张卫平主编的《英语报刊选读(语言文化类高等学校英语拓展系列教程)》以报刊文章的多样性为基础，以突出文化理解和沟通为主线，旨在通过报刊这个有效的沟通渠道，提供尽量多的文化背景知识，使读者更多地了解当代美国和英国的社会和文化，从而进一步提高熟练运用当代英语的实际能力。

张卫平主编的《英语报刊选读(语言文化类高等学校英语拓展系列教程)》在编排上注重文化理解和沟通，旨在通过不同背景、不同题材的报刊文章传递多元的文化信息，引导读者了解当代美同和英同的社会与文化，同时提高英语阅读能力，学习当代英语表达。

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《英语报刊选读(语言文化类高等学校英语拓展系列教程)》附录介绍了美英新闻业和美英著名报刊并附有全书词汇表。

Unit 1 Politics

 Text: The Higher Education of Washington

 Exercises

 Further Readings:

 Reading Passage l: The Bubble of American Supremacy

 Reading Passage 2: The Bubble of American Supremacy (Continued)

 Cultural Information:

1. 解读美国政治中的“院外游说”现象

2. The American Presidential Election

Unit 2 Economics

 Text: Global Motors

 Exercises

 Further Readings:

 Reading Passage 1: Two-Faced Capitalism

 Reading Passage 2: Stormy Weather

 Cultural Information:

1. 英语汽车词汇摘要

2. Aerospace Industry in the United States

Unit 3 Military Affairs

 Text: Army Study of Iraq War Details a "Morass" of

 Supply Shortages

 Exercises

 Further Readings:

 Reading Passage l: So, What Went Wrong?

 Reading Passage 2: So, What Went Wrong? (Continued)

 Cultural Information:

1. 美军和英军的军衔制

2. 美军的陆海空三军建制

Unit 4 Law and Crime

 Text: Computer Violence: Are You Kids at Risk?

 Exercises

 Further Readings:

 Reading Passage 1: The Case Against the Prosecution

 Reading Passage 2: In the Heart of Darkness

 Cultural Information:

1. 美国文化娱乐产品的分级制度

2. Capital Punishment in the United States

Unit 5 Education

 Text: Campus on a Keyboard

 Exercises

 Further Readings:

 Reading Passage l: Who Pays to Study?

 Reading Passage 2: Who Pays to Study? (Continued)

 Cultural Information:

1. 英国教育体制概况

2. A Glimpse of Universities in the United States

Unit 6 Society and Culture

 Text: The Quest for Cool

 Exercises

 Further Readings:

 Reading Passage 1: New Fuel for the Culture Wars

 Reading Passage 2: Whoops! There Goes the Revolution

 Cultural Information:

1. 美国时尚文化的四大先锋

2. American Customs

Unit 7 Art

 Text: Blair Witch Craft

 Exercises

 Further Readings:

 Reading Passage 1: The Most Wanted Works of Art

 Reading Passage 2: The Most Wanted Works of Art (Continued)

 Cultural Information:

1. 美国人的文化娱乐方式

2. Impressions on French Impressionism

Unit 8 Personality

 Text: In Churchill's Footsteps

 Exercises

 Further Readings:

 Reading Passage 1: French Ex-Premier Is Convicted of Graft

 Reading Passage 2: Navy Adm. Moorer, 91, Dies

 Cultural Information:

1. 温斯顿·丘吉尔——西方世界最伟大的人物之一

2. French Political Environment

Unit 9 Science and Technology

 Text: Older Women, Too, Struggle with a Dangerous Secret

 Exercises

 Further Readings:

 Reading Passage 1: Coming Soon to Your Cellphone: Everything!

 Reading Passage 2: More Power to You

 Cultural Information:

1. 没什么值得我们忧虑

2. Technology Pioneers

 Appendix 1 美英新闻业简介

 Appendix 2 美英著名报刊发行量排行表

 Appendix 3 Glossary