本书精选了多篇文章,字数大都在500~900字以内,难度适中,语言真实准确、地道优美。同时,所有文章都是近一年内有关社会热点问题的报道,并且大都是广大学生所关心和感兴趣的话题,趣味性、实效性、新闻性较强。本书含光盘。

unit 1 focus焦点透视
passage 1 preserving languages is about more than words
语言保存并非仅涉及言语本身
passage 2 living with our divisions
与分歧共存
passage 3 a bright hope to be realized
有待实现的梦想
passage 4 the gay-marriage flap;the government is out of step with public
opinion
同性婚姻遭抨击;政府背离公众舆论
unit 2 philosophy社会人生
passage 1 my advice to micheue obama:learn to like the back seat
给奥巴马夫人的建议:学会爱上做配角
passage 2 he never gave up
永不放弃
passage 3 poet marshals his moral passion against the war
诗人集其道义热情全力反战
passage 4 ferragamo’s gift
菲拉格慕的礼物
unit 3 education and health文教**
passage 1 the texas—size debate&nbs