英语报刊阅读教程

Unit 1 Culture,Education and Religion 1

Passage 1 University's Boot Camp Gives Freshmen Fighting Chance 1

Passage 2 What Is a B.A.in English Worth Anymore? 5

Passage 3 Egypt Top Court Rules Against Islamist-backed Election Law That Lifts Ban on Religious Slogans 8

补充阅读 新闻体裁简介 11

Unit 2 Journalism,Entertainment and Sports 13

Passage 1 The New Journalism:Goosing the Gray Lady 13

Passage 2 Five Questions for Comedian Tig Notaro 16

Passage 3 More States Blow the Whistle on High School Football Heat Illness 20

补充阅读 新闻标题的特点（一） 23

Unit 3 Military Affairs and International Politics 25

Passage 1 Local Elections:Ten Reasons to Vote 25

Passage 2 U.S.Decries Russia Weapons Sale to Syria 27

Passage 3 Finally,Obama Breaks His Silence on Drones 30

补充阅读 新闻标题的特点（二） 33

Unit 4 Disasters 35

Passage 1 Ice Tsunamis Overwhelm Lakeside Homes 35

Passage 2 The Eruption of Pavlof Volcano 37

Passage 3 Huge Twister Kills Dozens in Okla 39

补充阅读 新闻标题的特点（三） 43

Unit 5 Finance,Economy and Trade 45

Passage 1 Is the Economy More Miserable Than It Was in the 1970s 45

Passage 2 Weak Dollar Gives British Tourists Reason to Smile 48

Passage 3 Wall Street Is Back 51

补充阅读 新闻导语的特点（一） 55

Unit 6 Civil Engineering and Architectonics 57

Passage 1 Architecture 57

Passage 2 Happy Birthday Toyo Ito 61

Passage 3 Architect Richard Meier 66

补充阅读 新闻导语的特点（二） 69

Unit 7 Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering 71

Passage 1 US Tidal Firm Res Hydro to Invest in Scotland 71

Passage 2 Interview with the President and CEO of Hydro Green Energy LLC 73

Passage 3 Tidal Power Plans Boost Engineering Support for Renewable Energy Will Help Scots 76

补充阅读 报刊英语语法特征（一） 78

Unit 8 Physics and Electronic Science 81

Passage 1 Scientists Invent Lightest Material on Earth.What now? 81

Passage 2 Hubble Has 3 More Years to Make Amazing Discoveries,NASA Says 83

Passage 3 Want to Detox from Technology?Try a Special Retreat,or Go Cold Turkey 85

补充阅读 报刊英语语法特征（二） 88

Unit 9 Energy and Power Engineering 91

Passage 1 Japan:Building Nuclear Safety Culture Will Take"Long Time" 91

Passage 2 The Price of Coal in China:Can China Fuel Growth without Warming the World? 93

Passage 3 How the U.S. Federal Government Pushes Energy Efficiency—On Itself 96

补充阅读 新闻英语的词汇特色（一） 99

Unit 10 Industrial and Arts Design 103

Passage 1 The Greenest Office Building in the World Is about to Open in Seattle 103

Passage 2 Spreading the Message of Design for Change 106

Passage 3 When the Olympics Awarded Medals to Artists 110

补充阅读 新闻英语的词汇特色（二） 113

Unit 11 Traffic and Transportation Engineering 117

Passage 1 Bay Bridge Reopens to Passenger Vehicles 117

Passage 2 Number of Women Drivers Soar 119

Passage 3 The London Underground:Still the People's Railway 121

补充阅读 报刊文章中的修辞（一） 124

Unit 12 Information Engineering 127

Passage 1 Teenagers Struggle with Privacy,Security Issues 127

Passage 2 Secret Computer Code Threatens Science 130

Passage 3 Cool It:Is the Internet Too Hot for Data Centers to Handle? 132

补充阅读 报刊文章中的修辞（二） 135

Unit 13 Environmental Engineering 137

Passage 1 Peru Declares Environmental State of Emergency in Its Rainforest 137

Passage 2 Least Developed Countries Agree to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 140

Passage 3 Study:The Coal Industry Is in far More Trouble Than Anyone Realizes 143

补充阅读 报刊文章中的修辞（三） 146

Unit 14 Food Science and Engineering 149

Passage 1 Harold McGee,Food Science Guru,Turns His Attention to Serious Drinking 149

Passage 2 BeerSci:What Is the Difference Between a Lager and an Ale? 152

Passage 3 A Day in the Life of Range 155

补充阅读 报刊英语语篇中的衔接和连贯 158

Unit 15 Vehicle and Mechanical Engineering 161

Passage 1 8 Things You Should Know about Electric Cars 161

Passage 2 How the Modern Braking System Came to Be 164

Passage 3 Why Is Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Such a Piece of Crap? 166

附录 171

一、美国著名报刊杂志一览表 171

二、英国著名报刊杂志一览表 172

三、西方主要英文传媒 172

四、英文报刊上出现频率较高的缩略语 173

五、联合国机构名称 175

参考答案 177

参考译文 199

参考文献 257