本书包括英文报刊的发展简史、新闻英语的一些基本概念和主要特点、阅读英文报刊文章的技巧以及从互联网上精选的英美报刊文章30余篇，有特写、社论、国际新闻、英美国内新闻、经济新闻、科技新闻以及体育新闻。每一类中都尽量选取能代表该类的、具有典型的新闻英语特征的报刊文章。每篇文章后附有词汇表，除对难懂的和在一般工具书中不易查到的词语做必要的解释外，同时还介绍了新闻英语的主要特点，并对有关重要事件的背景和人物进行必要的介绍，以帮助初学者掌握阅读报刊文章必须具备的有关知识。同时还有一些练习题，读者可借此检验自己的阅读效果和理解程度。

Unit 1

 Text A The Coming Energy Wars

 Text B Hail to the Kings

 报刊英语常识英文报刊阅读技巧

Unit 2

 Text A The Green Issue：Why Bother

 Text B Taking Stock

 报刊英语常识英美报纸的起源、外形特征和版面安排

Unit 3

 Text A Honey,I Shrunk the Car

 Text B Data to Determine Wall Street’S Next Move

 报刊英语常识英文报纸标题语法

Unit 4

 Text A Not Made in Japan

 Text B New Secrets for Youthful Skin

 报刊英语常识英美报纸的传统分类

Unit 5

 Text A Does the Future Belong to China?

 Text B Putting Tolerance to the Test

 报刊英语常识新闻及新闻要素

Unit 6

 Text A Washington Cries Wolf

 Text B People Trapped Inside Suffocated and Died

 报刊英语常识新闻来源和世界五大通讯社

Unit 7．

 Text A The Fearful Superpower

 Text B Shanghai Surprise

 报刊英语常识报纸的头版

Unit 8

 TextA Trapped on the Razor’S Edge

 Text B He Likes Bookshops but Prefers to TalkAlbums

 报刊英语常识报刊英语中常见的特殊用词(一)

Unit 9

 Text A Trying to Get up offthe Mat

 TextB TheThirdWave—At aComputerNearYou

 报刊英语常识报刊英语中常见的特殊用词(二)

Unit 10

 Text A Bertelsmann Is Shifting Back to Roots

Tlext B Silence in Class

 报刊英语常识新闻的导语

Unit 11

 Text A How Climate Change Could Ruin Economy

 Text B Hot Times A11 Around

 报刊英语常识报刊英语的句法特点

Unit 12

 Text A The New Megalopolis

 Text B How Population Lies

 报刊英语常识约瑟夫·普利策与普利策奖

Unit 13

 Text A Art：Weaving Art and Winemaking as One

 Text B International Artists Make Tap T11eir Own

Unit 14

 Text A Is Party Over for Online Gambling7

 Text B Why Does Private Data Wind Up on Laptops7

Unit 15

 Text A Surprising Jump in Tax Revenues Is Curbing Deficit

 Text B In Putin We Trust?

Unit 16

 Text A What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage

 Text B Forget the Second Helpings．It's the First Ones That Count

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