內容提要：
本書文章選自美英著名報刊,內容涉及政治、經濟、軍事、法律、教育、文化、藝術等各個方面。文中重要人物、重大事件、機構名稱、商品品牌、專業名詞等栩有詳盡注釋。附錄介紹了美英新聞業和美英著名報刊並附有全書辭彙表。 本書在編排上注重文化理解和溝通,旨在通過不同背景、不同題材的報刊文章傳遞補多元的文化信息,引導讀者了解法代美國和英國的社會與文化,同時提高英語閱讀能力,學習當代英語表達。
圖書目錄：
Unit 1 Politics
Text:The Higher Education of Washington
Exercises
Further Readings:
Reading Passage 1:The Bubble of American Supremacy
Reading Passage 2:The Bubble of American Supremacy(Continued)
Cultural Information:
1 解讀美國政治中的“院外遊說”現象
2 The American Presidential Election
Unit 2 Economics
Text:Global Motros
Exercises
Further Readings:
Reading Passage 1:Two-Faced Capitalism
Reading Passage 2:Stormy Weather
Cultural Information:
1 英語汽車辭彙摘要
2 Aerospace Industry in teh United States
Unit 3 Military Affairs
Text:Army Study of lrap War Detalis a "Morass"of Supply Shortages
Exercises
Further Readings:
Reading Passage 1:So,What Went Wrong?
Reading Passage 2:So,What Went Wrong?(Continued)
Cultural Information:
1 美軍和英軍的軍銜制
2 美軍的陸海空三軍建制
Unit 4 Law and Crime
Text:Computer Violence:Are You Kids at Risk?
Exercises
Further Readings:
Reading Passage 1:The Case Against the Prosecution
Reading Passage 2:In the Heart of Darkness
Cultural Information:
1 美國文化娛樂產品的分級制度
2 Capital Punishment in the United States
Unit 5 Education
Text:Campus on a Keyboard
Exercises
Further Readings:
Reading Passage 1:Who Pays to Study?
Reading Passage 2:Who Pays to Study?(Continued)
Cultural Information:
1 英國教育體制概況
2 A Glimpse of Universites in the United States
Unit 6 Society and Culture
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Unit 7 Art
Unit 8 Personality
Unit 9 Science and Technology
Appendix 1 美英新聞業簡介
Appendix 2 美英著名報刊發行量排行表
Appendix 3 Glossary
