Unit1 Busine（Ⅰ）
美国主要报纸:《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《华尔街时报》、《基督教科学箴言报》等。
Paage 1 PRICES JUMP MORE THAN EXPECTED Higher gasoline prices bring big jump in overall prices, larger rise in core prices than forecast.Prices paid by consumers rose faster in November, lifted by a spike in the price of gasoline, as the government’s key inflation measure came in higher than Wall Street forecasts.The consumer price index, the key measure of inflation on the retail level rose 0.8 percent in the month, up from the 0.3 percent rise in October.Economists surveyed by briefing.com had forecast a 0.6 percent rise in overall prices.It was the biggest jump in prices since September 2005, when gasoline prices surged higher in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.There was a similar impact of higher gasoline prices this time.The report showed overall energy prices up 5.7 percent, with gasoline up 9.3 percent.In addition, food prices, another recent driver of inflation, were up 0.3 percent.The so-called core CPI was up 0.3 percent, even though that more closely watched measure strips out the volatile food and energy prices.Economists had forecast a 0.2 percent rise, which was the same increase posted on October.Among the core items seeing prices jump was clothing, where prices jumped 0.8 percent, and medical care, which rose 0.4 percent.It was the largest one-month jump in apparel prices in more than nine years.WORD AND EXPRESSIONS Forecast 预测、报、示 gasoline汽油 inflation 通货膨胀 Retail level平均零售价格 in the wake of 紧跟着 surge 激 猛 涨 增 Measure 测量、措施 volatile 不稳定的，波动的 NOTES 1.wall Street：华尔街。美国曼哈顿南部的一条街道，是美国股票交易和金融机构的集中地，现常作美国金融市场或金融界的代名词。
2.Consumer Price Index：居民消费价格指数。这一指数是反映一定时期内城乡居民所购买的生活消费品价格指数和服务项目价格变动趋势和程度的相对数。 3.Fed funds：联邦基金。指美国的商业银行存库放在联邦储备银行（及中央银行体系）的准备金，包括 法定准备金及超出准备金要求的资金.Newspaper Reading Skills 如何阅读英语报刊
1.养成良好的阅读习惯。
1） 2） 3） 掌握英语报刊标题的语言特点。 注意新闻报道首段的阅读。 扫除影响阅读速度的障碍。
2.选择合理的阅读方法。 1） 快速泛读之快速阅读大量不同领域的文章，只了解文章的主要内容 2）略读指以很快的速度阅读，迅速获取文章的大意或主题。 3）查读是快速扫视所读材料。4)研读就是仔细阅读。
Unit2 Busine（Ⅱ）
美国主要期刊：《时代》、《新闻周刊》、《美国新闻与世界报道》、《读者文摘》、《商业周刊》、《财富》等。
PASSAGE1 GSM—HUGE MARKET, POOR SERVICE Ordinarily, Nigerians should join the nation’s telecoms operators in celebrating the geometric rise in the volume of patronage which telecoms operators have joined in the last six years.With a subscribers’ base rising from 40,000 to as much as 46.2 million in six years, the telecoms operators must be smiling to the bank on a daily basis. Of the said member, the GSM service providers account for 43,539,310 while the fixed wire/wirele lines account for the rest.That Nigeria has a huge market has been verily proven by the market explosion recorded by the telephone service providers.But Nigerians can hardly join in the celebration given the dismal service the operators inflict on them. And so, the operator began to reap bountifully from the patronage of Nigerians who had, previously, seen acce to telephone services as an exclusive preserve of the rich.WORD AND EXPRESSIONS Telecoms operators 电信运营商 frenzy 狂乱，疯狂，绝望 It was not for nothing 不是没有道理 inefficiency 无效率 patronage使用 exclusive独占、专用的 Geometric 几何的 subscriber 用户 NOTES 1.Lagos：拉各斯。1991年以前为尼日利亚首都，之后尼日利亚首都搬迁至距离拉各斯500公里的阿布贾。 2.GSM:全球移动通信系统。
