目录 1
第一单 元引言 1
1．Newspaper English 3
2．“The English Language Is Changing，Not Going Rotten．” 9
第二单元 读报第一要领——看新闻出处 16
1．Dalai Lama，Citing China's Stance，Sees Hope He Can Return to Tibet 21
2．Evans Quits as Times Editor 27
3．The Establishment Paper Where the Losses Go On and On 30
4．How Whitehall Managed the News 36
5．All the News That Reagan Likes to Read 48
6．Environmental Depletion Threatens Global Economy 59
7．Hospital Collapses 66
第三单元 读报第二要领——抓重点（一） 70
第一部分：标题与导语 72
第二部分：在新闻栏外找资料 83
1．Stepping On Peking's Toes 83
2．China's Greek Chorus 89
3．UK Oil Self-Sufficiency to End This Year 96
4．Obituary：E．H．Carr：The History of Russia 101
第四单元 读报第二要领——抓重点（二） 106
1．U．S．Vice President Walter F．Mondale's Speech at Beijing University 108
2．Soviets Revive Gigantic Plan to Water Asian Deserts with Siberian Rivers 129
第五单元 读报第三要领——带着问题读（一） 135
1．Conquering the USSR's Wild East，But the 137
Heroes Are a Bit Tired 137
2．A 15-Year Cover-UP in Britain 148
3．Government Warning to Ex-Spy Sets Off Political Storm in Britain 153
4．Britain：Finding the Fourth Man 161
5．A Tale of Cambridge in the 1930's 163
6．U．S．and Philippines Sign New Defence Agreement 168
7．A Self-inflicted Disaster 171
第六单元 读报第三要领——带着问题读（二） 174
1．Democrats Go All-out for Ted Kennedy 175
2．Kennedy Factor in the White House Reckoning 177
3．Chappaquiddick the Still Unanswered Questions 182
4．Pall on Trial：Why Weren't the Victim's Cries Heeded？ 195
5．Hinckley，Insane，Is Innocent 201
6．Six Shots at a Nation's Heart 204
第七单元 外国游客在中国 222
1．Skyjack Over Shanghai 223
2．A Cook's Tour of China 238
3．Seeing China On Your Own：How a U．S．Couple Did It 252
4．China's Great Wall of Wonder 261
第八单元 外国人看中国问题（一） 272
1．Three Visits to China Since 1978 274
2．Economic Problemsof Socialism in China 292
3．All Wrong，But All Right 310
第九单元 外国人看中国问题（二） 321
1．Keep Working with Peking 322
2．“One Is Best” 330
3．Dancing Off To China 334
4．Zhao's Visit 345
第十单元 外刊论香港问题 347
1．How Long for Hong Kong？ 348
2．Hong Kong Clears the First Hurdle 355
3．Hong Kong's Business Community Reacts Favorably to 1997 Plan 364
4．East Asia Is Satisfied，Too 371
第十一单元 看经济新闻 374
1．Dollar Hits New Highs 377
2．Riding on Uncle Sam's Coat-tails 381
3．Wall Street Takes a Dive 385
4．Tanker Index Rises 2 Poi nts；Most Area Rates Up 389
5．Auto Sales in May Fell to'62 Lows 393
6．Prosperity without Inflation——Interview with Four Nobel Prize Winners 398
7．Reagan，President for the Rich 433
第十二单元 看科技新闻 441
1．Computerized Home Education Movement to TaKe Off 443
2．West Germany Turned Off by Know-It-All Television 449
3．Liver TransplantsWhy Are They Big News？ 455
4．Vitamin B-6 Warning 464
5．Superplastics： Closing In on Glass and Metal 467
第十三单元 看国际新闻 475
1．Tass：Ban Space Arms before Deployment 477
2．A Tale of Two Embassies 480
3．Nicaraguan Boat Hits Rebel Mine 492
4．Soviets Used Toxic Arms，Say Afgans 495
5．India Establishing Antarctic Foothold 497
6．Diplomacy： Honeymoon under the Hoops 508
第十四单元 广告与漫画 515
1．广告三则 517
2）The Club That Beats the Street 519
1）Dreamers，Heretics，Gadflies，Maveriks and Geniuses 519
3）“I spend all day in the airport so our passengers won't have to．” 524
2．分类广告五则： 524
Samples of Classified Advertisements 524
3．漫画四幅 527
1）A More Suitable Design for Vietnam War Memorial 528
2）China Firms Taste Sweet and Sour of 528
Marketplace 528
3）A Cartoon Without a Caption 528
4）Another Cartoon Without a Caption 529
编后感 530