时代英语学习丛书

出版时间：2011-9  出版社：安徽科学技术出版社  作者：闵璇，潘晨曦 主编  页数：138  

内容概要

《读今日美国知美国今日--USA
TODAY选读》(作者闵璇、潘晨曦)所选文章均源自《今日美国》，此报刊是美国唯一的全国发行的彩色版对开日报，自创办之日起就以其新颖独特的姿态跻于强手如林的美国报界。本书希望读者通过有目的、较系统地阅读《今日美国》的文章，培养阅读英语报刊的基本功，并养成良好阅读习惯；了解政治、经济、文化、现代科学技术和商务方面的新知识，拓宽其文化视野；通过阅读和翻译训练，基本掌握报刊英语在词汇、语法、修辞上的特点，增加有关政治、经济等方面的词汇，丰富自己的知识，从而为独立阅读各种英语报刊打下良好的基础；通过广泛阅读与时代相关的资料。

书籍目录

Unit 1 Politics
 Passage One His Words Will Matter
 Passage Two Governors Brainstorm on GOP Comeback
Unit 2 Money
 Passage One 24 Million Go from "Thriving" to
"Struggling"
 Passage Two Pawnshops Doing Brisk Business
Unit 3 Life Style
 Passage One Most Hotels Likely to See Occupancy Rates Fall
Next Year
 Passage Two Ten Great Places on Earth You Don't Want to
Miss
Unit 4 People
 Passage One Family Precedent: Obama's Grandmother Blazed
Trails
 Passage Two The Many Faces of Michael Jackson
Unit 5 Science and Technology
 Passage One Opponents Brace for End of Stem Cell Ban
 Passage Two, Storm Forecast: The iPhone Might Need a Small
Umbrella
Unit 6 Entertainment
 Passage One "Idol" Redux: A Finale Not Befitting America's
Most Popular TV Show
 Passage Two Non-explosive Entertainment Can Be Just-as
Enjoyable
Unit 7 Education
 Passage One Tailoring School to the Child
 Passage Two An "Interdependent" World Welcomes More U.S.
Students
Unit 8 Sports
 Passage One NBA--Where Amazing Happens
 Passage Two College Basketball Coach K Brings His Midas
Touch Back to Duke
Unit 9 Health
 Passage One WHO Declares First Flu Pandemic in 4i
Years
 Passage Two Dancing Class Moves Parkinson's Patients to a
Better Place
Unit 10 Social Problem
 Passage One Courts Need More Interpreters
 Passage Two Report: Smoking 'Declines as Alcohol, Drug Use
Hold Steady
 Keys for References

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•   还可以，词汇量要求不算大，内容贴近时代，值得读一下。