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英语媒体文章选读 本书特色
本书利用丰富的互联网媒体资源，选择国外著名英语报刊网站上的各种热点文章，根据英语专业阅读教学的需要，对所选取的不同题材和体裁的文章进行编辑而成。全书共十个单元，*单元：世界新闻，第二单元：国家新闻，第三单元：特色评论，第四单元：生态环境，第五单元：商业金融，第六单元：科技网络。第七单元：文化生活，第八单元：体育娱乐，第九单元：科学与健康，第十单元：新闻背景。每个单元包括新闻阅读、重难点词汇讲解、背景知识介绍、习题、世界通讯社介绍、报刊阅读技巧等。
英语媒体文章选读 内容简介
本教材适用对象为英语专业本科生、专科生，也可供非英语专业已完成大学英语基础阶段学习的本科生和具有同等外语水平的学习者使用。
英语媒体文章选读 目录
Section 1 World News
1. EU Charges Facebook with Giving
“Misleading” Information over WhatsApp . 2
2. Refugee Boat Sinking: Dozens Including
Children Drown off Greek Island 6
3. Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord
in Paris 11
4. Donald Trump Is Elected President in
Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment .18
Section 2 National News
5. Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters as
Ferguson Rage Unabated . 34
6. Trump Says Building a US— Mexico Wall Is
“Easy”. But Is It Really? .41
7. If Theresa May Wants to Call an End to
the Cameron Era, the Honours List
Is a Good Place to Start 47
8. Scottish Independence: David Cameron
Delivers Emotional Plea for Scotland to Stay 54
Section 3 Features and Opinion
9. China’s New Rich Learn to Flaunt It . 68
10. External Pressure, Not Empty Talk Can
Rescue Venezuela 74
11. Five Myths About Oceans 79
12. Britain Begins Its Journey to a False
Promised Land 86
Section 4 Environment
13. Talking Rubbish 100
14. It May Be Too Late For China to Save
the Yangtze Goddess .106
15. Is the Paris Climate Accord Too Little,
Too Late? .112
16. Political Animals .118
Section 5 Business
17. In a Recession, the Consumer Is Queen .
134
18. Six Key Steps in Job Interview Prep .139
19. How to Make Money the Buffett Way 144
20. Tesla Home Battery: Worth the Cost?
Depends Where You Live .149
Section 6 Technology and Web
21. Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Transportation Is
Doable. But Will It Be Too Expensive?
162
22. Say So Long to an Old Companion:
Cassette Tapes 167
23. Cellphone Tracking Services: Friend
Finder or Big Brother? .173
24. Facebook: a Tale of Two Media Models
.179
Section 7 Culture and Lifestyle
25. Why So Many Americans Switch Religions
.190
26. The Languages of Extinction: the
World’s Endangered Tongues .195
27. At Elvis Presley’s Memphis, You Can
Snap a Selfie with the Pink Cadillac and
Eat Like the Kings 200
Section 8 Sports and Entertainment
28. Match Report: Manchester United-o,
Barcelona-2 . 216
29. Susan Boyle Keeps Millions Switched on
to Britain’s Got Talent 222
30. Burn More Calories in Less Time 226
31. Terminator Salvation: the Buzz Review
.232
Section 9 Health and Science
32. Rosetta Comet Probe Given Termination
Date . 248
33. Does Exercise Really Keep Us Healthy?
253
34. Bloomberg’s Supersize Soda Ban 258
35. At-home Euthanasia Vets Provide a
Peaceful Death 263
Section 10 Backgrounders
36. How Hillary Clinton Got Hot After Years
of Being Stuck With a Cold Image .280
References
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