语言文化类-英语报刊选读

unit 1 politics
text: the higher education of washington
exercises
further readings:
reading passage l: the bubble of american supremacy
reading passage 2: the bubble of american supremacy(continued)
cultural information:
1. 解读美国政治中的“院外游说”现象
2. the american presidential election
unit 2 economics
text: global motors
exercises
further readings:
reading passage 1: two-faced capitalism
reading passage 2: stormy weather
cultural information:
1. 英语汽车词汇摘要
2. aerospace industry in the united states
unit 3 military affairs
text: army study of iraq war details a “morass” of
supply shortages
exercises
further readings:
reading passage l: so, what went wrong?
reading passage 2: so, what went wrong? (continued)
cultural information:
1. 美军和英军的军衔制
2. 美军的陆海空三军建制
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. 美国文化娱乐产品的分级制度
2. capital punishment in the united states
unit 5 education
text: campus on a keyboard
exercises
further readings:
reading passage l: who pays to study?
reading passage 2: who pays to study? (continued)
cultural information:
1. 英国教育体制概况
2. a glimpse of universities in the united states
unit 6 society and culture
text: the quest for cool
exercises
further readings:
reading passage 1: new fuel for the culture wars
reading passage 2: whoops! there goes the revolution
cultural information:
1. 美国时尚文化的四大先锋
2. american customs
unit 7 art
text: blair witch craft
exercises
further readings:
reading passage 1: the most wanted works of art
reading passage 2: the most wanted works of art (continued)
cultural information:
1. 美国人的文化娱乐方式
2. impressions on french impressionism
unit 8 personality
text: in churchill’s footsteps
exercises
further readings:
reading passage 1: french ex-premier is convicted of graft
reading passage 2: navy adm. moorer, 91, dies
cultural information:
1. 温斯顿·丘吉尔——西方世界最伟大的人物之一
2. french political environment
unit 9 science and technology
text: older women, too, struggle with a dangerous secret
exercises
further readings:
reading passage 1: coming soon to your cellphone: everything!
reading passage 2: more power to you
cultural information:
1. 没什么值得我们忧虑
2. technology pioneers
appendix 1 美英新闻业简介
appendix 2 美英著名报刊发行量排行表
appendix 3 glossary