Contents 1
Unit Eight World Affairs(Ⅰ)—East-West International Triangular Relationships 1
Lesson Twenty-six:Turning the Tables on Moscow(Time,April 15,1985) 1
Lesson Twenty-seven:Soviet suitor for US Asian allies(The Times,January 2,1986) 13
Lesson Twenty-eight:The Great Superpower Spy War KGB vs.CIA(U.S.News World Report,October 29,1984) 20
Lesson Twenty-nine:Fencing at the Fireside Summit(Time,December 2,1985) 34
Lesson Thirty:If they have a fling(The Economist,August 16,1986) 49
Unit Nine World Affairs(Ⅱ)—Middle East 57
Lesson Thirty-one:Slaughter in the Marshes(Newsweek,April 1,1985) 57
Lesson Thirty-two:Rising Mideast Violence Takes Ominous Turn(U.S.News World Report,October 14,1985) 69
Lesson Thirty-three:Splintered PLO struggles to stay alive(The Christian Science Monitor,June 5,1985) 77
Unit Ten World Affairs(Ⅲ)—Asia 85
Lesson Thirty-four:Asia's Islamic Resurgence(Newsweek,July 28,1986) 85
Lesson Thirty-five:End of Gandhi's honeymoon(U.S.News World Report,September 15,1986) 99
Lesson Thirty-six:Now,go(The Economist ,February 15,1986) 105
Lesson Thirty-seven:In Divided South Africa,“No One Is Satisfied”(U.S.News World Report,February 11,1985) 111
Unit Eleven World Affairs(Ⅳ)—Africa Central America 111
Lesson Thirty-eight:The Land of the Dead(Time,November 26,1984) 120
Lesson Thirty-nine:The Propaganda War(Time,March 11,1985) 129
Unit Twelve World Leaders Prominent Figures 137
Lesson Forty:A Test of Heart and Mind(Time,March 15,1982) 137
Lesson Forty-one:Can he do a Deng?(The Economist,March 16,1985) 142
Lesson Forty-two:Thatcher's style wars(The Economist,January 18,1986) 150
Lesson Forty-three:Windsor's Formidable Women(Newsweek,July 28,1986) 157
Lesson Forty-four:Rare Moment for a Global Economy(The New York Times,April 27,1986) 169
Unit Thirteen World Economy Business 169
Lesson Forty-five:Pounding on Tokyo's Door(Time,March 25,1985) 181
Lesson Forty-six:The dirt flies in the fight over the European fighter(The Economist,March 16,1985) 191
Unit Fourteen Culture,Sports,Science Technology 196
Lesson Forty-seven:English Out to Conquer the World(U.S.News World Report,February 18,1985) 196
Lesson Forty-eight:Splendor on the Grass(Newsweek,June 23,1986) 208
Lesson Forty-nine:Roaming the High Frontier(Time,November 26,1984) 215
Lesson Fifty:AIDS:A Spreading Scourge(Time,August 5,1985) 228