Unit 1 Environment 1
Passage A Can Wind Power Get up to Speed 1
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 4
Ⅱ．Notes 4
Ⅲ．Tasks 6
Passage B The New Age of Extinction 7
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 10
Ⅱ．Notes 10
技能篇 怎样阅读英文报刊 12
Unit 2 Agriculture 15
Passage A ACRE Signup at 66,000 the Week After Deadline,Will Grow 15
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 17
Ⅱ．Notes 18
Ⅲ．Tasks 18
Passage B Early Civilizations' Agriculture May Have Altered Global Climate 19
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 21
Ⅱ．Notes 21
技能篇 怎样阅读英文报刊标题 22
Unit 3 Disaster 25
Passage A Why Disasters Are Getting Worse 25
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 28
Ⅱ．Notes 28
Ⅲ．Tasks 29
Passage B Florida Looks at New Ideas for Battling Hurricanes 30
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 32
Ⅱ．Notes 33
技能篇 报刊新闻的头版及其特点 34
Unit 4 Education 38
Passage A NewCollege-loan Plan:Pay Back by What You Earn 38
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 40
Ⅱ．Notes 41
Ⅲ．Tasks 42
Passage B Hidden College Costs:Rising Fees 43
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 46
Ⅱ．Notes 47
技能篇 新闻英语的词汇特点及语言风格 48
Unit 5 Technology 51
Passage A Beijing Passes Initial Earthquake Test 51
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 54
Ⅱ．Notes 55
Ⅲ．Tasks 56
Passage B Should Genetic Tests Be Regulated 57
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 60
Ⅱ．Notes 60
技能篇 新闻英语标点符号的特点 62
Unit 6 Economy 65
Passage A The Threat of a Global Trade War 65
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 67
Ⅱ．Notes 68
Ⅲ．Tasks 68
Passage B Three Lessons of the Lehman Brothers Collapse 69
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 71
Ⅱ．Notes 72
技能篇 新闻英语的语法特点 73
Unit 7 Culture 77
Passage A Cultural Exchange:Marimba Mania 77
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 80
Ⅱ．Notes 80
Ⅲ．Tasks 81
Passage B Will the Real Michael McIntyre Please Stand up 81
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 84
Ⅱ．Notes 84
技能篇 英语报刊常用套语、行话和俚语 85
Unit 8 History 87
Passage A Medieval Royal Palace at Dover Castle to Re-open to the Public 87
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 89
Ⅱ．Notes 90
Ⅲ．Tasks 90
Passage B Early Modern Humans Use Fire to Engineer Tools 91
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 94
Ⅱ．Notes 95
技能篇 英语报刊中的长难句分析及精炼句式的应用 96
Unit 9 Family 98
Passage A Going back to School with Swine Flu:How Parents Can Prepare 98
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 101
Ⅱ．Notes 101
Ⅲ．Tasks 102
Passage B What Parents Don't Know About How Their Kids Use Facebook,MySpace 102
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 104
Ⅱ．Notes 104
技能篇 英语新闻的结构特征 105
Unit 10 Sports 109
Passage A For Older Athletes,Drug Question Emerges 109
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 112
Ⅱ．Notes 113
Ⅲ．Tasks 113
Passage B Olympic Dreams Realized,Brazil Takes the Spotlight 114
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 116
Ⅱ．Notes 117
技能篇 英语新闻标题翻译技巧简析 118
Unit 11 Law 122
Passage A Defending Nebraska's Child-abandonment Law 122
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 125
Ⅱ．Notes 125
Ⅲ．Tasks 126
Passage B When Adventure Tourism Kills 127
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 129
Ⅱ．Notes 130
技能篇 广告英语及其特点 131
Unit 12 Society 136
Passage A In Italy,a Mamma Accused of Doting Too Much 136
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 139
Ⅱ．Notes 139
Ⅲ．Tasks 140
Passage B One Thousand Diners:Britain's Biggest Restaurant Opens 140
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 143
Ⅱ．Notes 143
技能篇 新闻、消息和社论 144
Unit 13 Entertainment 148
Passage A Natalie Portman,Oscar Winner,Was Also a Precocious Scientist 148
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 151
Ⅱ．Notes 151
Ⅲ．Tasks 152
Passage B Box Office:"Real Steel"Just Shimmies past"Footloose"for No.1 153
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 156
Ⅱ．Notes 157
技能篇 美国著名英文报刊及其特点 158
Unit 14 Strategy 162
Passage A Labor Splits over Afghanistan War Strategy 162
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 165
Ⅱ．Notes 165
Ⅲ．Tasks 167
Passage B U.S. Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants 167
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 170
Ⅱ．Notes 170
技能篇 英国著名英文报刊及其特点 171
Unit 15 Diplomacy 175
Passage A Behind Iran's Diplomatic Snub of France 175
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 178
Ⅱ．Notes 179
Ⅲ．Tasks 180
Passage B Viewpoint:Yes,Japan Does Want a New Relationship with the U.S 181
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 185
Ⅱ．Notes 185
技能篇 派生词和网络新词以及借代和委婉语 186
Unit 16 Military 190
Passage A How Not to End a War 190
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 193
Ⅱ．Notes 193
Ⅲ．Tasks 194
Passage B A Year After Attacks,Mumbai Is Just as Vulnerable at Vigils:Many Call for Police Reform 194
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 197
Ⅱ．Notes 197
技能篇 世界主要通讯社介绍 198
Unit 17 Speech 201
Passage A Obama's Victory Speech 201
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 206
Ⅱ．Notes 206
Ⅲ．Tasks 208
Passage B Speech at Harvard by Bill Gates 208
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 212
Ⅱ．Notes 212
技能篇 英语报刊出现频率较高的缩略词 213
Unit 18 Internet 217
Passage A China Searches for the Next Steve Jobs 217
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 219
Ⅱ．Notes 219
Ⅲ．Tasks 220
Passage B RIM Reacts to Bring-your-own Devices Policies 221
Ⅰ．Words and Expressions 223
Ⅱ．Notes 223
技能篇 新闻英语中常出现的经济组织 224