Unit 1 政治军事 1
Section A Candidates Face Big Primaries with Smaller War Chests 1
Section B We Should Stop Fooling Ourselves.Our Armed Forces Are No Longer World Class 11
Section C 新闻知识：英美报纸的起源与发展 18
Unit 2 财政经济 21
Section A Ins and Outs of the Ups and Downs:Shaken Markets Face up to"Recoupling" 21
Section B Tightening belts 32
Section C 新闻知识：报纸的版面安排及报刊的分类 37
Unit 3 科学技术 39
Section A Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste 39
Section B BioChips Offer Animal-Friendlier Drug-Testing Technology 46
Section C 新闻知识：新闻的分类及体裁 50
Unit 4 环境保护 53
Section A Revealed:The Deadly Invader That Is Bleeding Great Lakes Fish to Death 53
Section B Put a Price on Carbon,But Not a Tax 59
Section C 新闻知识：英美各大新闻媒体介绍（一） 64
Unit 5 教育发展 68
Section A Is it worth it? 68
Section B Schools Under Scrutiny Over Cheating 75
Section C 新闻知识：英美各大新闻媒体介绍（二） 82
Unit 6 医疗健康 85
Section A Drugs in U.S.Drinking Water 85
Section B For a More Youthful Heart either Eat Less or Exercise More 94
Section C 新闻知识：新闻标题及其特点 99
Unit 7 婚姻家庭 104
Section A Rescues for Homeowners in Debt Weighed 104
Section B The Greedy Marriage 115
Section C 新闻知识：新闻导语及其分类 121
Unit 8 灾难新闻 125
Section A Cyclone Sidr Kills 150 in Bangladesh 125
Section B Bangladesh Cyclone Death Toll Now 1 723 131
Section C 新闻知识：消息 137
Unit 9 名人轶事 140
Section A A Tsar Is Born 140
Section B The Contenders 2008:Hillary Clinton 152
Section C 新闻知识：特写 159
Unit 10 观念信仰 161
Section A Not Quite Ready to Retire 161
Section B Denzel Washington Interview:Devoted to Family and Faith For Denzel Washington,it's not about fame and fortune.It's about keeping the faith 168
Section C 新闻知识：评论 177
Unit 11 文化娱乐 179
Section A Writers Strike a Mixed Blessing for the Theater 179
Section B J.K. Rowling's Dark Mark 185
Section C 新闻知识：普利策与普利策奖 190
Unit 12 聚焦体育 192
Section A Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1 192
Section B Federer's Command Performance Leaves Ferrer in the Dark 201
Section C 新闻知识：广告 207
参考答案 211
参考文献 234