英語報刊選讀

本書文章選自美英著名報刊,內容涉及政治、經濟、軍事、法律、教育、文化、藝術等各個方面。文中重要人物、重大事件、機構名稱、商品品牌、專業名詞等栩有詳盡註釋。附錄介紹了美英新聞業和美英著名報刊並附有全書詞彙表。 ^[1]  本書在編排上注重文化理解和溝通,旨在通過不同背景、不同題材的報刊文章傳遞補多元的文化信息,引導讀者瞭解法代美國和英國的社會與文化,同時提高英語閲讀能力,學習當代英語表達。

Unit 1 Politics

Text:The Higher Education of Washington

Exercises

Further Readings:

Reading Passage 1:The Bubble of American Supremacy

Reading Passage 2:The Bubble of American Supremacy(Continued)

Cultural Information:

1 解讀美國政治中的“院外遊説”現象

2 The American Presidential Election

Unit 2 Economics

Text:Global Motros

Exercises

Further Readings:

Reading Passage 1:Two-Faced Capitalism

Reading Passage 2:Stormy Weather

Cultural Information:

1 英語汽車詞彙摘要

2 Aerospace Industry in teh United States

Unit 3 Military Affairs

Text:Army Study of lrap War Detalis a "Morass"of Supply Shortages

Exercises

Further Readings:

Reading Passage 1:So,What Went Wrong?

Reading Passage 2:So,What Went Wrong?(Continued)

Cultural Information:

1 美軍和英軍的軍銜制

2 美軍的陸海空三軍建制

Unit 4 Law and Crime

Text:Computer Violence:Are You Kids at Risk?

Exercises

Further Readings:

Reading Passage 1:The Case Against the Prosecution

Reading Passage 2:In the Heart of Darkness

Cultural Information:

1 美國文化娛樂產品的分級制度

2 Capital Punishment in the United States

Unit 5 Education

Text:Campus on a Keyboard

Exercises

Further Readings:

Reading Passage 1:Who Pays to Study?

Reading Passage 2:Who Pays to Study?(Continued)

Cultural Information:

1 英國教育體制概況

2 A Glimpse of Universites in the United States

Unit 6 Society and Culture

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Unit 7 Art

Unit 8 Personality

Unit 9 Science and Technology

Appendix 1 美英新聞業簡介

Appendix 2 美英著名報刊發行量排行表

Appendix 3 Glossary