英文报刊文章选读

　　《英文报刊文章选读》内容上注重思想性、人文性及科学性。注重背景知识，尤其是文化背景知识的解读。考虑到高职高专学生的特点，背景知识采用中文解释，为学生阅读扫除障碍，使学生在阅读报刊文章的同时，能够对其文化背景有较深的了解。在选材上注重旅游行业热点话题及其趣味性。内容上每一个单元一个模块，教师可以选择其中两篇文章讲解，另一篇布置学生自学。文章中生词采用英汉双语贴切释意，主要生词还附以用法例句，便于学生自学。每篇文章均配有丰富的练习，包括阅读理解练习、词汇练习、完型填空及翻译练习。习题全部针对文章设计，形式丰富多样，旨在帮助充分理解文章本身并熟练使用文章中出现的常用词汇。书后有附录、全部练习参考答案和总词汇表，便于查找与检索。

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Unit 1 Features
Passage 1 Fuel Costs Could End Cheap Flight Era
Passage 2 One of the Richest of All Cities Has 650, 000 Poor Children.It's London
Passage 3 China's New Empty Nest
Unit 2 Travel
Passage 4 Motoring around Britain
Passage 5 High Spirits
Passage 6 The First Resort
Unit 3 Life
Passage 7 Loose Lips Sink Shifts
Passage 8 If Only the Dollar Were Stronger
Passage 9 We Are What We Eat
Unit 4 Culture
Passage 10 Farewell to the Orochen
Passage 11 Hanging by a Thread
Passage 12 Return of the Queen
Unit 5 Sports
Passage 13 Russia Eyes Waiving Visas for English Fans
Passage 14 One Club Wants to Use a Gene-test to Spot the New Ronaldo.Is This Football's Future?
Passage 15 Hig~ Achievers
Unit 6 Environment
Passage 16 When Nature is Nurture
Passage 17 Learning to Love Climate 'Adaptation
Passage 18 Lost in the Concrete Jungle
Unit 7 Education
Passage 19 What's New at the E-Library
Passage 20 A World View Must Be Part of School Culture
Passage 21 Balancing Prestige and Debt in Choosing a College
Unit 8 Health
Passage 22 Are Vaccines the Answer to Addiction?
Passage 23 Government Wamed on DIY Cancer Treatments
Passage 24 Hypertensions. In Retreat, but Hardly Vanquished
Appendices
Key to Exercises
Glossary