本教材在**版的基础上更新了听力内容并重新设计了练习,使之更适合新闻英语的教学需求。教材共有16个主题单元,涉及政治、经济、文化、教育、娱乐、体育、科技、自然等方面,所有视听材料均有注解、听力脚本和中文翻译,练习配有参考答案,以便学习者自主学习和课堂任务检查。
本教材取材于近年来欧美澳主要英语**各大电视媒体的公开放送内容,配有约4小时的原声MP3录音光盘,目的是帮助大学生熟悉和掌握各种新闻英语的特点,进一步培养和提高英语语言技能,从而灵活自如地使用英语进行国际沟通。
本教材适用于大学英语较高或更高要求阶段、研究生英语阶段和其他英语阶段的学习者。

Unit 1 Politics
Part A Changing of the Guard in Britain
Part B A Debate for the Internet Age
Part C The Candidates Assess Each Other
Part D Rendition Trial Puts US on Hot Seat
Part E Let's Have a Queen
Part F Projects
Unit 2 Lifestyle
Part A Age Bank in China
Part B Working When and Where You Want
Part C No Smoking! Damn It!
Part D Advertisers See Big Bucks in Baby Boomers
Part E Why Not Test Marriage Annually?
Part F Projects
Unit 3 Movies and TV
Part A "Twilight" Could Make a Box-Office Killing
Part B Penguins Waddle into the Culture Wars
Part C Disaster Picture Makes Political Waves
Part D "The Simpsons" Headed into Middle East
Part E Viewer Discretion Advised
Part F Projects
Unit 4 Music and Musicians
Part A Russian "Big Ballet" Bends the Boards?
Part B Tickets for Testing
Part C Muzak Changes Its Tune
Part D Behind the Curtain with Elton John
Part E Making Fun of the Super Bowl
Part F Projects
Unit 5 Sports
Part A College Senior Makes a Racket on the Court
Part B Prodigy Golfer: Paula Creamer
Part C Getting the Drifting
Part D Competitive Cheerleaders
Part E Changing the Rules
Part F Projects
Unit 6 Fashion
Part A Botox on the High Street
Part B Tom Ford Back in Fashion Spotlight
Part C A Fickle World of Fashion
Part D New Trends in the Ad Industry
Part E Are Neckties Out?
Part F Projects
Unit 7 High-Tech
Part A Superphone? Hiptop?
Part B Styling in Space
Part C Cell-ing to Kids -- and Parents
Part D Muscle Cars Meet Green Technology
Part E Andy Gets All Wound Up
Part F Projects
Unit 8 Education
Part A Anxiety over Using Steroids
Part B College Crunch
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Unit 9 Economy
Unit 10 Scandal
Unit 11 People
Unit 12 Animals
Unit 13 Food
Unit 14 Health
Unit 15 War
Unit 16 Terrorism
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