3.Nigerian telecommunications Pic：尼日利亚电信有限公司。 4.CDMA:码分多址技术。
Newspaper Reading Skills 委婉语
委婉语在英语报刊中的使用非常广泛，一般用于代替过于露骨、过于伤人或不太悦耳的词或短语。委婉语主要有两种：缩小性委婉语和夸张性委婉语。 缩小性委婉语是用比较含蓄、性质较轻的词语来表达不便直言的事情。 夸张性委婉语是将原词语替换成意思更文雅、更体面或更重要的词语。 此外，英语报刊还常用一些温和词语来掩饰社会问题。
Unit3 Advertising
英国主要报纸：《泰晤士报》、《金融时报》、《每日电讯报》、《卫报》等。 PASSAGE1 ADVERTISING FIRMS FRET OVER BILLBOARD BANS “The ban on outdoor advertising in Sao Paulo is illegal and we will prove this,” says Paul Meyer, chief operating officer of America’s clear channel outdoor, the world’s biggest outdoor—advertising company. The councilors of Brazil’s biggest city paed an ordinance banning billboard last September, and clear channel is suing to have it overturned.Mr.Meyer says his firm’s lawyers are confident that it will be declared unconstitutional.“The destruction of a busine would certainly be against the law in America,” he adds.Yet bans on billboards exist in other parts of the world—even America.Vermont, Maine, Hawaii and Alaska all prohibit them, as do some 1,500 towns. In Europe, the Norwegian city of Bergen does the same and many others are imposing severe restrictions on billboards: the mayor of Moscow, for example, is about introducing regulation to reduce their number and size.Even so, no big city had ever imposed a complete ban on billboards before Sao Paulo.The “clean city” law also bans ads on taxis and buses and imposes strict limits on shopfront signs.Previously, most of Sao Paulo’s billboards had been erected without permiion, although clear channel had spent some $2m to comply with pre-ban rules on outdoor ads.WORD AND EXPRESSIONS Erect 建立，树立 incentive 动机 proliferation （数量）激增 reintroduce 再引入 exception 例外 bas shelter 公交候车亭 part with 分开，离开
NOTES 1.Clear channel outdoor:目前世界上最大的户外广告公司， 经营范围包括机场、车站、出租车、公交车等的媒体和广告牌。 2.Rio de janeiro:里约热内卢，为巴西一港口城市。 3.Buenos Aires:布宜诺斯艾利斯，为阿根廷首都。
Newspaper Reading Skills 网络新词的构成
1.派生。
1）前缀+单词，即由某一前缀与另一个单词共同组成一个新的单词。 2）单词+后缀，即由一个单词与某一后缀共同组成一个新的单词。
3）前缀+单词的一部分，即由某一个前缀与一个单词的一部分共同组成一个新的单词。 2.合成。
1）有两个或两个以上的单词组合而成。 2）由单词或字母加上数字组成。
3）由两个或多个单词的某些部分组合而成。 3.缩略。 1）首字母缩略。
2)用某些发音相同或相似的字母来代替一个单词乃至整个句子而形成的缩略形式。 3）对两个及以上的词语分别进行缩略。
4）引申词义法。指普通的英语词汇的词义得到了扩展，发生了变化或是产生了新的意义。
Unit4 Education（Ⅰ）
英国主要报刊：《经济学家》、《旁观者》、《新政治家》等。 PASSAGE1 HOW SCHOOLS ARE PULLING RANK As competition gets fiercer and preure more intense, many schools are phasing out cla ranking systems, but not everyone thinks that’s a good idea.In the western Chicago out suburb, crime is a nuisance, not a problem.The streets are clean and the schools are some of the most impreive in the state, churning out some of the brightest students who attend the nation’s best colleges.But it’s vicious at the top ---so much so that Naperville’s school officials recently voted to stop using a cla ranking system.It was the biggest jump in prices since September 2005, when gasoline prices surged higher in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.There was a similar impact of higher gasoline prices this time.
