn mower.

(　) 6．The student comes from Greece.

(　) 7．To make the car he got financial help from home.

(　) 8．Vaios wants to go on to further studies after his degree.

(　) 9．The police said that he had to license the vehicle.

(　) 10．It appears that he only drives the vehicle on campus.

填表说明：

1．实际（阅读）速度＝课文长度（词数）÷阅读时间（分钟）

2．正确率＝正确题数÷总题数（10）

3．如果你已经达到了每分钟阅读100词的水平，在下面的练习中，你可以将目标定得更高一些。

再读一读

现在请再读一遍文章，可参照扩展词汇，充分理解文意，回答以下问题。本轮的目标阅读时间为4分20秒。

扩展词汇

correspondent n. 记者

tutor n. 导师

case n. 情况，案例

bar v. 禁止，不准

degree n. 学位，专业

pound n. 磅

horsepower n. 马力

creation n. 创造的作品

boast v. 拥有

horn n. 喇叭

headlight n. 前灯

indicator n. （车辆上的）转向指示灯

alloy n. 合金

steering wheel 方向盘

contraption n. 精巧的设计

high performance 性能优良

gear n. 齿轮

sponsorship n. 资助，赞助

automotive system 自动化系统

ingenuity n. 足智多谋

registration n. 登记，注册

MOT certificate 验车证

练一练

根据文章内容，选出下列各题的最佳答案。

1．In the sentence "a suitcase that speeds past them on the way to lectures", "them" refers to________.

A．classmates

B．tutors

C．vehicles

2．The word "boast" means (para. 3) ________.

A．speak proudly

B．praise

C．contain

3．The novel car would have cost Vaios Panagiotou about ￡300 if ________.

A．he had not got sponsorship

B．he had not won scholarship

C．he had not obtained government subsidy

4．Which of the following is NOT one of the steps that Vaios Panagiotou would have to take if he wanted to drive on public roads?

A．Insurance.

B．Road tax.

C．Licence fee.

5．What point did Vaios Panagiotou prove?

A．With time, money, and perseverance one can achieve the impossible.

B．Tutors should have confidence in their students.

C．Students should have more freedom in choosing their own course project.Part 2

Research on the Internet在互联网上学习

请快速阅读以下文章，回答文章后的问题，核对答案并填写表格。请记下阅读的开始时间和结束时间。本文的目标阅读时间为8分钟。

Don't line up — get on line!

The massive rise in undergraduate places in recent years has left many of the UK's academic libraries struggling to keep up with demand. Many library books are in short supply, and sometimes in a shocking state of disrepair, so online resources are now vital to practically every degree. Using the Internet as a study aid will not replace books, but it will shorten the time it takes to acquire information.

A good starting point is the Encyclopedia Britannica, (www.britannica.com ). The full text is available at this website. Although your university library will provide copies of the old tome, searching online is much quicker, and it is updated regularly. For about￡30 a year you can subscribe to Britannica's enhanced service. This includes a web directory filtered by Britannica staff.

University libraries have plenty of old tomes, but searching online is quicker. Similarly, a site such as the CIA's World Fact Book (www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook ) can prove useful. With information from the net GDP of Guatemala to the legacy of the KGB in Peru, academic writing can be qualified with the most recent data.

True, not everything is on the web, and many things are still difficult to find. Be aware of leaning too heavily on search engines where the order in which sites are presented is affected by facts other than academic utility or objectivity. While still useful tools, search engines seem to be struggling to keep up with the enormous growth in the web. According to the research from the science journal Nature, even the best search engine (www.northernlights.com ) has only 16 percent of the web in its database.

Still, with a handful of good sites, including major academic portals such as the Government's National Grid for Learning (www.ngfl.gov.uk ), researching on the web is often more fruitful than not.

An absolute must is the American academic research directory at www.academicinFo.net. This holds thousands of links to academic sites and has an exhaustive list of digital libraries around the world. Like Britannica, Academic Info employs dozens of researchers and academics to trawl through the net. This means much of the rubbish that can clog up search engines has been filtered out.

