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
