Unit 1 Culture, Education and Religion

　Passage 1 University's Boot Camp Gives Freshmen Fighting Chance

　Passage 2 What Is a B,A. in English Worth Anymore?

　Passage 3 Egypt Top Court Rules Against Islamist-backed Election

　Law That Lifts Ban on Religious Slogans

　补充阅读 新闻体裁简介

Unit 2 Journalism, Entertainment and Sports

　Passage 1 The New Journalism: Goosing the Gray Lady

　Passage 2 Five Questions for Comedian Tig Notaro

　Passage 3 More States Blow the Whistle on High SCh001 Football Heat Illness

　补充阅读 新闻标题的特点（一）

Unit 3 Military Affairs and International Politics

　Passage 1 Local Elections: Ten Reasons to Vote

　Passage 2 U.S.Decries Russia Weapons Sale to Syria

　Passage 3 Finally, Obama Breaks His Silence On Drones

　补充阅读 新闻标题的特点（二）

Unit 4 Disasters

　Passage 1 Ics Tsunamis Overwhelm Lakeside Homes

　Passage 2 The Eruption Of Pavlof Volcano

　Passage 3 Huge Twister Kills Dozens in Okla

　补充阅读 新闻标题的特点（三）

Unit 5 Finance, Economy and Trade

　Passage 1 IS the Economy More Miserable Than It Was in the 1970S

　Passage 2 Weak Dollar Gives British T0urists Reason to Smile

　Passage 3 Wall Street is Back

　补充阅读 新闻导语的特点（一）

Unit 6 Civil Engineering and Architectonics

　Passage 1 Architecture

　Passage 2 Happy Birthday Toyo Ito

　Passage 3 Architect Richard Meier

　补充阅读 新闻导语的特点（二）

Unit 7 Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering

　Passage 1 US Tidal Firm Res Hydro to Invest in Scotland

　Passage 2 Interview with the President and CEO of Hydro Green Energy LLC

　Passage 3 Tidal Power Plans Boost Engineering Support for

　Renewable Energy Will Help Scots

　补充阅读 报刊英语语法特征（一）

Unit 8 Physics and Electronic Science

　Passage 1 Scientists Invent Lightest Material on Earth. What now?

　Passage 2 Hubble Has 3 More Years to Make Amazing Discoveries, NASA Says

　Passage 3 Want to Detox from Technology? Try a Special Retreat, or Go Cold Turkey

　补充阅读 报刊英语语法特征（二）

Unit 9 Energy and Power Engineering'

　Passage 1 Japan: Building Nuclear Safety Culture Will Take Long Time'

　Passage 2 The Price of Coal in China: Can China Fuel Growth without Warming the World?

　Passage 3 How the U.S. Federal Government Pushes Energy Efficiency-On Itself

　补充阅读 新闻英语的词汇特色（一）

Unit 10 Industrial and Arts Design

　Passage 1 The Greenest Office Building in the World Is about to Open in Seattle

　Passage 2 Spreading the Message of Design for Change

　Passage 3 When the Olympics Awarded Medals to Artists

　补充阅读 新闻英语的词汇特色（二）

Unit 11 Traffic and Transportation Engineering

　Passage 1 Bay Bridge Reopens to Passenger Vehicles

　Passage 2 Number of Women Drivers Soar

　Passage 3 The London Underground: Still the People's Railway

　补充阅读 报刊文章中的修辞（一）

Unit 12 Information Engineering.

　Passage 1 Teenagers Struggle with Privacy, Security Issues

　Passage 2 Secret Computer Code Threatens Science

　Passage 3 Cool It: Is the Internet Too Hot for Data Centers to Handle？

　补充阅读 报刊文章中的修辞（二）

Unit 13Environmental Engineering

　Passage 1 Peru Declares Environmental State of Emergency in Its Rainforest

　Passage 2 Least Developed Countries Agree to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

　Passage 3 Study：The Coal Industry Is in far More Trouble ThanAnyone Realizes

　补充阅读报刊文章中的修辞(三)

Unit 14 Food Science and Engineering

　Passage 1 Harold McGee，Food Science Guru．Turns His Attention to Serious Drinking

　Passage 2 BeerSci：What Is the Difference Between a Lager and an Ale?

　Passage 3 A Day in the Life ofRange

　补充阅读报刊英语语篇中的衔接和连贯

Unit 15 Vehicle and Mechanical Engineering

　Passage 1 8 Things YoU Should Know about Electric Cars

　Passage 2 HOW the Modem Braking System Came to Be

　Passage 3 Why Is Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Such a Piece of Crap?

附录

　一、美国著名报刊杂志一览表

　二、英国著名报刊杂志一览表

　三、西方主要英文传媒

　四、英文报刊上出现频率较高的缩略语

　五、联合国机构名称

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