第一章 不同的文化对语言的影响 1
一、文化差异在学习外语中的影响 1
二、对文化转换功能的初步认识 3
三、中国文化和西方文化之间的差异 5
四、汉语和英语之间的差异 7
五、列举几个近期反映外国现代文化的词语 20
第二章 阅读和阅读能力的提高 26
一、怎样提高阅读外国文章的能力 26
二、阅读范例（附生词解释、文化说明和疑难注解） 29
Article 1 A Marriage Made in Heaven,in Orbit and at Mission Control 29
Article 2 Bush aims to be out of reach by time Dems pick candidate 36
Article 3 Beyond celebrities,colorful contenders line up 45
Article 4 Choose me!Forum frenzy may dull Dems'images 56
Article 5 Are first-class tickets still the way to go?Not anymore 63
Article 6 Defense Spending Gives Boost to Economy 71
Article 7 Yoga And Golf:A Hole In Ohm 77
Article 8 Schwarzenegger opens at No.1,poll shows 86
Article 9 States cut inmates loose to cut costs Criminal justice shifts as economy stammers 96
Article 10 Terrorist risk lists leave gap,even now 101
Article 11 Who's watching the class?Webcams in schools raise privacy issue 108
Article 12 More Parents Leave School Shopping to the Kids 122
Article 13 Huge blackout zaps Northeast,Canada Major 139
Article 14 Hesitation is a fatal mistake as Calif.firestorm closes in 158
Article 15 Second,major solar storm slams into the Earth 171
Article 16 Scholar Guilty of Selling High-Tech Goods to China 178
Article 17 Clinton busy writing own job description 190
Article 18 "I Have A Dream" 210