Unit One World Cup 2010 1
Tense in the Headline 1
Story 1 Germany Dump Diego Maradona and Argentina Out 4
Story 2 Spain Survive Brutal Final to Become Champions 9
Story 3 Oracle Octopus Gets Own World Cup for Winning Streak 14
Jaw-dropping 18
Unit Two Haiti's Earthquake 19
Voice in the Headline 19
Story 1 Fierce Quake Devastates Haitian Capital 20
Story 2 The International Community's Responsibility to Haiti 27
Story 3 The Sad Math of U.S.Aid in Haiti:6 Months,2 Percent 32
Balloon 36
Unit Three Youth's Life 38
Acronyms and Abbreviations in the Headline 38
Story 1 Teen Love Triangle at Center of New Twilight 41
Story 2 Handsome Chinese Vagrant Draws Fans of "Homeless Chic" 46
Story 3 Students,Meet Your New Teacher,Mr.Robot 51
Vie 56
Unit Four Spill Disaster of the Gulf of Mexico 58
Ellipsis in the Headline 58
Story 1 In BP's Record,a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders 60
Story 2 U.S.Issues New Offshore Oil Drilling Ban 65
Story 3 BP:We'll Survive Spill Disaster 68
Metonymy 70
Unit Five Sleeper Spy 72
Rhetoric in the Headline 72
Story 1 Time to Wake Up,Sleeper Spy 74
Story 2 Russian Spy Ring(2010) 78
Story 3 Sources:Call by Russian Spy Chapman to Dad in Moscow Led U.S.to Hasten Arrests 83
Reflection of New Concept and Terms 86
Unit Six Female Bombers 88
Function and Format of the Lead 88
Story 1 Russia's Fear of Female Bombers Is Revived 90
Story 2 Moscow Suicide Bombings:How the Internet Has Changed the Face of Terrorism 93
Story 3 Dagestan:My Daughter the Terrorist 96
Loan Words in News Reports 103
Unit Seven Obama 104
Inverted Pyramid of the Body 104
Story 1 Text of Obama's Speech to West Point 2010 Cadets 106
Story 2 Election Results 2008 120
Story 3 Obama's Big Problems:Oil Spill,Afghanistan,and Unemployment 124
Presence 127
Unit Eight Cheonan Sinking 129
Pyramid Format of the Body 129
Story 1 Cheonan Sinking:Top Ten Conspiracy Theories 130
Story 2 N.Korea Says It's Ready to Return to Nuclear Talks 135
Story 3 U.N.Council Condemns Attack on S.Korean Ship 138
Journalistic Terms 141
Unit Nine Military Challenges to China 143
Quotation Applied to English News 143
Story 1 U.S.and South Korea to Announce Joint Military Exercises 146
Story 2 PSLV Launch Successful,5 Satellites Placed in Orbit 151
Story 3 Time to Prepare for China's Aircraft Carrier 155
Say 158
Unit Ten The Advent of New Age 160
Feature and Editorial 160
Story 1 NASA Hopes to Send a Craft into the Sun's Atmosphere 162
Story 2 Accepted Notion of Mars as Lifeless Is Challenged 166
Story 3 Flying Car＆Swimming Robot 171
Euphemism 176
参考文献 178