Unit One Economy 1
Ⅰ．Background Information 1
Ⅱ．Text Amid the Global Economic Crisis,China Rises 3
Ⅲ．Journalistic English 10
Ⅳ．Home Reading How a Beige Book Could Shed Light on China's Shadow Economy 11
Unit Two Diplomacy 17
Ⅰ．Background Information 17
Ⅱ．Text A New Strategic and Economic Dialogue with China 18
Ⅲ．The Structure of a News Story 23
Ⅳ．Home Reading Japan and China:Is the Ice Breaking? 24
Unit Three Environment 30
Ⅰ．Background Information 30
Ⅱ．Text China'Unfairly Seen as Eco-villain' 33
Ⅲ．Writing Effective News Headlines 40
Ⅳ．Home Reading China's Achilles'Heel 40
Unit Four Culture 46
Ⅰ．Background Information 46
Ⅱ．Text What Can We Learn from Confucianism？ 51
Ⅲ．Neologism 57
Ⅳ．Home Reading Learning from China 59
Unit Five Education 67
Ⅰ．Background Information 67
Ⅱ．Text Stressful Times for Chinese Students 69
Ⅲ．Phonetic and Lexical Features of English News Headlines 74
Ⅳ．Home Reading Diplomas for Dollars 77
Unit Six Entertainment 84
Ⅰ．Background Information 84
Ⅱ．Text Our Little China Girl 86
Ⅲ．Figures of Speech in English News Headlines 93
Ⅳ．Home Reading The U.S.'s$4.4 Billion Surplus with China 97
Unit Seven Social Life 109
Ⅰ．Background Information 109
Ⅱ．Text In China,Stern Treatment for Young Internet'Addicts' 111
Ⅲ．Omissions in the Headlines 118
Ⅳ．Home Reading China's Divorce Rule Dubbed'Law that Makes Men Laugh and Women Cry' 119
Appendices 126
Ⅰ．Major News Agencies in the World 126
Ⅱ．Major Broadcasting Corporations in the World 128
Ⅲ．Major Newspapers in the U.S.and the U.K 130
Ⅳ．Major News Journals in the U.S.and the U.K 134
References 136