本书文章选自美英**报刊,内容涉及政治、经济、军事、法律、教育、文化、艺术等各个方面。文中重要人物、重大事件、机构名称、商品品牌、专业名词等栩有详尽注释。附录介绍了美英新闻业和美英**报刊并附有全书词汇表。本书在编排上注重文化理解和沟通,旨在通过不同背景、不同题材的报刊文章传递补多元的文化信息,引导读者了解法代美国和英国的社会与文化,同时提高英语阅读能力,学习当代英语表达。

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 解读美国政治中的“院外游说”现象
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 英语汽车词汇摘要
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 1: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 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 美英新闻业简介
Appendix 2 美英**报刊发行量排行表
Appendix 3 Glossary