《英语泛读教程》（第三版）是普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材，供高等学校英语专业一、二年级使用，也适用于同等程度的英语自学者。全套教材共4册。本书为第一册，共15个单元。单元一般分为四部分：第一部分为阅读课文及练习，练习包括判断课文中心思想、阅读理解、课堂讨论题和词汇练习；第二部分为阅读技巧，重点介绍各种阅读技巧，并配有相应的练习；第三部分为快速阅读练习，提供3篇短文，要求在规定的时间内完成；第四部分为课外阅读，提供和课文长度相当的语言材料，配有阅读理解题和思考题。
本教材第三版替换了第二版的部分内容，并根据难易程度调整了单元顺序，使阅读文章题材更加广泛、更具有时代感。
- 前辅文
- Unit 1
- 1 Text Love
- 2 Reading Skills Previewing (I)
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading A Wonderful Present
- Unit 2
- 1 Text Little House in the Big Woods
- 2 Reading Skills Previewing (II)
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading The American Cowboy
- Unit 3
- 1 Text Young William Shakespeare
- 2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 3 Home Reading The Best Playwright in England
- Unit 4
- 1 Text Migratory Birds and Coffee
- 2 Reading Skills Understanding the Topic
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading Insects
- Unit 5
- 1 Text Cheating
- 2 Reading Skills Determining the Main Idea
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading Stolen Day
- Unit 6
- 1 Text Fool¡¯s Paradise
- 2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 3 Home Reading Sleeping Ugly
- Unit 7
- 1 Text The Call of the Wild (I)
- 2 Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of Words from the Context (I)
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading The Call of the Wild (II)
- Unit 8
- 1 Text Two Boxes of Gold (I)
- 2 Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of Words from the Context (II)
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading Two Boxes of Gold (II)
- Unit 9
- 1 Text Techniques That Might Smile upon Mona Lisa
- 2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 3 Home Reading Shanghai Expo Turns Spotlight on Nations
- Unit 10
- 1 Text London
- 2 Reading Skills Recognising Organisation and Seeing Relationship (I) (Sequence of Events)
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading Great Britain
- Unit 11
- 1 Text The All-American Slurp
- 2 Reading Skills Recognising Organisation and Seeing Relationship (II) (Understanding Supporting Details)
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading The Dinner Party
- Unit 12
- 1 Text On the Wrong Side of the Global Divide
- 2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 3 Home Reading Protect Yourself Against AIDS
- Unit 13
- 1 Text Your College Experience
- 2 Reading Skills Finding the Point of View
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading The American College in American Life
- Unit 14
- 1 Text The Confidence Game
- 2 Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of Words from Word-formation
- 3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 4 Home Reading My Way to Success
- Unit 15
- 1 Text Starting Over at 85
- 2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
- 3 Home Reading The Divine Ms H
- Sources of Reading Materials
