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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装-胶订是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9787302497059丛书名: 高校英语选修课系列教材
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目的明确：文章编排及练习设计围绕“训练学生主动索取信息的习惯和能力”这一主要目的，而非“包罗万象”。
方法独特：用“问答式”（问题—解决）阅读方法，提高学生主动阅读和准确理解语言的能力，训练其快速获取信息的能力。
信息量大： 8 个主题及其文章与生活和社会紧密结合，丰富学生科学、文化、经济等方面的背景知识，了解时事，扩大其知识面。
时代性强：文章选自近两年原版英文报纸杂志，综合考虑内容的持久性和语言的典型性。
实践性强：学生在进行大量阅读后可进行写作、讨论和口头报告等活动。
方法独特：用“问答式”（问题—解决）阅读方法，提高学生主动阅读和准确理解语言的能力，训练其快速获取信息的能力。
信息量大： 8 个主题及其文章与生活和社会紧密结合，丰富学生科学、文化、经济等方面的背景知识，了解时事，扩大其知识面。
时代性强：文章选自近两年原版英文报纸杂志，综合考虑内容的持久性和语言的典型性。
实践性强：学生在进行大量阅读后可进行写作、讨论和口头报告等活动。
内容简介
本书是在2010年第二版教材的基础上修订而成。新版教材在沿用原有编写理念的同时在文章选材、板块设计、练习编排等方面进行了修订。本书按主题分为8个单元，每单元包括1篇新闻，3篇文章，所选文章渐进地增加阅读长度和难度，其后附上一定的阅读理解和词汇练习，以及适量的写作练习，适合大中专院校中已完成英语初级阶段学习的非英语专业学习者使用，所选阅读文章均来自近年来原版英文报刊杂志，题材多样。此外，为方便使用, 本书附有练习答案。
本书同样适合大中专院校中水平较高的英语学习者和大学英语四六级、研究生入学考试及TOFEL、GRE等各类考生备考使用。
本书同样适合大中专院校中水平较高的英语学习者和大学英语四六级、研究生入学考试及TOFEL、GRE等各类考生备考使用。
目 录
Unit 1 Education .1
Part A Lead-in .2
News Reading Schoolchildren Fearful about Future since EU
Referendum, Say Heads 2
Part B Reading 4
Reading 1 Will Online Learning Replace the Classroom? . 4
Reading 2 No Grades, No Timetable: Berlin School Turns
Teaching Upside Down . 15
Reading 3 “Hire” Education: A Vocational Model Succeeds . 22
Part C Unit Assignments .28
Unit 2 Science and Technology .29
Part A Lead-in .30
News Reading Go Humans: Lee Sedol Scores First Victory Against
Supercomputer 30
Part B Reading 33
Reading 1 Navigate the Jungle of Tech Ecosystems 33
Reading 2 The Robots Are Coming . 43
Reading 3 The Simple, Free Solution to Asia’s Myopia Epidemic 51
Part C Unit Assignments .57
Unit 3 Disasters .59
Part A Lead-in .60
News Reading Yangtze Basin Hit by Flooding with Storms Spanning
1,000 Miles 60
Part B Reading 62
Reading 1 Different Natural Disasters, Same Risky Human Habits 62
Contents
viii
Reading 2 Midwest Floods Leave Red Cross in the Red . 70
Reading 3 Humans Add to Natural Disaster Risk 76
Part C Unit Assignments .82
Unit 4 Sports .83
Part A Lead-in .84
News Reading Li Jianrou Wins 500m Gold 84
Part B Reading 88
Reading 1 Brexit Wins: How Will British Sport Be Affected? 88
Reading 2 Education the Heart of Olympics Says Rogge 99
Reading 3 Grudge Match . 105
Part C Unit Assignments .112
Unit 5 Global Development 113
Part A Lead-in .114
News Reading World Health Organisation Reports Dramatic Fall
in Malaria Deaths 114
Part B Reading 117
Reading 1 Who Owns You? . 117
Reading 2 The Feelgood Factor . 126
Reading 3 Woman Challenges Tradition, Brings Change to
Her Kenyan Village . 132
Part C Unit Assignments 139
Unit 6 Environment 141
Part A Lead-in 142
News Reading Climate Protesters Invade UK’s Largest Opencast
Coalmine . 142
ix
Part B Reading 145
Reading 1 How Do You Junk Your Computer . 145
Reading 2 Climate Change Lights the Touchpaper on Terror—We
Must Fight Them Together 156
Reading 3 A Tree Grows in Kenya . 164
Part C Unit Assignments .170
Unit 7 Politics 171
Part A Lead-in .172
News Reading UK Must Be Involved in EU Anti-terrorism Measures,
Says Keith Vaz 172
Part B Reading 175
Reading 1 Win-win Governance 175
Reading 2 The New Words of War . 184
Reading 3 Progress Against Corruption . 191
Part C Unit Assignments .197
Unit 8 Economics 199
Part A Lead-in .200
News Reading Tax Havens Have No Economic Justifi cation, Say Top
Economists 200
Part B Reading 204
Reading 1 The Problem with Profi ts 204
Reading 2 Evaluating Good Corporate Citizenship . 215
Reading 3 “Banker” Who Lends to the Poor Wins Nobel Peace
Prize .221
