Part One The Newspaper 1
Unit One International News 1
Reading One Pentagon Leaders Faulted for Abuse 1
Contents 1
Reading Two US and EU Forge Joint Strategy on Iran Talks 9
Reading Three Sharp EU Division Arises on Services 14
Unit Two National Report 20
Reading One History Is Not on Your Side,Mr.Kerry 20
Reading Two Reaching Out to Students 27
Reading Three Threat to Aviation Still High,US Says 31
Unit Three Business World 36
Reading One China and Japan Jockey for Share of Russian Gas 36
Reading Two New SAT a Boon for Test-prep Business 44
Reading Three On eBay,E-Mail Phishers Find a Well-stocked Pond 51
Reading One Controversial Overtime Rules Take Effect 57
Unit Four The Metro 57
Reading Two Advertising Aimed at Kids Is Playing Hide and Seek 63
Reading Three Blogging Clicks with Colleges 68
Unit Five Science Technology 74
Reading One British Stem Cell Studies Push past US 74
Reading Two New-look Passports 81
Reading Three Astronomers Discover Caves,Frozen Sea in Search for Life on Mars 85
Unit Six Art Living 91
Reading One 9·11 Panel Report:The Miniseries 91
Reading Two House Rules:No Restrictions 97
Reading Three Is a Cinema Studies Degree the New MBA? 102
Unit Seven Sports Fitness 109
Reading One In the Arena:NBA Courts China's Fans 109
Reading Two Why F1 Needs to Show More Wit,Less Kit 116
Reading Three Olympics:Paris Bid Shows off Built-in Advantages 120
Unit Eight Features 126
Reading One Enrichment Courses Let Teachers Be Students 126
Reading Two You're Going to Be a Star,Baby 132
Reading Three X-celling Over Men 136
Unit Nine Editorials Opinions 140
Reading One Globalist:Signs that the Worst May Be Over in Africa 140
Reading Two A Place for Race in Medicine? 146
Reading Three An End to Killing Kids 150
Unit Ten Health Environment 155
Reading One Acupuncture Moves Toward the Mainstream 155
Reading Two Not Quite Fail-safe 163
Reading Three The Dairy Debate:Does Milk Build Stronger Bones? 168
Part Two The Magazine 175
Reading One A Man,His Moment,and a Generation 175
Reading Two Why We Ought to Be Thanking the Chinese 188
Reading Three Failing the Grade 192
Part Three News on the Web 199
Reading One It's No Contest 199
Reading Two Ten Keys to True Happiness 209
Reading Three Laughter's Link to Health May Be in the Blood 215
Part Four Broadcasting Television 221
Reading One News in Detail 221
Reading Two President Addresses the Nation in Prime Time Press Conference 229
Reading Three The Secretary-General's Speech at Tsinghua University 235
Part Five The Movie 241
Episode One Legally Blonde(Ⅱ) 241
Episode Two Cold Mountain 248
Episode Three Garfield 254
Key to Exercises 261