Stylistic Features of English Newspapers and Magazines 1
Unit 1 Politics 42
Warm Up Obama Nominates Locke to Be Ambassador to China 42
Text A David Cameron Takes Office as Britain's Prime Minister 44
Text B Dadaab,Home to the World's Largest Refugee Camp 52
Additional Reading 1 Two High School Best Friends Died Together on Navy SEAL Rescue Mission in Afghanistan 59
Additional Reading 2 Proposal Targets Nuclear Terrorism 63
Additional Reading 3 Dilma Rousseff Wins Brazil's Presidential Election 66
Unit 2 Economy 71
Warm Up Moody's Cuts Portugal Credit Rating 71
Text A Three Biggest Economies Heading in Different Directions 73
Text B What the US Debt Problem Means for the Global Economy 80
Additional Reading 1 Cadbury Accepts Takeover Bid from Kraft 86
Additional Reading 2 OPEC at 50 and the Next 50 Years 89
Additional Reading 3 The Dot-Com Bubble,10 Years Later 93
Unit 3 Culture and Society 98
Warm Up Geili 98
Text A Does the Internet Make You Dumber? 99
Text B Murdoch Facing Parliament's Ire in Hacking Case 108
Additional Reading 1 Beckhams a'Bad Example'for Families 116
Additional Reading 2 Kate Middleton-the Duchess of Cambridge 119
Additional Reading 3 Norwegians Defy Gunman by Stieking to Open,Tolerant Society 122
Unit 4 Education 126
Warm Up Graduate Gloom as 83 Students Apply for Every Vacancy 126
Text A Emerging Technology Has Positive Impact in Classroom 128
Text B Finland's Educational Success-The Anti-Tiger Mother Approach 134
Additional Reading 1 How Slang Affects Students in the Classroom 140
Additional Reading 2 Specialized Majors:High Risk,High Reward 143
Additional Reading 3 Education Opportunities Abroad can Begin at Home 145
Unit 5 Science and Technology 150
Warm Up Indian Report,at Odds with Mainstream,Raises Mobile Phone Concerns 150
Text A Social Media Has Good and Bad Effects on Kids:Experts 152
Text B Book Apps:A Reading Revolution,or the End of Reading? 157
Additional Reading 1 For Kids:End of an Era 164
Additional Reading 2 Hackers Are Making News,Literally 168
Additional Reading 3 Future Science:The Next 10 Years 171
Unit 6 Environment 177
Warm Up Park and Glow:A Solar Solution 177
Text A Green Houses:Lowering Your Carbon Footprint Starts at Home 178
Text B Scientists' Report Stresses Urgency of Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions 184
Additional Reading 1 Forests Soak Up Third of Emissions 190
Additional Reading 2 Up and Atom:The Comeback of Nuclear Power 192
Additional Reading 3 Clock Ticking on Growing Toxic Waste Pile 196
Unit 7 Sports 201
Warm Up Woods Apologizes after Fine for Spitting in Dubai 201
Text A Golden Age for Older Women at the Highest Levels of Tennis 203
Text B FIFA Bans Bin Hammam for Life in Bribery Case 209
Additional Reading 1 Ding Drives on Baize Revolution 215
Additional Reading 2 Shaquille O'Neal Was a Marketing Visionary 218
Additional Reading 3 Retired but Not Forgotten:Yao Ming Calls It a Day 220
Unit 8 Health 225
Warm Up China Ban on Smoking in Public Places Comes into Force 225
Text A City vs.Country:Who Is Healthier? 226
Text B WHO Report:Diseases Once Linked to Rich Nations Increasingly Affect Poor 233
Additional Reading 1 Why Are Unhealthy People So Reluctant to Change Their Lifestyles? 239
Additional Reading 2 Cut Red Meat Intake and Don't Eat Ham,Say Cancer Researchers 243
Additional Reading 3 Beyond the Breathalyzer:Seeking Telltale Signs of Disease 246
Unit 9 Arts and Youth 251
Warm Up In Japan,Style Arises from Disaster 251
Text A How Harry Potter Rewrote the Book on Reading 253
Text B Israeli City Reviving Itself as an Arts Attraction 260
Additional Reading 1 Oprah-An American Icon 267
Additional Reading 2 Comparing Yourself to Others:It's Not All Bad 269
Additional Reading 3 Simon Cowell Dumped Me...So I Went to China to Win The X Factor 272
Unit 10 Law and Crime 278
Warm Up Murderous Student Driver Executed 278
Text A Cyber Criminals Target Owners of Smartphones 280
Text B Genetic Basis for Crime:A New Look 287
Additional Reading 1 Hidden Male Victims of Domestic Abuse 295
Additional Reading 2 Human Trafficking:Private Citizens Deputized in the Global Fight 298
Additional Reading 3 How the Government Can Cut Prison Costs:Privatisation 301
Appendix 1 常用缩略语 306
Appendix 2 英美著名媒体简介 319
Appendix 3 美国行政州及其简称 322
Appendix 4 KEYS 325