It is a bit like the Yahoo! of the academic world. At the very least, these sites can speed up the organization of study. Consider how easy it is to find a text on the web, cut and paste it into a word processing document, and then e-mail it to either yourself or a friend. The alternative can require elaborate processes of booking time on the library databases and catalogues, finding books on the shelves (or not), queuing to borrow the book, or reserving it. You then have to laboriously photocopy or transcribe the required pages, and subsequently type the required notes into an essay.

The web does not just beat many libraries on search ability, and rare texts; it is excellent on contemporary debates, too.

The New York Review of Books is available at www.nybooks.com/nyrev and has a searchable archive going back to 1995. And the web boasts two great journals of 80 its own in the form of www. salon.com and www.slate.com. Both contain a range of articles and essays on science, technology, politics and the arts. Science is particularly well covered on the web. Details of the latest research and a set of reliable research tools are also available. Sites such as Exoscience (http://exoscience.com ) publish regular bulletins on scientific issues and if you have an access to e-mail, Netsurfer Science (www.netsurf.com/nss ) will deliver bulletins to your inbox.

The vast majority of content on the web is free, but a number of sites charge a pay-to-download fee or a subscription. If you cannot find what you need elsewhere, these sites could still save you time, and need not cost the earth if you club together with friends. Contentville.com was launched in the US in June 2000. It is full of magazine articles, transcripts, e-books and speeches. It claims to contain "every dissertation written for a Ph.D. degree in the US since 1861". But it is not cheap. Magazine articles are sold for $2.95, a full dissertation (in electronic form) costs around $50. The very similar Electronic Library (www.elibrary.com ) offers a 30-day free trial.

But there is still more than enough free on the web. The Financial Times claims to offer more than 8.5 million articles from 3,000 publications, many of them free. And most newspaper websites now have fairly sophisticated search engines.

Other tools to save you time and improve your work include www.onelook.com, which searches more than 300 dictionaries at once. Roget's Thesaurus.com helps you find that very word.

The web is truly worldwide. If English is your only language, do not discount foreign language sites. Altavista's Babelfish software (http.//babelfish.altavista.digital.com ) will give a translation, although rather crude, in six languages. So if you want to get ahead at university, avoid the scramble for library books and get to grip with the web.

测一测

阅读后，根据原文，判断下列说法是否正确。正确的请写T，错误的请写F。

(　) 1．In Britain, online resources are now of great importance to every degree program.

(　) 2．You can now use the Internet instead of books.

(　) 3．You can get the Encyclopedia Britannica online, but it is better to refer to it in the library.

(　) 4．The Internet enables you to access very up-to-date information.

(　) 5．It is not possible to access more than 16％ of the Internet at any one time.

(　) 6．Because of the enormous amount of useless material on the net, it is a good idea to use a search directory like Academic Info.

(　) 7．Using the Internet can also greatly help one to organize one's studies more effectively.

(　) 8．Most areas except contemporary science are covered well by the net.

(　) 9．Much of the Internet is free, but you have to pay for anything that is worthwhile.

(　) 10．To use the Internet you really need to have a good command of English.

再读一读

现在请再读一遍文章，可参照扩展词汇，充分理解文意，回答以下问题。本轮的目标阅读时间为10分钟。

扩展词汇

undergraduate n. 本科生

in short supply 供应不足

disrepair n. 失修

online adj. 在线的

tome n. 册，大本书

update v. 更新

subscribe v. 订阅，订购

enhance v. 提高，增加

directory n. 指南

filter v. 筛选

legacy n. 遗产

KGB （前苏联）国家安全委员会

beware v. 当心，小心

search engine 搜索引擎

utility n. 功用

objectivity n. 客观性

portal n. 入口

an absolute must 绝对必要的事物

exhaustive adj. 详尽的

digital adj. 数字的

trawl v. 搜索

clog (up) 塞满；阻塞

photocopy v. 复印

transcribe v. 抄写

bulletin n. 公报

inbox n. 收件箱

subscription n. 订阅费

cost the earth 花销巨大

e-book n. 电子书

dissertation n. 论文

discount v. 低估；忽视

crude adj. 粗糙的

scramble (for) 争夺，抢夺

get to grips with 了解，应付难事

练一练

根据文章内容，完成下列句子。

1．Many academic libraries are grappling with increasing demand because of ______.

2．University libraries have plenty of old tomes but online searches are______and online information is______.

