胡阳编著的《英语报刊选读教程(第3版高校英语选修课系列教材)》是在2010年第二版教材的基础上修订而成。新版教材在沿用原有编写理念的同时在文章选材、板块设计、练习编排等方面进行了修订。本书按主题分为8个单元，每单元包括1篇新闻，3篇文章，所选文章渐进地增加阅读长度和难度，其后附上一定的阅读理解和词汇练习，以及适量的写作练习，适合大中专院校中已完成英语初级阶段学习的非英语专业学习者使用，所选阅读文章均来自近年来原版英文报刊杂志，题材多样。此外，为方便使用, 本书附有练习答案。
本书同样适合大中专院校中水平较高的英语学习者和大学英语四六级、研究生入学考试及TOFEL、GRE等各类考生备考使用。

Unit 1 Education
Part A Lead-in
News Reading Schoolchildren Fearful about Future since EU
Referendum, Say Heads
Part B Reading
Reading 1 Will Online Learning Replace the Classroom?
Reading 2 No Grades, No Timetable: Berlin School Turns
Teaching Upside Down
Reading 3 “Hire” Education: A Vocational Model Succeeds
Part C Unit Assignments
Unit 2 Science and Technology
Part A Lead-in
News Reading Go Humans: Lee Sedol Scores First Victory Against
Supercomputer
Part B Reading
Reading 1 Navigate the Jungle of Tech Ecosystems
Reading 2 The Robots Are Coming
Reading 3 The Simple, Free Solution to Asia’s Myopia Epidemic
Part C Unit Assignments
Unit 3 Disasters
Part A Lead-in
News Reading Yangtze Basin Hit by Flooding with Storms Spanning
1,000 Miles
Part B Reading
Reading 1 Different Natural Disasters, Same Risky Human Habits
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Reading 2 Midwest Floods Leave Red Cross in the Red
Reading 3 Humans Add to Natural Disaster Risk
Part C Unit Assignments
Unit 4 Sports
Part A Lead-in
News Reading Li Jianrou Wins 500m Gold
Part B Reading
Reading 1 Brexit Wins: How Will British Sport Be Affected?
Reading 2 Education the Heart of Olympics Says Rogge
Reading 3 Grudge Match
Part C Unit Assignments
Unit 5 Global Development
Part A Lead-in
News Reading World Health Organisation Reports Dramatic Fall
in Malaria Deaths
Part B Reading
Reading 1 Who Owns You?
Reading 2 The Feelgood Factor
Reading 3 Woman Challenges Tradition, Brings Change to
Her Kenyan Village
Part C Unit Assignments
Unit 6 Environment
Part A Lead-in
News Reading Climate Protesters Invade UK’s Largest Opencast
Coalmine
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Part B Reading
Reading 1 How Do You Junk Your Computer
Reading 2 Climate Change Lights the Touchpaper on Terror—We
Must Fight Them Together
Reading 3 A Tree Grows in Kenya
Part C Unit Assignments
Unit 7 Politics
Part A Lead-in
News Reading UK Must Be Involved in EU Anti-terrorism Measures,
Says Keith Vaz
Part B Reading
Reading 1 Win-win Governance
Reading 2 The New Words of War
Reading 3 Progress Against Corruption
Part C Unit Assignments
Unit 8 Economics
Part A Lead-in
News Reading Tax Havens Have No Economic Justifi cation, Say Top
Economists
Part B Reading
Reading 1 The Problem with Profi ts
Reading 2 Evaluating Good Corporate Citizenship
Reading 3 “Banker” Who Lends to the Poor Wins Nobel Peace
Prize
Part C Unit Assignments
Key to the Exercises