1978年“改革”开放以来,随着我国国际交往大幅度的增加,我国各大院校的英语专业课程教材常常跟不上形势发展的需要,外语院校纷纷增开或加强“英语报刊”课以弥补不足。目前国内现有的“英语报刊”教材内容趋于老化,亟待更新,国外的同类教材并不适合我国英语报刊教学的特点。《英语报刊选读》为授课教师编写,取材于英美各大报刊,具有独特的风格。课文内容按国际重大热点话题分类,警草了国际政治、国际关系、军事、科技、文化、经济的*新动态。为加深学生对各专题的了解,各单元均附有详尽的注释以及用英语编写的相关阅读材料、背景参考和讨论题。

Unit One The United Nations
Text A Midlife Crisis
Text B The World’s Toughest Job
Research Reading
1.The United Nations
2.The Ignoble Abuse of the Noble UN
3.US Leader Vowing to Settle UN Back Fees
4.States Seek a Voice on Expanded UN Council
5.Annan:Time for Members Turn
6.UN Dues,Round3
7.Nation Issues Call for UN Dues to be paid on Time
Unit Two Unification of Europe
Text A Europe:How Fast ?How Far ?
Text B 1.Has Europe Failed in A sia ?
2.A Whole New Game
Research Reading
1.Unity and Division
2.EU Rethinks the Size of Europe
Unit Three The Middle East
Text A All Together Now
Text B Consequences of Power
Research Reading
1.Poisoning Peace
2.Palestinian Trust Key to Israel Security
3.New Israeli Team,New Peace Hope
4.Syia and Israel Start Historic Talks
Unit Four The Gulf War
Text A Iraq Crisis Reflects Shift in World Alliances
Text B The Weapons Inside The High -tech Arsenal
Research Reading
1.An Echo from the Past
2.A Storm Erupts
3.High -tech Payoff
4.Diplomacy
5.Will Saddam Blink?
Unit Five Former Soviet Union and Russia
Text A Final Dissolution of an Empire
Text B Russia’s Future Shadowed by Centuries of Conquest
Research Reading
1.Power Plays
2.Yeltsin Dismisses Russian Cabinet
3.Wary IMF Gives Russia a Hand
4.In Post-Soviet Russia, Law Enforcement Takes a Holiday
5.Russians at a Brink in Chechnya
6.Putin Plans No Hasty Action over Chechnya
Unit Six The Balkans
Text A Reluctant Warrior
Text B The Drive for Countries of Their Own
Research Reading
1.Have US Efforts in Bosnia Helped to 2.Stop the War?
3.NATO Has the Birthday Blues
Can NATO Build States?
4.Kosovo War-A Lucky Escape?
Unit Seven Organized Crime
Text A Global Mafia(Part One)
Text B Global mafia(Part Two)
Research Reading
1.The Trades Go Global
2.The Crime Bust
Unit Eight Nuclear Proliferation and Environmental Protection
Text A Formula for Terror
Text B Food for Thought
Research Reading
1.Bombs Away
2.US Prods Russia on Missile Defense
3.They’ll Get The Money
4.Russian Nuclear Bombs Said “Missing”
5.McDonald’s Influence Goes beyond Burgers
6.What Made Me a Crusader
附录1 世界主要英文报刊简介
附录2 英文报刊的版面及新闻标题阅读常识