That Nigeria has a huge market has been verily proven by the market explosion recorded by the telephone service providers.But Nigerians can hardly join in the celebration given the dismal service the operators inflict on them.In Europe, the Norwegian city of Bergen does the same and many others are imposing severe restrictions on billboards: the mayor of Moscow, for example, is about introducing regulation to reduce their number and size.WORD AND EXPRESSIONS Transcript 成绩单 proponent 支持者，倡导者 excel 胜过，优于 adulthood 成年
opaque 模糊的 conceivable 可想象的，可相信的 phase out 逐步放弃，逐渐停止 so much so that 到了这样的程度以至于 in line with 与······一致 weed out 清除，淘汰 director of admiions招生部主任
NOTES 1.GPA：平均成绩点数。美国大学在评定学生成绩时所采用的一种形式。 2.ACT：美国大学测验。在美国，ACT是广泛被采纳的大学入学考试。 3.STA：学业能力倾向测验。
Newspaper Reading Skills 派生词
派生词是把词根与前缀或后缀相结合所构成的新词。派生词是现代英语构词最常用的方式，它所构成的词占新词总数的30%以上。 较为活跃的前缀有：
1） 2） 3） 4） 5） 6） 7） anti—反对；非正统的，反传统的。 de—离开，脱离。 out—超过。 over—超过，过分。 pro—赞成的。
cyber—计算机的，网络的。 e—与电子相关的。
构词能力较强的后缀有： 1）--able 可····的。 2)—er····的人或物。 3)—ish 相当的。
此外，有些后缀以衍生出新义： 1)—wise 关于，在某方面。
2）--friendly 有助于···的，有利于···的。 3）--aid 救助，赞助。 4）--ism 歧视；国策。
Unit5 Education（Ⅱ）
PASSAGE1 YALE’S AND CHINA As a native of China and someone closely involved in Yael’s efforts to foster excellent relations with China. I am gratified at the expansivene—and warmth—of the university’s support for Chinese students and scholars.This commitment is not surprising for a university whose cordial relationship with china and the Chinese people is centuries old.Yale University is the alma mater of Yung Wing, the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university.Since china’s opening up to the world, Yale university has further contributed to the country’s progre, helping to educate thousands of influential and capable leaders in the fields of education, management, economics, and the judicial system in china and who are making great contributions to their native country.WORD AND EXPRESSIONS Cordial 诚恳的，热忱的 alma mater 母校 influential有影响的 foresee 预见，预知 collaboration 协作 generous 慷慨的 underscore 强调，加强 resonate 共鸣 emulate 仿效 take advantage利用 NOTES Yale University：耶鲁大学。耶鲁大学成立于1701年，是一所私立大学。
Yung Wing：容闳。他是中国近代史上第一位毕业于美国耶鲁大学的留学生，中国近代留学教育的开拓者。
Newspaper Reading Skills 英语报刊中的行话和俚语 随着社会的发展，如今某一行业中的“行话“常常会在其他领域流行。
为了迎合读者的口味，缩短与大众之间的情感距离，报刊中的许多文章采用通俗的语言，从而使文章亲切、自然、幽默、活泼。
Unit6 Employment
PASSAGE1 GM’ENDS STRIKE HEALTH PLAN The United Auto Workers (UAW) pulled down its pickets around General Motors Corporation plants acro the United States early Wednesday morning.The union’s leadership said it was satisfied with GM’s guarantees of job security—the ostensible reason for strike.The scene is now set for ratifying a labor agreement that would shift GM’s liabilities for retiree health care to a Voluntary Employee Benefit Aociation (VEBA).The next task is for the UAW leadership to overcome skepticism about the VEBA among its rank file, both active and retired.Union skeptics have been waging an underground campaign against the VEBA on the internet for the past several weeks and it is having an impact. “I think it’s a conflict of interest for the union to represent us and take care of our health care,” said Tom Avery, a UAW retiree from Pontiac, Michigan who was helping out on the union’s picket lines.UAW president Ron Gettelfinger said he was confident the VEBA trust will have sufficient resources to pay for the health care of present and future retiree for the next 80 years. “I think our retirees will be exceptionally pleased with this contract,” he told reporters during an early morning pre conference convened to announce the end to the union’s first nationwide walkout against GM since 1970.“We feel very good about this agreement,” he said.Other unions, including the teamsters and building trades unions, have helped administer union members’ health care benefits for decades.WORD AND EXPRESSIONS
Ostensible表面的 ratify批准 convene 召集，集合 hail 拥护，支持 eliminate 消除 trigger 引发，触发 commitment 义务 pull down 解散 walkout罢工 NOTES GM：美国通用汽车公司。 UAW：美国联合汽车工会。 VEBA:员工自愿保障协会。 Teamsters Union：美国劳动工会。
