岳守国主编的这本《美英报刊选读》所选篇目大多为2010年以来的美英报刊文章,内容涵盖美英社会的若干方面,地理范围覆盖广阔。本书共8个单元,16篇课文,书的结尾附有若干与阅读英语报刊和美英文化有关的信息和知识,可供学习者查阅或浏览。
Unit 1
TextA Climate Change May Be Reab but It's Still Not Easy Being Green
Text B Light Pollution: Night Skiesz Dark No More
Unit 2
TextA ls Parent Power Good for Children?
Text B Muse School1 ls Actress,Brainchild
Unit 3
Text A Online Truth ls More Valuable than Privacy
Text B In Job Hunt College Degree Can,t Close Racial Gap
Unit 4
Text A The Paradox of the Parsimonious Spendthrift
Tex tB Not a Walk in the Park
Unit 5
Text A The Troops Leave,and Then the Horrors Begin
Text B Storm Part Crippling and Part Enchanting
Unit 6
Text A What's yours ls Mine
Text B In Drug War,Tribe Feels Invaded by Both Sides
Unit 7
Text A Waking Dragon
Text B In Chengdu,China,Remaking Sichuan Food
Unit 8
Text A Shouldyou Googteat Dinner?
Text B younger Buyers Challenge Luxury Retailers in Asia
Appendix
Appendix 1 The Skiffs and Techniques in English Newspaper Reading
Appendix 2 Key UK & US Papers and Journals
Appendix 3 Well-known Universities in Britain and America
Appendix 4 Alternative Names for American States and Cities
Appendix 5 BBC & VOA
Appendix 6 Key International Organizations
Appendix 7 State Names and Capitals of Some Countries