本書精選西方尤其是英美報(bào)刊的經(jīng)典篇章, 內(nèi)容涵蓋生活、文化、科技、社會(huì)、時(shí)事各個(gè)方面, 配有文化背景注釋、語言點(diǎn)注釋、篇章理解題、翻譯題、專題討論等欄目。本書是一本適應(yīng)新時(shí)代發(fā)展和學(xué)生需求的報(bào)刊閱讀類教程, 汲取了報(bào)刊閱讀教材的精髓, 同時(shí)加入了以學(xué)生為中心的體驗(yàn)學(xué)習(xí)元素, 讓學(xué)生在獲取報(bào)刊中的文化與報(bào)刊閱讀技能的同時(shí), 能吸取其中的精華, 學(xué)到規(guī)范、地道、流利的當(dāng)代英語。
東南大學(xué)外國(guó)語學(xué)院副教授,碩士研究生學(xué)歷,研究興趣:語言習(xí)得,報(bào)刊英語,英漢互譯。主要科研成果:"語言的塊操作與語言習(xí)得"、《世貿(mào)英語聽說教程》等。
Unit 1 Introduction—Aspects of Cultural Literacy
A.英媒報(bào)刊“文化識(shí)讀”能力的培養(yǎng)
B.報(bào)刊“文化識(shí)讀”水平自測(cè)題
Unit 2 School Life
Text A An Ivy Stepladder
Text B School Sports Spiraling out of Control
Unit 3 Contemporary Youth
Text A The New Me Generation
Text B Youth Internet Use: Negative Aspects of Internet Use
Unit 4 Going to Work
Text A Jobless Coders
Text B Corporate Recruiters Expand Their Reach
Unit 5 Love and Family
Text A Crisis-Proof Your Marriage
Text B Love and Money Reshape Family in China
Unit 6 New Life in a New Era
Text A China's Mobile Internet: WeChat's World
Text B China: New Land of Shoppers
Unit 7 Economic Drivers
Text A When the Joneses Wear Jeans
Text B Keynes as a Workingman's Revolutionary
Unit 8 Problems Facing Humanity
Text A To Rise out of Poverty Asian Women Head to the Library
Text B The New Age of Much Older Age
Unit 9 Roads to Success
Text A Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely to Succeed
Text B Lenovo's Legend Returns
Unit 10 Entertainment
Text A How Reality TV Fakes It
Text B Hollywood Attuned to Overseas Markets
Unit 11 Problems Haunting US-led West
Text A America's Tragedy
Text B The Lost Youth of Europe
Unit 12 The European Community
Text A Johnson's Huge Step to Ensure Brexit Happens on 31 October
Text B At Home in the World
Unit 13 International Cooperation
Text A Japan Reaches Out
Text B Cooperation is Needed in Tacking Climate Change
Unit 14 Disruptive Technology
Text A Why Beating Your Phone Addiction May Come at a Cost
Text B Drones Are Here to Stay