英美报刊选读

出版时间：2009-5-1  出版社：华中科技大学出版社  作者：吴潜龙  页数：218  
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前言

　　应华中科技大学出版社之约，为“高等学校英语专业规划教材”编写其中的“英美报刊选读”一书，自2007年底开始构思至2I：309年2月脱稿，历时一年半始得完成。　　“英美报刊选读”是一门比较传统的课程。所谓“传统”，是指该课程在我国高校英语专业的教学大纲上早已列出，许多院校均开设此课程，对提高学生的英语水平和增加阅读量、扩大知识面等都有帮助。　　读报和读书一样是语言教学的一种重要手段。坚持阅读英语报刊对于我国学习英语的学生来说，不仅是入门的时候提高兴趣、增加词汇的好办法，也是在学习中不断训练阅读技巧、扩大词汇量的必经过程，更是学成以后温习英语、获取信息和了解世界的好助手。因此，本书并不一定只适用于理工科院校、综合院校和师范类院校的英语专业学生，它应该对所有希望学好英语的学生都有用。　　本书的主要特点应该说有两个方面：第一，选材注重丰富多彩及拥有足够的信息量，同时具有时代性；第二，从英语新闻学的角度介绍了阅读英语报刊的一些基本知识，而不是简单谈论阅读理解的方法。本书共选了54篇新闻，按内容分成18个单元。每篇新闻的长度在700～900个词之间，对于比较长的新闻均做了节选，但保留原文的主要内容，使选文和标题保持一致。每篇新闻的生词在20～30个之间，个别可能会多一些。全书共有2000左右词汇。　　从编排体例来讲，每篇新闻后面都附有两大类的内容。第一类属于帮助学生理解文章的，如生词、重要的专有名词、内容要点和句子翻译，已用中文写出，因为我国学生的母语绝大部分是汉语。第二类的内容属于“考”学生的，也就是“练习”，题目不多，一道题是阅读理解题，以选择题形式回顾新闻的主要内容；另一道题是词汇题，从新闻中选出约10个词，重复出现，帮助学生温习、记忆，最后学会应用这些词；最后一道题是讨论和写作题，可以在课堂上进行，也可以布置给学生在课后完成，不论采用哪种形式，题目都是与文章的内容密切相关的。因此，练习是紧扣文章的。　　另外，每个单元后面附上一幅生动的漫画或一张新闻照片，可让学生在轻松的气氛中获得信息，理解文章并得到提高。同时还有报刊英语常识介绍。　　最后是关于使用本书教学的小建议。每位老师都有自己的习惯和风格，课堂教学形式也是多样的。本书可用一个学期，每周2～4节均可。如要使用一学年，最好就是结合形势，补充一些当前的新闻，或让学生上网阅读有关新闻。无论采用什么方式进行教学，重要的是不仅要讲课文，还要使学生掌握课文的语言材料，同时学会查找相关信息，获取即时新闻。至于具体的教学方法，可由任课老师充分发挥。

内容概要

　　《英美报刊选读》有以下两个方面的特点：一是选材丰富多彩，具有时代性，信息量丰富；二是从英语新闻学的角度介绍了阅读英语报刊的一些基本知识，而不是简单谈论阅读理解的方法。《英美报刊选读》共选了54篇新闻，按内容分成18个单元。每篇新闻的长度在700～900个词之间，全书共有生词2000左右。每篇新闻后面都附有两大类内容。第一类帮助学生理解文章，如生词、重要的专有名词、内容要点和句子翻译，用中文写出。第二类属于“考”学生，也就是“练习”，包括阅读理解、词汇训练及一道讨论和写作题。不论采用哪种形式，练习都紧扣文章。最后，每单元还附有一幅生动的漫画或新闻照片，可让学生在轻松的气氛中获得信息，理解文章，并得到提高。此外，还有报刊英语常识介绍。

