本教材注重新聞報刊內容的時效性,但更注重學生的能力培養,尤其注重理工科學生的英語能力培養,所以選編的內容前面五個單元為大眾話題,后面十個單元都是與理工科專業內容掛鉤,讓學生在讀報刊的同時也能進行與專業相關的英語學習。
Unit 1 Culture, Education and Religion
Passage 1 University’s Boot Camp Gives Freshmen Fighting Chance
Passage 2 What Is a B.A. in English Worth Anymore?
Passage 3 Egypt Top Court Rules against Islamist-backed Election Law That Lifts Ban on Religious Slogans
補充閱讀 新聞體裁簡介
Unit 2 Journalism, Entertainment and Sports
Passage 1 The New Journalism: Goosing the Gray Lady
Passage 2 Review: Seth Rogen’s An American Pickle Is a Scatterbrained Comedy
Passage 3 More States Blow the Whistle on High School Football Heat Illness
補充閱讀 新聞標題的特點(一)
Unit 3 Military Affairs and International Politics
Passage 1 Local Elections: Ten Reasons to Vote
Passage 2 U.S. Decries Russia Weapons Sale to Syria
Passage 3 Finally, Obama Breaks His Silence on Drones
補充閱讀 新聞標題的特點(二)
Unit 4 Disasters
Passage 1 Venice Floods: Climate Change behind Highest Tide in 50 Years, Says Mayor
Passage 2 Alaska Volcano Shoots Lava, Ash Plume Thinning
Passage 3 Huge Tornado Levels Oklahoma City Suburb, Killing Dozens
補充閱讀 新聞標題的特點(三)
Unit 5 Finance, Economy and Trade
Passage 1 E-shopping Frenzy
Passage 2 Donald Trump Championed Economic Revival. He Has Achieved the Opposite
Passage 3 Wall Street Is Back
補充閱讀 新聞導語的特點(一)
Unit 6 Civil Engineering and Architectonics
Passage 1 Architecture
Passage 2 Happy Birthday Toyo Ito
Passage 3 Architect Richard Meier
補充閱讀 新聞導語的特點(二)
Unit 7 Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering
Passage 1 US Tidal Firm ResHydro to Invest in Scotland
Passage 2 Interview with the President and CEO of Hydro Green Energy LLC
Passage 3 Tidal Power Plans Boost Engineering Support for Renewable Energy Will Help Scots
補充閱讀 報刊英語語法特征(一)
Unit 8 Physics and Electronic Science
Passage 1 Scientists Invent Lightest Material on Earth. What Now?
Passage 2 China Embarks on First Independent Mission to Mars
Passage 3 Want to Detox from Technology? Try a Special Retreat, or Go Cold Turkey
補充閱讀 報刊英語語法特征(二)
Unit 9 Energy and Power Engineering
Passage 1 Japan: Building Nuclear Safety Culture Will Take "Long Time"
Passage 2 This Two-way Charger Turns Electric Cars into a Backup Power Source for Your Home
Passage 3 How the U.S. Federal Government Pushes Energy Efficiency-On Itself
補充閱讀 新聞英語的詞匯特色(一)
Unit 10 Industrial and Arts Design
Passage 1 The Greenest Office Building in the World Is about to Open in Seattle
Passage 2 Spreading the Message of Design for Change
Passage 3 Neural Networks for Artists
補充閱讀 新聞英語的詞匯特色(二)
Unit 11 Traffic and Transportation Engineering
Passage 1 Bay Bridge Reopens to Passenger Vehicles
Passage 2 Number of Women Drivers Soar
Passage 3 The London Underground: Still the People's Railway
補充閱讀 報刊文章中的修辭(一)
Unit 12 Information Engineering
Passage 1 Teenagers Struggle with Privacy, Security Issues
Passage 2 Secret Computer Code Threatens Science
Passage 3 Cool It: Is the Internet Too Hot for Data Centers to Handle?
補充閱讀 報刊文章中的修辭(二)
Unit 13 Environmental Engineering
Passage 1 Peru Declares Environmental State of Emergency in Its Rainforest
Passage 2 Least Developed Countries Agree to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Passage 3 Study: The Coal Industry Is in Far More Trouble than Anyone Realizes
補充閱讀 報刊文章中的修辭(三)
Unit 14 Food Science and Engineering
Passage 1 Harold McGee, Food Science Guru, Turns His Attention to Serious Drinking
Passage 2 BeerSci: What Is the Difference Between a Lager and an Ale?
Passage 3 A Day in the Life of Range
Unit 15 Vehicle and Mechanical Engineering
Passage 1 G.M.’s Cruise Unveils a Self-Driving Car
Passage 2 How to Optimize Your PS5’s Storage Space
Passage 3 Lyft Aims for an All-Electric Fleet by 2030-Is That Possible?
附錄
一、美國著名報紙雜志一覽表
二、英國著名報紙雜志一覽表
三、西方主要英文傳媒
四、英文報刊上出現頻率較高的縮略語
五、聯合國機構名稱
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