文旭,西南大学外院博士生导师,国家社会科学基金学科规划评审组专家,西部地区外语教育研究会会长,国际学术期刊Cognitive Linguistic Studies(《认知语言学研究》,John Benjamins Publishing Company出版)主编
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Table of Contents Unit 1 Politics Text A Lexington: The Democrats’ Daughters Text B A Feminist Party? Perfect. As Long as It Didn’t Last Too Long Text C Divide and Conquer: Are the Left and the Right in America About to Go to War with Each Other? Unit 2 Economy Text A Solving America’s Inequality Puzzle Text B Grandeur and Decline Text C 5 Reasons Why Scottish Independence Would Be an Economic Disaster News Headline Unit 3 Education Text A Hong Kong in Hot Pursuit of Ivy League Education Text B Is College Worth It? Text C Why Do Americans Stink at Math? Understanding News Report: The Lead Unit 4 Art Text A Why eBay Is an Art Forger’s Paradise Text B Is Digital Art the Real Thing? Text C Second Coming Feature Unit 5 Sports Text A Jeremy Lin Takes Sane Approach to His Opportunity with the Lakers Text B Home Run Derby: Some Sluggers Would Just as Soon Sit Than Swing Text C With World Cup, Brazil Shows Its Successes and Shortcomings Unit 6 Society Text A The Rise of Fake Pot Text B The Ins and the Outs Text C Pregnancy Discrimination—Special Delivery The Structure of Hard News and Soft News Unit 7 Technology Text A Has 3D Printing in the Home Been Over-hyped? Text B Will Graphene Truly Become the Next Miracle Material? Text C Ebola: How does It Compare? Understanding the Structure of News Stories Unit 8 Religion Text A The Surprising Appeal of ISIS Text B Three Assumptions About the Middle East That Are Just Plain Wrong Text C The Secret History of the Middle East Newspapers in the United States Unit 9 Environment Text A Hybrid, Electric or Gas: What’s a Car Buyer Interested in theEnvironment to Do? Text B When an Electric Car Dies, What Will Happen to the Battery? Text C Obama, Chinese President Agree to Landmark Climate Deal News Commentary (Op-ed) Unit 10 Travel Text A Brief Encounters: Why I Love House-swapping Text B Lonely Planet Reveals the Future of Travel Text C The Great Wallets of China: Think YOU Like a Splurge at the Shops? You’ve Nothing on the Chinese Bling Addicts Spending £500m Here in One Mindboggling Week of Excess Newspapers in the U.K. Unit 11 People Text A Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize for Literature Text B Profile: Alice Munro Text C The Secretive Billionaire Who Built Silicon Valley Unit 12 History Text A D-Day: Why America Remembers Text B Honoring a Hero: A Lost Purple Heart from World War Ⅱ Finds Its Way Home to Salem Man Text C 10 Shocking Ways the Second World War Could Have Ended Differently Column
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