书籍目录

Unit 1 Hot Issues in Todays World1. Israel to Intensify Strikes if Rocket Fire Continues2. Afghan Soldiers Battle Taliban as NATO Leader Warns of Perils to Nations Stability3. N. Korea Shifts toward Engagement with WorldUnit 2 Violence and Terrorism Worldwide1. Terrorists Hijack 4 Airliners， Destroy World Trade Center， Hit Pentagon; Hundreds Dead2. "I Saw Bodies Falling Out —— Oh， God， Jumping， Falling"3. "The Worst Thing Ive Ever Seen"Unit 3 The Irag War1. Back to Irag2. Blinded by War： Injuries Send Troops into Darkness3. Around the Globe， Elation-and Tension-over CaptureUnit 4 Politics —— the American Scene1. Majority Favor Changing Immigration Laws， Poll Says2. Minorities Often a Majority of the Population under 203. A Defiant Look at What Little Lies aheadUnit 5 The American Presidential Election 20081. Barack Obama Becomes Heir to JFK as He Sweeps to Victory in South Carolina2. As McCains Road Gets Steeper， Obama Warns of Overconfidence3. Once again， the Greatest Show on EarthUnit 6 Political Issues in Britain and Europe1. Sarkozy Wins Battle to Loosen 35-hour Workweek2. Right of Households to Rubbish Bin Collection by Councils to be Abolished3. German City Wonders How Green is too GreenUnit 7 Economic Issues1. Slowing Economy Gives Way to Global Role Reversals2. Threat of Recession Amid Double Decline in Services and Industry3. Markets Shaken as Two Big Banks FalterUnit 8 Business and Business Management1. How US Airways Vaulted to First Place2. At Freddie Mac， Chief Discarded Warning Signs3. Companies Cut Holes in CEOs Golden ParachutesUnit 9 Natural Disasters1. At a Resort， Harrowing Tales of Survival， Loss and Grief2. Powerful Quake Ravages China， Killing Thousands3. Texans Take Shelter， Feel First Effects of IkeUnit 10 Energy and the Environment1. The Preservation Predicament2. EPA wont Act on Emissions This Year3. Coal Carves a Place in the Future of Global EnergyUnit 11 Science and Technology —— Developments and New Ideas1. Birds Do It， Bees Do It， Dragons don t Need to.2. Uncovering Evidence of a Workaday World along the Nile3. A Reality Check on Dreams for Space： the RepairsUnit 12 Computer Technology is Changing Our Life1. The Web is the Most Conservative Force on Earth2. Nomads at Last3. Demand for Data Puts Engineers in SpotlightUnit 13 New Thoughts and Directions in Todays Education1. Good Grades Pay off- Literally2. Authors Unite against Drive for Toddler Literacy3. Does New S. A.T. Help with Admissions Decisions？Unit 14 The 2008 Olympics in Beijing1. Games in Beijing Open with a Lavish Ceremony2. After Glimmer of Glory for China， U.S. Pulls away3. In the 100， a Show of Flash after a Burst of SpeedUnit 15 News Stories on Daily Life Issues1. Do Teenagers Need Full-time Mums？ One Mothers Skepticism2. Bliss Arrives in Icy， Creamy Scoops3. A Speck of Sunlight is a Towns Yearly Alarm ClockUnit 16 The British Pub and Drinking Culture1. A Pub Crawl through the Centuries2. Still the Moon under Water3. Tackling "Booze Britain"Unit 17 Entertainment News1. And the Plot Thinned...2. James Miller： the New Lost Boys3. In "American Gangster"， True Crime doesnt Pay offUnit 18 People in the News1. Mandelas Birthday Message： Rich should Help Poor2. The Giant of Russian Literature3. The Patron Saint of Plastic BagsKey to exercises参考文献

章节摘录

　　Thailand is still coming to grips with the scale of the disaster that engulfed its southerncoast, including the major resort of Phuket, which receives about a third of the 12 milliontourists a year who visit the country.　　By late Monday officials estimated a death toll of at least 1 000. The fatalities includePoom Jensen, 21, the Thai-American grandson of King Bhumbol Adulyadej. But PrimeMinister Thaksin Shinawatra said more than 1 000 other people remained unaccounted for,and the number of dead is expected to rise.　　Tourists evacuated from Phi Phi island and other locations by helicopter and boat werearriving by the thousands in Phuket on Monday, many visibly stunned, limping with cuts andbruises, some searching for missing relatives. At the city hall, where diplomats from a dozenor more countries set up desks to help their citizens replace lost documents, medical workersin a first aid room comforted shocked and grieving survivors.　　“Grief counseling and bandages and hugs are what we have been doling out,” saidDebbie Cairns, 49, a nurse from Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, who has lived here forseveral months and is helping out.　　William and Amanda Robins of Sacramento, who chose to spend part of theirhoneymoon on Phi Phi, sensed that something was wrong when they heard screams of terroroutside their hotel from tourists coming off the ferry from the Thai mainland.　　At first they feared a terrorist strike. They jumped a low counter and hid in a small roomfull of computers.　　“We got down and started to pray,” Mr. Robins said. The building started shaking, theyheard a roar like a bulldozer and within seconds they were being swept away by a torrent ofwater of astounding force. “We were in the water fighting for our lives,” said Mr. Robins,26, a pro golfer.　　The water wrenched them apart, battered them with concrete blocks and other debrisfrom the hotel and dragged them at high speed more than 150 yards out to sea. Just as Mr.Robins feared that his lungs could not hold out any longer, he said, he surfaced. Mrs.Robins bobbed up a few feet away, and a boat nearby pulled them from the water.　　Although Mrs. Robins suffered a fractured pelvis and her husband a broken collarboneand a nearly severed ear, they said they were grateful to be alive.　　“If we can get through one of the strongest tsunamis in history, we can get throughpractically anything,” Mr. Robins said from his hospital bed here. “You think,　Why am Ibroken and bruised？ then you hear about people who are missing their husbands or wives,and you think, Who am I to complain？ ” （700 words）

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　　《英美报刊选读》的主要特点应该说有两个方面：第一，选材注重丰富多彩及拥有足够的信息量，同时具有时代性；第二，从英语新闻学的角度介绍了阅读英语报刊的一些基本知识，而不是简单谈论阅读理解的方法。