出版社:天津大学出版社
年代:2013
定价:26.0
时代周刊是美国乃至全球颇有影响力的杂志之一,内容涉及政治、经济、文化、社会、科技、教育等各个领域,是读者学习鲜活的语言、了解美国和世界的首选材料。本套丛书共五册,编者均为多年从事大学英语教学的一线教师,文章均选自近一两年的时代周刊,且选材丰富新颖,兼具实用性、知识性和趣味性;注释精准到位;译文力求信、达、雅。本书是其中一册,以文化和教育为主要内容。书中分为两大部分。第一部分以文化为主题,节选了《时代》周刊中有关文化类的美文,比如人类第一位登上月球的人的故事、关于网上对文学作品的种种评论等;第二部分以教育为主题,节选了《时代》周刊有关孩子学习应该从娃娃抓起、政府管好学生的午餐等内容。
文化
01 The Man and the Moon
人与月亮的故事
02 The Chilling Truths behind Patricia McCormick's YA Novels
麦考密克青年小说背后的惊人真相
03 Magic Kingdom:Why Live—Action Role Playing Is One of Denmark's
Most Popular
Pastimes
为何丹麦盛行实景角色扮演?
04 New,Darker Portrait of Legendary American
一个美国传奇人物鲜为人知的另一面
05 Is Lunch a Waste of Time—or a Productivity Booster?
吃午餐——费时还是增效?
06 White Elephants on Parade:The Unloved New Castles in Spain
大而无用的新建筑——西班牙失宠的新城堡
07 Comic Relief
文化
01 The Man and the Moon
人与月亮的故事
02 The Chilling Truths behind Patricia McCormick's YA Novels
麦考密克青年小说背后的惊人真相
03 Magic Kingdom:Why Live—Action Role Playing Is One of Denmark's
Most Popular
Pastimes
为何丹麦盛行实景角色扮演?
04 New,Darker Portrait of Legendary American
一个美国传奇人物鲜为人知的另一面
05 Is Lunch a Waste of Time—or a Productivity Booster?
吃午餐——费时还是增效?
06 White Elephants on Parade:The Unloved New Castles in Spain
大而无用的新建筑——西班牙失宠的新城堡
07 Comic Relief
连环漫画式调剂
08 Photographs Not Taken:A Chapter by Tim Hetherington
《那些未被拍下的照片》中蒂姆·赫瑟林顿所作章节
09 Bully:A Hard Documentary,but Does It Deserve to Be Rated
R?
纪录片《欺凌》该被评为限制级吗?
10 Why the Rich Are Less Ethical:They See G reed as Good
以贪为好,为富不仁之因
11 Beyond Good and Awful:Literary Value in the Age of the Amazon
Review
超越优劣之争——亚马逊网上评论时代的文学价值
12 The Secrets of Language Superlearners
语言超级学习者的秘密
13 1000 Places to See before You Die:Traveling to Stay Alive
《1000个必游胜地》——用旅行来保持活力
14 In Praise of P.G.Wodehouse
颂扬P.G.伍德豪斯
15 Girls,Interrupted
受困扰的女孩
16 How Economic Inequality Is(Literally)Making Us Sick
经济不平等如何正让我们失去健康?
17 Class Warfare:An Insider's Take on Brill's New Book
一个知情者对布里尔新书《阶级斗争》的看法
18 The Math Gender Gap:Nurture Trumps Nature
数学学习中的性别差异:后天培养胜过先天遗传
19 The Interrupters:Stopping the Contagion of Violence
纪录片《阻断者》:制止暴力的蔓延
20 Viewpoint:Smoke a Joint,Lose Your Child?
观点:要吸食大麻,还是要你的孩子?
21 Bronx Boys:A Digital Monograph by Stephen Shames
《布朗克斯街区的孩子们》——斯蒂芬·西姆斯的摄影专著
22 Fixing Teacher Tenure without a Pass·Fail Grade
修改教师终身制,不用及格与否评价
23 Tucson Tragedy:Is Gun Control a Dead Issue?
图森惨案:枪支管制是个逝去的话题吗?
24 No Longer the Perfect Victim?Nafissatou Diallo Defends
Herself
饱受质疑的纳菲莎杜·迪亚洛为自己辩护
25 Has Shanghai Lost Its Artsy Edge?
上海失去其艺术优势了吗?
26 A Brief History of Anarchism:The European Tradition
无政府主义简史:欧洲的传统
教育
27 Why the Online—Education Craze Will Leave Many Students
Behind
网络教育热为何拉大了学生们的学习差距
28 Student Loans:Is There Really a Crisis?
学生贷款会压垮学生吗?
29 Mississippi Learning:Why the State's Students Start Behind——and
Stay Behind
孩子学习该从娃娃抓起吗?
30 Grading the GOP Candidates on Education
给共和党总统候选人的教育政策打分
31 Seven Things You Need to Know about a School(Befclre You Enroll
Your Kid)
孩子择校知多少
32 Rick Scott's Tea—Friendly Budget Cuts:Too Deep?
州长向茶党示好是另有所图吗?
33 In Beijing Students in Limbo After Migrant Schools CIosed
谁来关心农民工的下一代?
34 Can Oxford and Cambridge Shed Their Elitist Images by Admitting
More Poor
Students?
世界名校能否不拘一格选人才?
35 Sending Your Child to College?Advice frOm Dr.Drew
几招助你选大学
36 Can Obama Really Lower the Cost of College?
奥巴马能把大学开支降下来吗?
3 7 Teacher,Leave Those Kids Alone
爱孩子就给孩子点自由口巴
38 Why Every School in America Should Teach Entrepreneurship
美国为什么要教育学生具有企业家精神?
39 Parents,Principals Don't Like School Lunch Rules
政府能管得了学生的午餐吗?
40 Why Is College Enrollment Dropping?
为什么有的孩子不能上大学?
41 Class Warfare:An Insider's Take on Brill's New Book
众说纷纭话教育——评布里尔新书1
42 What Has Bloomberg Learned frOm the Cathie Black Disaster?
外行能管理内行吗?
43 The Next Great Resource Shortage:U.S.Scientists
美国也缺科学家
44 Quiet Riot:I nsurgents Take On Teachers'Unions
堡垒还是易从内部攻破
45 The Tarnished State of California's Golden College System
名校也有黯淡时
46 Russia Looking to Reverse Brain Drain of Young Scientists
俄罗斯谋求年轻科学家为国服务
47 How One Teacher's Angry Blog Sparked a Viral Classroom
Debate
教师就不能在博客发发牢骚吗?1
48 School Is a Right but Will Indian Gi ris Be Able to GO?
谁能保证印度女孩的受教育权利?
49 Looking for Solutions to the Catholic—school Crisis
教会学校能走出困境吗?
50 Holding Colleges Accountable:Is Success Measurable?
办学好坏能否量化?
侯杰、王立君主编的《时代周刊精选片段选读(第2辑):文化·教育》精选美国《时代》周刊中的优秀文章,供广大英语专业人士和各类英语学习者阅读欣赏。各篇文章均包括“中文简介”、“英语原文”、“单词和短语注解”和“难句翻译”四部分,语言地道,内容有趣,深入浅出,引人人胜。本书英语书面用语和口语兼备,网罗国计民生中的文化、教育两方面,适合读者各取所需,在享受阅读快乐的同时,更能体会富有现代气息的人生百态。