Unit 1 Worldwide Hot Issues Text A N. Korea Hails U.S.Concessions: Trump exults, but real progress is uncertain Text B French Team Celebrate World Cup Win with Paris Victory Parade Journalistic English Tips: The Lexical Features of News Headline Unit 2 Politics Text A Merkel Cautious in Replying to U.S.Attacks on Trade and Defense Text B Trump Wants "Space Force" by 2020 Journalistic English Tips: The Grammatical Features of News Headline Unit 3 Violence and Terrorism Text A Anwar Sadat Assassinated at Cairo Military Review Text B Polish President Dies in Jet Crash in Russia Journalistic English Tips: 5Ws and 1H in the Leads of News Unit 4 Disasters Text A 105 Killed in China Mine Explosion Text B 15 Killed by Rebel Bomb in Kashmir Journalistic English Tips: Discourse Analysis of English News Unit 5 Climate and Environment Text A Pollution is Slowing the Melting of Arctic Sea Ice, for Now Text B Air Pollution Particles Found in Mother's Placentas Journalistic English Tips: The Syntactic Features of News Unit 6 Sports Text A World Cup Final: France Crowned World Champion after 4-2 Win over Croatia Text B The Heavy Toll of Stephen Curry's Clunker Journalistic English Tips= The Lexical Features of News Unit 7 People in News Text A The Land of Love Text B Emotionally Drained King Urges Public to End Violence Journalistic English Tips. Feature Story Unit 8 Medical Care Text A Cancer Treatment Hype Gives False Hope: Families hear good news that doctors have disease in retreat--then reality strikes back hard Text B Autism--Why it's not "Rain Woman" Journalistic English Tips: Hard News and Soft News Unit 9 An Unpresidented President Text A People Actually Laughed at a President's: At U. N. speech, Trump suffers the fate he always feared Text B President Trump Returns to the U. N. --With a mountain of evidence for "Peace Through Strength" ~ Journalistic English Tips: The Sources of News & Fake News Unit 10 Economic Issues Text A Why Trade Wars Can be Perilous: 5 Essential Reads Text B U.N. Official: Belt and Road Shapes Market Journalistic English Tips: The Ideology in News Report Unit 11 Science and Technology Text A Vehicle Headlights are Stuck in Tech's Dark Ages: Lack of advances in illumination heightens road risks Text B No Where to Hide: Facial Recognition Journalistic English Tips: The Pulitzer Prizes Unit 12 A Kaleidoscope of Cultures Text A Meet Bon and Pon: The Japanese retirees making coordinated outfits cool Text B The Mediterranean Diet is in Retreat Even in Italy. What Now for the Foodies' Ideal? Journalistic English Tips: We Media
