英美报刊国际热点导读

前言

英美报刊课教学方法与手段——写给教师的话

Unit One The United Nations

Text A Midlife Crisis

Text B The Worlds Toughest Job

Unit Two The Middle East

Text A A11 Together Now

Text B Consequences of Power

Unit Three Unification of Europe

Text A Europe：How Fast? How Far?

Text B Has Europe Failed in Asia?

Unit Four The Balkans

Text A Reluctant Warrior

Text B The Drive for Countries of Their Own

Unit Five Former Soviet Union and Russia

Text A Final Dissolution of an Empire

Text B Russias Future Shadowed by Centuries of Conquest

Unit Six The Gulf War

Text A Iraq Crisis Reflects Shift in World Alliances

Text B The Weapons Inside the High-Tech Arsenal

Unit Seven Nuclear Proliferation

Text A North Korea Destroys Nuclear Tower

Text B Formula for Terror．

Unit Eight Information Superhighway

Text A The Future Is Already Here

Text B Microsoft After Gates

Unit Nine Stock Market

Text A China：First BRIC to Crumble?

Text B Market Mania

Independent Study 1 US Presidential Election 2008

Text A Clinton Is Willing to Take No．2 Spot But She Doesn’t Have a Lock on It

Text B Unity Is Now Key for Democrats

Independent Study 2 Same Sex Marage

Text A California Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Struck Down

Text B California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage

Independent Study 3 Sichuan Earth Quake

Text A China Stands Still to Remember Quake Victims

Text B Chinas Old Ways Shaken by Quake

Independent Study 4 International Financial Crisis

Text A Obama Is Said to Drop Plan for “Car Czar” to Fix Detroit

Text B Auto Industry Bailout

附录1 世界主要英文报刊简介

附录2 世界主要国际性通讯社简介

附录3 英文报刊阅读常识

附录4 英美报刊网址

《英美报刊国际热点导读》按照国家教委颁布的两个英语教学大纲的要求，结合中国英语教学的特点编写，教材以阅读为主要训练日的，旨在拓宽大学生知识的覆盖面，扩大交流信息量，提高学生的单词量以及分析问题和判断是非的能力。
课本取材英美报刊，涉及“联合国”、“中东问题”、“波黑战争”、“科索沃问题”、“股票市场”、“海湾战争”、“信息时代”、“核扩散”、“前苏联解体”、“欧洲一体化”等当代大学生应了解的热点话题，适合英语专业高年级学生、研究生以及英语涉外专业学生课堂教学使用，也适合有英语基础的国际问题研究者、外事工作者、英语翻译以及为研究生复试做准备的考研者自学。随书发行光盘的内容包括：①2006-2009年国际新闻PPT；②当代时事热点PFT；③1-9单元课外阅读资料。独立研究专栏包括2008年四个热点话题的相关资料：①四川大地震；②美国总统大选；③同性恋婚姻；④国际金融海啸。