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Stylistic Features of English Newspapers and Magazines 1

Unit 1 Politics 42

Warm Up Obama Nominates Locke to Be Ambassador to China 42

Text A David Cameron Takes Office as Britain's Prime Minister 44

Text B Dadaab,Home to the World's Largest Refugee Camp 52

Additional Reading 1 Two High School Best Friends Died Together on Navy SEAL Rescue Mission in Afghanistan 59

Additional Reading 2 Proposal Targets Nuclear Terrorism 63

Additional Reading 3 Dilma Rousseff Wins Brazil's Presidential Election 66

Unit 2 Economy 71

Warm Up Moody's Cuts Portugal Credit Rating 71

Text A Three Biggest Economies Heading in Different Directions 73

Text B What the US Debt Problem Means for the Global Economy 80

Additional Reading 1 Cadbury Accepts Takeover Bid from Kraft 86

Additional Reading 2 OPEC at 50 and the Next 50 Years 89

Additional Reading 3 The Dot-Com Bubble,10 Years Later 93

Unit 3 Culture and Society 98

Warm Up Geili 98

Text A Does the Internet Make You Dumber? 99

Text B Murdoch Facing Parliament's Ire in Hacking Case 108

Additional Reading 1 Beckhams a'Bad Example'for Families 116

Additional Reading 2 Kate Middleton-the Duchess of Cambridge 119

Additional Reading 3 Norwegians Defy Gunman by Stieking to Open,Tolerant Society 122

Unit 4 Education 126

Warm Up Graduate Gloom as 83 Students Apply for Every Vacancy 126

Text A Emerging Technology Has Positive Impact in Classroom 128

Text B Finland's Educational Success-The Anti-Tiger Mother Approach 134

Additional Reading 1 How Slang Affects Students in the Classroom 140

Additional Reading 2 Specialized Majors:High Risk,High Reward 143

Additional Reading 3 Education Opportunities Abroad can Begin at Home 145

Unit 5 Science and Technology 150

Warm Up Indian Report,at Odds with Mainstream,Raises Mobile Phone Concerns 150

Text A Social Media Has Good and Bad Effects on Kids:Experts 152

Text B Book Apps:A Reading Revolution,or the End of Reading? 157

Additional Reading 1 For Kids:End of an Era 164

Additional Reading 2 Hackers Are Making News,Literally 168

Additional Reading 3 Future Science:The Next 10 Years 171

Unit 6 Environment 177

Warm Up Park and Glow:A Solar Solution 177

Text A Green Houses:Lowering Your Carbon Footprint Starts at Home 178

Text B Scientists' Report Stresses Urgency of Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions 184

Additional Reading 1 Forests Soak Up Third of Emissions 190

Additional Reading 2 Up and Atom:The Comeback of Nuclear Power 192

Additional Reading 3 Clock Ticking on Growing Toxic Waste Pile 196

Unit 7 Sports 201

Warm Up Woods Apologizes after Fine for Spitting in Dubai 201

Text A Golden Age for Older Women at the Highest Levels of Tennis 203

Text B FIFA Bans Bin Hammam for Life in Bribery Case 209

Additional Reading 1 Ding Drives on Baize Revolution 215

Additional Reading 2 Shaquille O'Neal Was a Marketing Visionary 218

Additional Reading 3 Retired but Not Forgotten:Yao Ming Calls It a Day 220

Unit 8 Health 225

Warm Up China Ban on Smoking in Public Places Comes into Force 225

Text A City vs.Country:Who Is Healthier? 226

Text B WHO Report:Diseases Once Linked to Rich Nations Increasingly Affect Poor 233

Additional Reading 1 Why Are Unhealthy People So Reluctant to Change Their Lifestyles? 239

Additional Reading 2 Cut Red Meat Intake and Don't Eat Ham,Say Cancer Researchers 243

Additional Reading 3 Beyond the Breathalyzer:Seeking Telltale Signs of Disease 246

Unit 9 Arts and Youth 251

Warm Up In Japan,Style Arises from Disaster 251

Text A How Harry Potter Rewrote the Book on Reading 253

Text B Israeli City Reviving Itself as an Arts Attraction 260

Additional Reading 1 Oprah-An American Icon 267

Additional Reading 2 Comparing Yourself to Others:It's Not All Bad 269

Additional Reading 3 Simon Cowell Dumped Me...So I Went to China to Win The X Factor 272

Unit 10 Law and Crime 278

Warm Up Murderous Student Driver Executed 278

Text A Cyber Criminals Target Owners of Smartphones 280

Text B Genetic Basis for Crime:A New Look 287

Additional Reading 1 Hidden Male Victims of Domestic Abuse 295

Additional Reading 2 Human Trafficking:Private Citizens Deputized in the Global Fight 298

Additional Reading 3 How the Government Can Cut Prison Costs:Privatisation 301

Appendix 1 常用缩略语 306

Appendix 2 英美著名媒体简介 319

Appendix 3 美国行政州及其简称 322

Appendix 4 KEYS 325