Part C Unit Assignments .226
Key to the Exercises 227
Part A Lead-in .2
News Reading Schoolchildren Fearful about Future since EU
Referendum, Say Heads 2
Part B Reading 4
Reading 1 Will Online Learning Replace the Classroom? . 4
Reading 2 No Grades, No Timetable: Berlin School Turns
Teaching Upside Down . 15
Reading 3 “Hire” Education: A Vocational Model Succeeds . 22
Part C Unit Assignments .28
Unit 2 Science and Technology .29
Part A Lead-in .30
News Reading Go Humans: Lee Sedol Scores First Victory Against
Supercomputer 30
Part B Reading 33
Reading 1 Navigate the Jungle of Tech Ecosystems 33
Reading 2 The Robots Are Coming . 43
Reading 3 The Simple, Free Solution to Asia’s Myopia Epidemic 51
Part C Unit Assignments .57
Unit 3 Disasters .59
Part A Lead-in .60
News Reading Yangtze Basin Hit by Flooding with Storms Spanning
1,000 Miles 60
Part B Reading 62
Reading 1 Different Natural Disasters, Same Risky Human Habits 62
Contents
viii
Reading 2 Midwest Floods Leave Red Cross in the Red . 70
Reading 3 Humans Add to Natural Disaster Risk 76
Part C Unit Assignments .82
Unit 4 Sports .83
Part A Lead-in .84
News Reading Li Jianrou Wins 500m Gold 84
Part B Reading 88
Reading 1 Brexit Wins: How Will British Sport Be Affected? 88
Reading 2 Education the Heart of Olympics Says Rogge 99
Reading 3 Grudge Match . 105
Part C Unit Assignments .112
Unit 5 Global Development 113
Part A Lead-in .114
News Reading World Health Organisation Reports Dramatic Fall
in Malaria Deaths 114
Part B Reading 117
Reading 1 Who Owns You? . 117
Reading 2 The Feelgood Factor . 126
Reading 3 Woman Challenges Tradition, Brings Change to
Her Kenyan Village . 132
Part C Unit Assignments 139
Unit 6 Environment 141
Part A Lead-in 142
News Reading Climate Protesters Invade UK’s Largest Opencast
Coalmine . 142
ix
Part B Reading 145
Reading 1 How Do You Junk Your Computer . 145
Reading 2 Climate Change Lights the Touchpaper on Terror—We
Must Fight Them Together 156
Reading 3 A Tree Grows in Kenya . 164
Part C Unit Assignments .170
Unit 7 Politics 171
Part A Lead-in .172
News Reading UK Must Be Involved in EU Anti-terrorism Measures,
Says Keith Vaz 172
Part B Reading 175
Reading 1 Win-win Governance 175
Reading 2 The New Words of War . 184
Reading 3 Progress Against Corruption . 191
Part C Unit Assignments .197
Unit 8 Economics 199
Part A Lead-in .200
News Reading Tax Havens Have No Economic Justifi cation, Say Top
Economists 200
Part B Reading 204
Reading 1 The Problem with Profi ts 204
Reading 2 Evaluating Good Corporate Citizenship . 215
Reading 3 “Banker” Who Lends to the Poor Wins Nobel Peace
Prize .221
Part C Unit Assignments .226
Key to the Exercises 227
前 言
《英语报刊选读教程》首版于2003 年，2010 年修订出版
第二版。
报刊文章（包括纸媒与网络）有其明显的时效性，瞬息万
变的世界形势必然带来思维及语言的变化，为保证语言学习者
的英语学习及知识结构与时俱进，故选编第三版。
第三版在课文编排及练习设计上仍保持前两版的教学理念
与基本格局，但在以下几方面做了修订：
1. 文章内容方面，更换了所有新闻文章及三分之二的课文，
以保持其时效性强的特点。
2. 单元设计方面，调整了主题顺序， 第六单元的主题
Society 改为Global Development, 以期更好地反映世界发展的正
能量现象。
3. 板块设计方面， 每篇文章的课后练习都增加了
From Reading to Writing/Speaking，增加基于输入的输出训练，
以提高学生的语言应用能力，同时也为整体语言技能训练提供
更多可能。本练习的设计理念为训练学生真正的日常及学术交
际能力（口头与书面），包括信息描述、摘要写作、观点陈述，
以 及有效提问等能力。
编 者
2017 年12 月于清华园
第二版。
报刊文章（包括纸媒与网络）有其明显的时效性，瞬息万
变的世界形势必然带来思维及语言的变化，为保证语言学习者
的英语学习及知识结构与时俱进，故选编第三版。
第三版在课文编排及练习设计上仍保持前两版的教学理念
与基本格局，但在以下几方面做了修订：
1. 文章内容方面，更换了所有新闻文章及三分之二的课文，
以保持其时效性强的特点。
2. 单元设计方面，调整了主题顺序， 第六单元的主题
Society 改为Global Development, 以期更好地反映世界发展的正
能量现象。
3. 板块设计方面， 每篇文章的课后练习都增加了
From Reading to Writing/Speaking，增加基于输入的输出训练，
以提高学生的语言应用能力，同时也为整体语言技能训练提供
更多可能。本练习的设计理念为训练学生真正的日常及学术交
际能力（口头与书面），包括信息描述、摘要写作、观点陈述，
以 及有效提问等能力。
编 者
2017 年12 月于清华园
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