Part Ⅰ Political News 1
Unit One Visits and Talks(Items 1…6) 1
Unit Two International Relations(Items 7…10) 14
Unit Three International Organizations(Items 11…15) 23
Unit Four Diplomatic Policies and Actions(Items 16…19) 33
Unit Five Elections(Items 20…22) 40
Unit Six Political Changes(Items 23…26) 45
Unit Seven Law(Items 27…31) 52
Unit Eight Social Unrest(Items 32…35) 60
PartⅡ Economic News 67
Unit One Trade(Items 36…44) 67
Unit Two Plans,Programs and Conferences(Items 45…51) 78
Unit Three Stocks and Prices(Items 52…55) 87
PartⅢ Military News 91
Unit One Military Deployment(Items 56…60) 91
Unit Two Fighting(Items 61…67) 101
Unit Three Cease-fire,Troop Withdrawal and Peacekeeping(Items 68…73) 112
Part Ⅳ Miscellaneous 125
Unit One Space(Items 74…77) 125
Unit Two 130
Nuclear Weapons(Items 78…81) 130
Unit Three Health News(Items 82…85) 139
Unit Four Terrorism(Items 86…89) 147
Unit Five Espionage(Items 90…92) 156
Unit Six Refugee Issues(Items 93…96) 164
Unit Seven Disasters and Calamities(Items 97…102) 169
Unit Eight Environmental News(Items 103…106) 179
Unit Nine Ceremonies(Items 107…110) 186
Unit Ten Sports(Items 111…114) 193
Appendix Ⅰ Key to the Exercises 199
Appendix Ⅱ Tape Scripts 245