英语报刊选读教程

Unit One Economics

Part A Lead-in

News Reading： World Bank Sees US Recession Risk

Part B Reading

Reading 1 Evaluating Good Corporate Citizenship

Reading 2 "Banker" Who Lends to the Poor Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Reading 3 The Cost of Survival

Part C Unit Assignments

Unit Two Environment

Part A Lead-in

News Reading： President Hu Jintao Commits China to Carbon-cutting Deal

Part B Reading

Reading 1 How Do You Junk Your Computer

Reading 2 EU Governments Start Tough Climate Change Talks

Reading 3 A Tree Grows in Kenya

Part C Unit Assignments

Unit Three Disasters

Part A Lead-in

News Reading： China Mourns Earthquake Victims.

Part B Reading

Reading 1 Different Natural Disasters， Same Risky Human Habits

Reading 2 Midwest Floods Leave Red Cross in the Red

Reading 3 Humans Add to Natural Disaster Risk

Part C Unit Assignments

Unit Four Science and Technology

Part A Lead-in

News Reading： Chinas First Spacewalk Succeeds

Part B Reading

Reading 1 Is Someone Spying on You？

Reading 2 Science Lessons Should Tackle Creationism and Intelligent Design

Reading 3 Spit Parties： Genetic Testing Becomes a Social Activity...

Part C Unit Assignments

Unit Five Education

Part A Lead-in

News Reading： Facebook "Cheater" Wont Be Expelled from College.

Part B Reading

Reading 1 Good Education Adds Value to Both Colleges and Society

Reading 2 OLPC： Eliminating Poverty Through Education

Reading 3 "Hire" Education： A Vocational Model Succeeds

Part C Unit Assignments

Unit Six Society

Part A Lead-in

News Reading： Woman Causes Storm on Venices Grand Canal

Part B Reading

Reading 1 Who Owns You？

Reading 2 The Feelgood Factor

Reading 3 Solving Asias Food Crisis

Part C Unit Assignments

Unit Seven Politics

Part A Lead-in

News Reading： Thai PM Declares State of Emergency in Capital

Part B Reading

Reading 1 Win-win Governance

Reading 2 The New Words of War

Reading 3 Progress Against Corruption

Part C Unit Assignments

Unit Eight Sports

Part A Lead-in

News Reading： Michael Phelps Makes Olympic History on Busy Day in Beijing

Part B Reading

Reading 1 Education the Heart of Olympics Says Rogge

Reading 2 Olympics： No Regrets， No Limits——How Du Toit Lost a Leg But Won Over the World

Reading 3 Grudge Match

Part C Unit Assignments

Key to the Exercises

《英语报刊选读教程(第2版)》是在2003年第一版教材的基础上修订而成。新版教材在沿用原有编写理念的同时在文章选材、板块设计、练习编排等方面进行了修订。《英语报刊选读教程(第2版)》按主题分为8个单元，每单元包括1篇新闻，3篇文章，所选文章渐进地增加阅读长度和难度，其后附上一定的阅读理解和词汇练习，以及适量的写作练习，适合大中院校中已完成英语初级阶段学习的非英语专业学习者使用，所选阅读文章均来自近年来原版英文报刊杂志，题材多样。此外，为方便使用，《英语报刊选读教程(第2版)》附有练习答案。《英语报刊选读教程(第2版)》同样适合大中专院校中水平较高的英语学习者和大学英语四六级、研究生入学考试及TOFEL、GRE等各类考生备考使用。