Unit 1  Science and Technology

  Lesson 1 The Third Industrial Revolution

  Lesson 2 The Power of Negative Thinking

  Further Reading：Big Data，Trying to Build Better Workers

  Extended Activities

  美国报纸与新闻期刊

  新闻导语

Unit 2  Prominent Figures

  Lesson 1 MO Yan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2012

  Lesson 2 Jobs the Jerk

  Further Reading：Can Hillary Clinton Resist the Pull of Power?

  Extended Activities

  英国报纸与新闻期刊

  消息报道

Unit 3  War&Terrorism

  Lesson 1 10 Years Later,Many See Iraq War as Costly Mistake

  Lesson 2 Ame rica’s“Ze ro Option”：The Only Viable Exit from This Unwinnable Afghan War

  Further Reading：Suicide Car Bomber Kills 15 in Central Damascus

  Extended Activities

  新闻评论

  缩略词

Unit 4  Sports and Recreations

  Lesson 1 London 2012：Verdict frOm Around the World

  Lesson 2 Tom Cruise Remans a Man on a Mission

  Further Reading：Who Is Oscar Pistorius?Even for a Reporter Who Covered Him Extensively,He Is Now a Mystery

  Extended Activities

  新闻特写

  英语新闻标题的特点(I)

Unit 5  Economy

  Lesson 1 What Mario Monti’s Exit TelIs Us about Europe’s Debt Crisis

  Lesson 2 Amid Fea rs of SlowdOWn。China Economic Data Points to Expansion

  Further Reading：Preparing for“Fiscal Cliff”，Investors Move Assets to Avoid Higher Taxes

  Extended Activities

  世界知名通讯社

  英语新闻标题的特点(11)

Unit 6  Education

  Lesson 1 Reputation to Consider?Check the University League Tables

  Lesson 2 Learning New Lessons

  Further Reading：Not What It Used to Be

  Extended Activities

  新闻图片的作用

  英语新闻的用词特点(1)

Unit 7  SociaI Problems

  Lesson 1 Give to People on the Street?In Cities，It’s a Daily Dilemma

  Lesson 2 Newtown GUnman Kills 20 ChiId ren in EIementa ry SChool Shooting

  Further Reading：Tobacco Companies See Africa as Fertile Ground

  Extended Activities

  新闻的结构类型

  英语新闻的用词特点(II)

Unit 8  Politics

  Lesson 1 Obama，Buoyed by Election Win，Faces New Battles

  Lesson 2 America’s European Moment

  Further Reading：Remaking Economy Tops Chinese New Leadership’s Agenda

  Extended Activities

  英语新闻的句式特点

  英语新闻的语法特点

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