3．The full text of the Encyclopedia Britannica is available at www.britannica.com where you can______ Britannica's enhanced service for about ￡30 a year.

4．It is advisable not to rely too heavily on______for research purposes because the order in which sites are presented is affected by facts other than academic utility.

5．It is a good idea to use a search directory like______which has thousands of links to academic sites and an exhaustive list of digital libraries around the world.

6．To access contemporary debates, click on The New York Review of Books at ______(a website).

7．Sites such as Exoscience publish regular bulletins on______.

8．A number of sites charge______or a subscription. But they should not cost a fortune if you______with friends.

知识拓展

1．Cyber-language网络语言

Cyber是英文单词cybernetics的前缀，cybernetics可以翻译为控制论，严格地来说这个词语是用来形容研究信息是如何在机械里进行交流的科学，广义上讲其也可以指代电子通信。cyber这个前缀可以与其他的单词进行结合，形成新的意思，比如说cyberspace指的是你身处的网络空间，cybercafe是使用电脑等设备上网的地方，也就是我们常说的网吧。cyborg则是指部分机能由各种电子或电机装置代替的半机器人。

2000年有一本名叫Wan2tlk ?的畅销书，其书名是Do you want to talk?的特殊缩写形式。这本书仅有96页，列出了1000个经常在手机以及网络上使用的表情符号。

2．网络语言之缩写

为了节省空间，缩写表达形式应运而生。这种表达方式风趣简洁，读者们也有可能会在现实生活中遇到。

以下是在美国时常会使用的缩写及其意思：扩展阅读

Computers Kill Pupils' Creativity

The rush to computerise (使计算机化；给……装备计算机) Britain's classrooms could backfire (适得其反), as new research suggests computers are stunting children's intelligence and social skills — and maybe damaging their health.

Some experts even suggest that computers may be inappropriate educational tools for children, killing the very creativity the computer industry needs.

Their findings, obtained by The Observer, show that children find it harder and less interesting to learn from a screen than from paper, and that pupils in schools over reliant on information technology risk falling behind.

The US study suggests that young readers found words on paper more persuasive and easier to absorb than the same material scanned into a computer.

Karen Murphy, an educational psychologist at Ohio State University and one of the authors of the report, said the study cast serious doubt on whether computers were appropriate for the young: "We were surprised to find that children found paper texts easier to understand and more convincing."

Her comments come as an international group of educational experts and child psychologists are

calling for a moratorium (暂停，中止) on the further introduction of computers in primary schools because of the long-term damage they cause to "physical, emotional and intellectual development".

The Alliance for Childhood has produced a lengthy research paper, "Fool's Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood", which is especially damning of software packages marketed for very young children and bought by parents, who mistakenly believe their children must learn to use computers as early as possible.

"Reading involves concentration, attention span, enjoyment of detail and some level of inspiration," said US literacy expert Bob McCannon. "To this date we haven't seen any software that accelerates that and there is a tremendous amount that detracts from it."

A CD-Rom that includes a fairy princess and her wardrobe (衣柜，衣帽间) is not as exciting for a child as pretending to be a princess with a cupboard for her castle and a pink pillowcase for a skirt, added child development specialist Claire Healy.

"Play-acting teaches kids to solve problems and the people who have rewarding jobs are going to be the people who have ideas," she said.

The report, which will be discussed in detail at the Alliance's annual conference in Brussels next month, also points to health problems, including vision strain and potential but unproved cancer risks from toxic and radiation emissions from computer equipment, especially in the older equipment often found in schools.

The sedentary lifestyle encouraged by computers can lead to obesity (肥胖) and strain (负担) on developing muscles, bones and nerves. The emergence of repetitive strain injuries in childhood is "probably a time bomb waiting to go off", said Margit Bleecker, a neurologist in Baltimore.

The Government is putting￡700 million behind its pledge to provide every schoolchild with access to computer technology by 2002. Already 98 percent of secondary schools and 86 percent of primary schools are linked to the worldwide web.

But many now believe the headlong race to embrace adult technology has overlooked the fact that no link has ever been proved between using computers at a young age and improved learning. The exception is in special needs and disabilities, where specific software has been shown to help children.

"Given that there is so much emphasis on using computers in the classroom, our study gives educators reason to pause and examine the supposed benefits associated with computer use in classrooms," says the Alliance.