Newspaper Reading Skills 英语报刊中的长难句分析
1） 2） 3） 名词性从句，包括主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句和同位语从句； 形容词性从句，即通常所说的定语从句； 状语从句。
在分析英语长难句时，我们要遵从“去枝叶，留主干”的原则： 第一步 划出句子中的从句。 第二步 划出所有介词短语。
第三步 句子结构分析，找出全句的主语、谓语和宾语，即句子的主干。 第四步 句子成分分析。
Unit7 Entertainment 1． 标题的作用
标题被看做是新闻的眼睛，一般用来说明新闻的主要内容，常以醒目的文字和独特的形式展现在读者面前。标题最重要的功能在于能简明扼要的向读者揭示新闻的大致内容，使读者能在最短的时间内获得尽可能多的信息。 2. 标题有三种类型： 主标题，辅助标题和次标题。 PASSAGE1 LEAVING LAS VEGAS Celine Dion is going to try to sing.This isn’t a setup for a joke.She’s had a viral infection for the last several days and is so stuffy and hoarse that she’s already canceled four performances at Caesars Palace, sending home 16,000 brokenstage Celine—deprived fans.Backstage before tonight’s show, she’s barely holding it together. She poses for photographs with a few of her devotees, sniffing between camera flashes.She manages to chat in French with one fan, while another tells Celine she’s knitted her a pair of socks.Celine smiles bravely, until she sees an older gentleman she knows on the receiving line.“I’m having a hard time,” she confees.“My ears are plugged.“ The man tells her to stop shaking hands.Then he turned around to her fans.Don’t touch her! He says.The crowd murmurs.Who the hell is he? I’m her gynecologist.Yet bans on billboards exist in other parts of the world—even America.Vermont, Maine, Hawaii and Alaska all prohibit them, as do some 1,500 towns. In Europe, the Norwegian city of Bergen does the same and many others are imposing severe restrictions on billboards: the mayor of Moscow, for example, is about introducing regulation to reduce their number and size.
WORD AND EXPRESSIONS Brokenhearted 心碎的，极度悲伤的 knit 编织 confe 承认，坦白 murmur 低语 diva 出众的女歌唱家 irony 讽刺 sappy 精力充沛的 spin 晕眩 biopic 名人传记影片 greedy 贪婪地 in unison 一致的 campaign anthem竟选歌曲 NOTES 1.las vegas：拉斯维加斯。美国内华达州南部城市， 是世界上有名的赌场及娱乐中心。
2.Celine Dion：席琳；迪翁。
3.Beatles：甲壳虫乐队。二十世纪五六十年代英国利物浦的一只流行乐队。
Newspaper Reading Skills 精练句式手段
1.省略手段。
1） 2） 3） 省略冗词赘语。 省略冠词。 省略介词。 4） 5） 6） 省略宾语从句连接词。 省略大城市后的州名。 使用省略句。
2.嵌入结构。 3.分词短语代替从句。
Unit8 Sports 1.导语的概念。
导语是新闻文体特有的一个概念，也是新闻区别于其他文体的一个显著特征。导语，顾名思义，是新闻得导读之语，是新闻报道开头引入人们阅读的文字，简短精要。 PASSAGES 2 BEST ROOKIE? YI HAS ON FAVORED DURANT Based on his early numbers, few would predict that Sonics forward Kevin Durant will end up anything but rookie of the year.His raw statistics(20 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game) are hard to ignore.The streets are clean and the schools are some of the most impreive in the state, churning out some of the brightest students who attend the nation’s best colleges.But it’s vicious at the top ---so much so that Naperville’s school officials recently voted to stop using a cla ranking system.It was the biggest jump in prices since September 2005, when gasoline prices surged higher in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.There was a similar impact of higher gasoline prices this time.She manages to chat in French with one fan, while another tells Celine she’s knitted her a pair of socks.Celine smiles bravely, until she sees an older gentleman she knows on the receiving line.It was the biggest jump in prices since September 2005, when gasoline prices surged higher in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.There was a similar impact of higher gasoline prices this time.WORD AND EXPRESSIONS Rookie 新秀 forward 前锋 rebound 篮板 agility 敏捷，灵活 block 盖帽 hook 勾手 veteran 老手 to date 到目前为止 spot up 定点跳投 inspiring 令人振奋的 NOTES BBA(National Basketball Aociation)：美国全球篮球协会，至今已有50余年，在美国及世界上许多其他国家拥有众多球迷。
Newspaper Reading Skills 英语报刊常用套语
1.套语在英语报刊消息报道中的使用
英语报刊记者在报道某人某事时，为了表明客观公正，常以不确指的第三者语气论述。 例如：it is aumed that····· 据假设······ it is believed that····· 人们相信······
it is declared that····· 据宣称········ it is estimated that····· 据统计········· it is supposed that····· 人们猜测······· 2.套语在报道消息来源时的使用
例如：the government said······· 政府所言·······
According to US officials and experts········· 据美国官员和专家的看法········ 另外 Revealed、announced、quoted 等词在报道中也经常使用。
