Unit One American Domestic Affairs(Ⅰ) 1
Lesson One:ADismal Report Card(NEWSWEEK,JUNE 17,1991) 1
Lesson Two:The New Whiz Kids(TIME,AUGUST 31,1987) 8
Lesson Three:The New Whiz Kids(Continued) 18
Lesson Four:Big Crimes,Small Cities(NEWSWEEK,JUNE 10,1991) 30
Lesson Five:Whose America?(TIME,JULY 8,1991) 42
Lesson Six:Whose America?(Continued) 56
Unit Two American Domestic Affairs＆Foreign Policy(Ⅱ) 74
Lesson Seven:After You!We Insist!(NEWSWEEK,MAY 21,1990) 74
Lesson Eight:Determined To Do What Is Right(TIME,JANUARY 7,1991) 86
Lesson Nine:Transcript of President's State of the Union Message to Nation(THE NEW YORK TIMES,JANUARY 30,1991) 102
Lesson Ten:Transcript of President's State of the Union Message to Nation(Continued) 114
Lesson Eleven:"A nation of rock-solid realism and clear-eyed idealism"(THE ECONOMIST,FEBRUARY 2ND 1991) 130
Lesson Twelve:Bush's drive back home(U.S.NEWS＆WORLD REPORT,APRIL 22,1991) 141
Unit Three American Domestic Affairs＆Foreign Policy(Ⅲ) 155
Lesson Thirteen:On a Slippery Slope(TIME.MAY 6.1991) 155
Lesson Fourteen:Why Bush Has Trouble Firing Sununu(TIME.JULY 8,1991) 164
Lesson Fifteen:Defense:The Real Debate(NEWSWEEK,JULY 15,1991) 172
Lesson Sixteen:How Many Wars Can the U.S.Fight?(TIME,MARCH 4,1991) 183
Lesson Seventeen:The Search for Scapegoats(NEWSWEEK,OCTOBER 1,1990) 193
Unit Four British Demestic Affairs＆Foreign PolicyLesson Eighteen:Free Scotland and Wales!(NEWSWEEK,DECEMBER 17,1990) 205
Lesson Nineteen:Thatcher Hits the Road(NEWSWEEK.JUNE 17,1991) 213
Lesson Twenty:The wait-and-see party(THE ECONOMIST,JANUARY 12TH 1991) 225
Lesson Twenty-one:Major turns Labour flank(THE TIMES,JANUARY 23,1991) 233
Lesson Twenty-two:Tough Times,Hard Choices(TIME,JULY 8,1991) 241
Lesson Twenty-three:Camels in London(THE ECONOMIST,JANUARY 26TH 1991) 247
Unit Five World Affairs 255
Leeson Twenty-four:War Countdown Begins as Talks In Bagh-dad Fail(THE ASIAN WALL STREET JOUR-NAL,JANUARY 15,1991) 255
Lesson Twenty-five:Unleashing Desert Storm(THE ECONOMIST,JANUARY 19TH 1991) 265
Lesson Twenty-six:It must be a victory on which peace can be built(THE SUNDAY TIMES,20 JANUARY,1991) 270
Lesson Twenty-seven:The Grounds for War(NEWSWEEK,JANUARY 21,1991) 280
Lesson Twenty-eight:War will give birth to new power struggles(THE TIMES,JANUARY 16,1991) 286
Lesson Twenty-nine:A Dove Taking Wing(NEWSWEEK,SEPTEMBER 10,1990) 295
Lesson Thirty:The cost of German unity(U.S.NEWS＆WORLD REPORT,APRIL 1,1991) 306
Lesson Thirty-one:To the Brink,Again(TIME,JULY 8,1991) 314
GLOSSARY 326