本书为《英美报刊阅读精选》第二册,从英美最具影响力及权威性的刊物上撷取精彩文章，内容涉猎广泛，包括政治、经济、历史、宗教、文化、教育、卫生、人物专访等。突出以专题为核心的编排方式,内容丰富，语言新颖，体裁多样，趣味性强，洋溢着鲜明的时代气息。是一本集实用性、知识性、学术性于一体的新闻英语，可供大学英语四、六级应考生，英语专业学生及英语爱好者使用。

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Unit 1

 Text A Iraq Damages More Severe Than Reported，Pentagon Says

 Text B Iraq Moves to Oust U．S．and British Aid Teams

 Text C The Most Dangerous Addict

Unit 2

 Text A 3rd Blair Official Steps Down in Scandal Over Secret Loan 

 Text B Merle E．Frampton，95，Advocate for the Blind 

 Text C Is Bill Clinton Fit to Be President? 

 报刊阅读知识 七 讣告

Unit 3

 Text A On—Line Giant May Link to CBS News

 Text B I．M．F Weighs Swifter Action to Bar Eeonomic Crises

Text C Enter the Dragon

Unit 4

 Text A The Enemy in the Living Room

 Text B Letters t0 the Editor

 Text C Making the Grade Harder

 报刊阅读知识八 新闻评论的基本结构

Unit 5

 Texf A Climate Conundrum

 Text B The Force of E1 Nino

 Text C La Nina Gets Ornery

Unit 6

 Text A The Euro Will Work

 Text B Motorola Beats Forecasts With fl$159 Million Net for 4th Quarter

 Text C New Coin of the Realm

 报刊阅读知识九 特写的特点及种类

Unit 7

 Text A At the Microsoft Trial，fl Day for Parrying

 Text B A Microsoft Bug Could Make Some Early Birds an Hour Later 

 Text C Whoops，there Goes Another CD—ROM

Unit 8

 Text A Plastic Surgeon Sentenced in Death of a Wnman

 Text B 2 Chemotherapy Overdoses Lead to Review of Nurses

 Text C Flying Killers