《新编英语泛读教程》是高等学校英语专业的系列泛读教材，旨在有效提高学生的英语应用技能。本册教程与课程紧密衔接，以提高阅读速度及扩大词汇量为主要目的，全书共16个单元，每单元包含3篇文章，各有词汇、注释及练习。书后附有生词表、词组表、练习答案及英文名著片段欣赏。
本教程可供高等学校英语专业学生作为泛读教材，尤其适合高职高专院校学生使用，对自学者提高英语阅读能力也大有裨益。

Unit 1
Text A A Fox and a Crow
Text B Getting Advice from Strangers
Text C American Congress
Unit 2
Text A How Did Thanksgiving Day Start?
Text B An Early Train
Text C Sri Lanka-a Paradise on Earth
Unit 3
Text A Heart Disease
Text B High Platform Shoes
Text C A College Football Star
Unit 4
Text A A Farmer and His Donkeys
Text B Culture & Eating
Text C The Rivers of the United States
Unit 5
Text A Sour Grapes
Text B The Value of Dreams
Text C Test the Test and Examine the Examiners
Unit 6
Text A The Delay of the Train
Text B Benjamin Franklin
Text C Captain Mallerby
Unit 7
Text A New England Town Meeting
Text B Cowboys
Text C A Blue Dress
Unit 8
Text A American Hard-working Farmers
Text B The California Gold Rush
Text C The Central America
Unit 9
Text A Elephants
Text B The Popularity of Bicycle Racing
Text C The Saver
Unit 10
Text A The Patent
Text B Ellen Swallow
Text C The Salesman
Unit 11
Text A Thomas Jefferson
Text B Skyscrapers
Text C At the Dentist's
Unit 12
Unit 13
Unit 14
Unit 15
Unit 16
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