Ewart Van Manen, a special education co-ordinator and teacher in Forest Row,West Sussex, said, "Computers are marvellous, but we don't need to bring children to them. Childhood takes time and each developmental stage happens at a specific time. You cannot rush it by putting a child in front of what is essentially a tool made for adults. Earlier is not necessarily better."

"There is an aspect to education which disappears with computers — the connection between adults and children. A child learns best from a teacher, not a machine that is the way they are designed."

Van Manen believes computers may "jump-start" analytic thinking prematurely and rob children of their childhood. "A small child needs physical action, direct experience, to develop the imagination and senses of space and time," he said.

"If you give a child a mechanical digger, then all they can do is dig — if you give a child a cardboard box, or a piece of modelling clay, they have to bring in their own imagination to finish the story and make out of it what they will."

Similar views have been expressed about using calculators to do sums and other mathematical problems. His views found surprise backing from an executive of a leading software company, who is the father of children aged eight and ten.

He told The Observer, "It's not what I should say, but I'm certainly not sticking my kids in front of computers. I wouldn't let them sit for hours in front of the television. What's the difference?"练习答案及参考译文

Part 1

测一测

1．F　2．F　3．T　4．F　5．T　6．T　7．T　8．T　9．F　10．T

练一练

1．B　2．C　3．A　4．C　5．A

参考译文

手提箱式的小汽车轻车上路——敢想敢为的大学生汽车版记者　雷·马西

当一名工科大学生申请制造一辆新式汽车作为完成学位计划的一部分时，他的导师们阻止他这样做。他们的理由似乎无可争辩：因为其他人也尝试过但均以失败告终。

但瓦伊奥斯·帕纳吉奥图的回答却别出心裁——他驾着一辆形似手提箱的小汽车从教授们身边急驰而过，直奔课堂。

不仅如此，接下来他用不到两分钟的时间便把这个44磅重的装有引擎的手提箱折叠起来，既无需停车空间，也免除了罚单之忧。他这台6马力、黑黄两色的发明，时速最高可达35英里。它有喇叭、前灯和指示灯，制造过程耗时15天，其主车架由两个轻巧的铝合金盒子构成。

在被折叠成旅行包大小之前，这个奇特的装置长约32英寸，宽约28英寸，高约11英寸。它的发明者就坐在由自行车把手改成的方向盘后面。“这是我所知道的唯一性能优良的手提箱式的小汽车，”他补充说。

25岁的帕纳吉奥图先生说，他这辆有7个排档、由一个35毫升的割草机引擎提供动力的汽车，开起来“十分惬意”。“本来它的造价约达300英镑，但我得到了来自希腊的资助。只要有时间和经费，你就能将任何设想变成现实。”

这个在布莱顿大学机械工程专业读三年级的希腊学生说：“当初我以此来申请课程项目，但系里说行不通。所以我就用事实来证明我的想法。”

这位“因为热爱与汽车有关的一切事物，所以想攻读自动化系统专业硕士学位”的帕纳吉奥图先生，也许已赢得了“手提箱里的人”的绰号，但萨塞克斯郡警方建议他的车不要离开大学校园——不要在公路上行驶。一位发言人在称赞他的聪明才智的同时，告诫他别急于冒险把车开上公路，他应确保先办理汽车保险、注册牌照、公路税以及英国交通部颁发的年检证明。

Part 2

测一测

1．F 2．F　3．F　4．T　5．T　6．T　7．T　8．F　9．F　10. F

练一练

1．the massive rise in undergraduate places

2．much quicker, updated regularly

3．subscribe to

4．search engines

5．Academic Info

6．www.nybooks.com

7．scientific issues

8．a pay-to-download fee, club together

参考译文

别再排队了——上网去！

近几年本科招生人数的大幅度增加使英国的许多高校图书馆为了满足需求而苦苦支撑。大量馆藏图书供不应求，有时破损的情况令人瞠目，因而网上资源对几乎所有学位都变得至关重要。利用互联网作为学习的辅助手段不会取代书籍，但它能缩短获取信息的时间。“大英百科”（www.britannica.com）可以作为良好的开端。该网站提供全文搜索。虽然你的大学图书馆能提供大部头学术典籍，但网上搜索来得更快，而且内容定期更新。每年大约花30英镑就能享用“大英百科”的增强型服务。这包括由“大英百科”的工作人员所筛选的网站目录。

