目录 Unit 1Hot Issues in Today’s World(1) 1. Israel to Intensify Strikes if Rocket Fire Continues(1) 2. Afghan Soldiers Battle Taliban as NATO Leader Warns of Perils to Nation’s Stability (4) 3. N. Korea Shifts toward Engagement with World(7) Unit 2Violence and Terrorism Worldwide(13) 1. Terrorists Hijack 4 Airliners, Destroy World Trade Center, Hit Pentagon; Hundreds Dead (13) 2. “I Saw Bodies Falling Out — Oh, God, Jumping, Falling”(17) 3. “The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Seen”(20) Unit 3The Iraq War(25) 1. Back to Iraq(25) 2. Blinded by War: Injuries Send Troops into Darkness(28) 3. Around the Globe, Elationand Tensionover Capture(31) Unit 4Politics — the American Scene(36) 1. Majority Favor Changing Immigration Laws, Poll Says (36) 2. Minorities Often a Majority of the Population under 20 (39) 3. A Defiant Look at What Little Lies ahead (42) Unit 5The American Presidential Election 2008(48) 1. Barack Obama Becomes Heir to JFK as He Sweeps to Victory in South Carolina(48) 2. As McCain’s Road Gets Steeper, Obama Warns of Overconfidence(52) 3. Once again, the Greatest Show on Earth(55) Unit 6Political Issues in Britain and Europe(60) 1. Sarkozy Wins Battle to Loosen 35hour Workweek(60) 2. Right of Households to Rubbish Bin Collection by Councils to be Abolished(63) 3. German City Wonders How Green is too Green(67) Unit 7Economic Issues (72) 1. Slowing Economy Gives Way to Global Role Reversals(72) 2. Threat of Recession Amid Double Decline in Services and Industry(76) 3. Markets Shaken as Two Big Banks Falter (79) Unit 8Business and Business Management(84) 1. How US Airways Vaulted to First Place(84) 2. At Freddie Mac, Chief Discarded Warning Signs (88) 3. Companies Cut Holes in CEOs’ Golden Parachutes (91) Unit 9Natural Disasters(96) 1. At a Resort, Harrowing Tales of Survival, Loss and Grief(96) 2. Powerful Quake Ravages China, Killing Thousands(99) 3. Texans Take Shelter, Feel First Effects of Ike(103) Unit 10Energy and the Environment(108) 1. The Preservation Predicament (108) 2. EPA won’t Act on Emissions This Year(112) 3. Coal Carves a Place in the Future of Global Energy(116) Unit 11Science and Technology — Developments and New Ideas(121) 1. Birds Do It， Bees Do It， Dragons don’t Need to. (121) 2. Uncovering Evidence of a Workaday World along the Nile (124) 3. A Reality Check on Dreams for Space: the Repairs(128) Unit 12Computer Technology is Changing Our Life(133) 1. The Web is the Most Conservative Force on Earth(133) 2. Nomads at Last(136) 3. Demand for Data Puts Engineers in Spotlight (140) Unit 13New Thoughts and Directions in Today’s Education(145) 1. Good Grades Pay off — Literally(145) 2. Authors Unite against Drive for Toddler Literacy (148) 3. Does New S.A.T. Help with Admissions Decisions?(151) Unit 14The 2008 Olympics in Beijing(156) 1. Games in Beijing Open with a Lavish Ceremony (156) 2. After Glimmer of Glory for China, U.S. Pulls away (159) 3. In the 100, a Show of Flash after a Burst of Speed (162) Unit 15News Stories on Daily Life Issues (168) 1. Do Teenagers Need Fulltime Mums? One Mother’s Skepticism(168) 2. Bliss Arrives in Icy, Creamy Scoops(171) 3. A Speck of Sunlight is a Town’s Yearly Alarm Clock (175) Unit 16The British Pub and Drinking Culture(179) 1. A Pub Crawl through the Centuries (179) 2. Still the Moon under Water(182) 3. Tackling “Booze Britain”(186) Unit 17Entertainment News(191) 1. And the Plot Thinned...(191) 2. James Miller: the New Lost Boys (194) 3. In “American Gangster”, True Crime doesn’t Pay off(198) Unit 18People in the News(202) 1. Mandela’s Birthday Message: Rich should Help Poor(202) 2. The Giant of Russian Literature(205) 3. The Patron Saint of Plastic Bags(209) Key to exercises(213) 参考文献(218)
