Contents 1
Part One The Newspaper 1
Unit One International News 1
Reading One China Declares War on Electronic Porn 1
Reading Two North Korea Insults Bush,in Seeming Talks Ploy 7
Skill in Focus:The style of the news story 15
Key Journalistic Words in World Affairs 17
Reading One Report on Sept.11 Fund Is Released 20
Unit Two National Report 20
Reading Two Proposal to Abolish CIA Riles Intelligence Leaders 27
Skill in Focus:The headline 33
Key Journalistic Words in Politics 38
Unit Three Business World 42
Reading One Google Not the First to Go Dutch 42
Reading Two China Touches the Brakes with Higher Interest Rates 50
Skill in Focus:Summary leads 57
Key Journalistic Words in Business 59
Reading One Let's Not Panic about Pensions 62
Unit Four The Metro 62
Reading Two Boys Blame a Pill for Murders 69
Skill in Focus:Special leads 76
Key Journalistic Words in Metro Life 79
Unit Five Science Technology 82
Reading One All Thumbs,Without the Stigma 82
Reading Two A Preservation Jam for the Digital Age 88
Skill in Focus:The news body 95
Key Journalistic Words in Science Technology 97
Reading One Video Games Get Hollywood Feel 100
Unit Six Art Living 100
Reading Two European Museums Open Door to Corporate Donors 108
Skill in Focus:Quotations and attribution 115
Key Journalistic Words in Art Living 118
Unit Seven Sports Fitness 121
Reading One Will Gene-altered Athletes Kill Sports? 121
Reading Two Olympics:Looking Ahead 127
Skill in Focus:Taking full advantage of the news style 132
Key Journalistic Words in Sports Fitness 135
Reading One Europe Ponders the Meaning of Life 137
Unit Eight Features 137
Reading Two A Strong Whistle,then Everything Crashed 143
Skill in Focus:Reading features 148
Key Journalistic Words in Sociology 150
Unit Nine Editorials Opinions 153
Reading One China's Great Leap into Polluted Water 153
Reading Two So,It's a Woman's World 160
Skill in Focus: Reading opinion columns 166
Key Journalistic Words in Environment 168
Reading One A Question from the Edge:Is Fat Contagious? 171
Unit Ten Health Environment 171
Reading Two Environmental Officials See a Chance to Shape Regulations 178
Skill in Focus:Reading advice columns 186
Key Journalistic Words in Medicine 188
Unit Eleven Classified Ads 190
Reading One Classified Ads:Friendships,Education,Obituaries 190
Reading Two Classified Ads:Careers,Products 195
Skill in Focus:Building up your vocabulary 199
Key Journalistic Words in Education 202
Reading One Wronged by Our Rights 205
Part Two The Magazine 205
Reading Two Women's Pay:Why the Gap Remains a Chasm 212
Skill in Focus:Reading news magazines 219
Key Journalistic Words in Tourism 221
Part Three News on the Web 223
Reading One Choose a College Major:For Love or for the Money? 223
Reading Two I Love Them,I Love Him Not 231
Skill in Focous:Online media 237
Key Journalistic Words in Media 239
Section One News in Brief 243
Part Four Broadcasting Television 243
Section Two There Is No Justice Without Freedom 247
Skill in Focus：Features of broadcast English 254
Key Journalistic Words in Religion 256
Part Five The Movle 259
Episode One Spide-Man 2 259
Episode Two Troy 266
Skill in Focus：Tips for movie English listening comprehension 273
Key Journalistic Words in Film TV 275
Key to Exercises 277