大学的图书馆里有很多古老书籍，但是，在网上搜索却更快些。同样，诸如美国中央情报局的“各国实情录”（www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook）之类的网站也十分有用。从危地马拉的国内生产总值到克格勃在秘鲁的遗留影响，全面的信息服务可为学术写作提供最新的佐证资料。

的确，并非一切资料都上了互联网，还有许多东西难以在网上找到。当心不要过于依赖搜索引擎，因为在它们那里网站的排列顺序往往受到信息资料的影响，而不是受学术价值或客观性的影响。尽管这些搜索引擎仍是有用的工具，但它们要做到与网络内容的巨大增长保持同步也似乎步履艰难。据科学杂志《自然》所做的调查，即便是最棒的搜索引擎www.northernlights.com，其资料库也仅涵盖了16％的网络内容。

尽管如此，利用几个好的网站，包括像政府创办的“国家学习网”（www.ngfl.gov.uk）这样的大型学术性网站，在网上搜索往往还是收获大于失望的。

绝对必不可少的是美国的www.academicinFo.net提供的学术研究网址目录。它包含了成千上万个学术网站的链接，并配有一份详尽的世界各地数字图书馆的名录。跟“大英百科”一样，“学术信息”网聘请了数十位研究人员和学术专家在网上做拖网式搜索。这就意味着那些可能阻塞搜索引擎的许多垃圾已经被过滤掉了。

它有点儿像是学术界的“雅虎”。至少，这些网站可以提高进行研究的效率。想想这是多么轻而易举的事：在网上查找文本，把它剪切、粘贴到文字处理文档中，然后用电子邮件将它发给自己或是朋友。用传统方法则可能需要复杂的程序：安排时间查询图书馆的数据库和书目，到书架上找到书（或许找不着），排队办理借书或预订。然后你还得不辞辛苦地复印或誊写所需的书页，接下来还要动手把所需的段落敲到论文里。

网络不光在搜索便利和提供珍稀文本方面胜过许多图书馆，在了解当代论辩热点方面也卓有成效。《纽约书评》在www.nybooks.com/nyrev可以读到，并设有一个自1995年以来的可供搜索的档案库。该网站还以拥有两份自创的优秀期刊而自豪，它们分别刊载于www.salon.com和www.slate.com。这两份在线杂志都登载有关科学、技术、政治和艺术方面的文章和评论。自然科学在网络上的介绍尤为充分。在这里可以找到有关最新研究的细节和一套可靠的研究工具。像“外空科学”（http://exoscience.com）这样的网站定期发布有关科学问题的公报，假如你能使用电子邮件的话，“冲浪者科学”（www.netsurf.com/nss）可以把这些公报发送到你的收件箱里。

网上的绝大多数内容是免费的，但有一些站点收取下载费或订阅费。如果你不能在别的地方找到你需要的东西，这些网站仍能帮你节约时间，而且跟朋友们合用的话也无需花太多的钱。Contentville.com是2000年6月在美国创办的一家网站。它存储了大量的杂志文章、抄本、电子图书和讲演稿，声称包含了“美国自1861年以来的所有博士学位论文”。但它的收费却不便宜。杂志类文章每篇售价2.95美元，一整篇学位论文（电子版）的费用约50美元。与此类似的“电子图书馆”（www.elibrary.com）则提供30天的免费试用期。

然而网上免费的内容还是绰绰有余的。《金融时报》声称它提供来自3,000种出版物的850多万篇文章，其中许多内容均免费。此外，大多数报纸的网站如今都有相当高级的搜索引擎。

其他为你节省时间和提高工作效率的工具包括www.onelook.com，它能立刻搜索300多部词典。罗热氏网上同义词典Thesaurus.com可以帮你找到最恰当的用词。

互联网是真正意义上的环球网。即使英语是你的唯一语言，也不要忽视了外语网站。Altavista网站的Babelfish软件提供六种语言的翻译（http://babelfish.altavista.diSital.com），虽然还相当粗糙。所以如果你想在大学里名列前茅，何不减少在图书馆找书的繁琐，学会掌握互联网。

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