Unit 1 社会生活
01 Electronics Among Most Popular Gifts This Year
电子产品名列今年最受欢迎礼物名单中
02 US Poverty Rate Highest Since 1993
美国贫困率创1993年以来新高
03 A Kitchen That Talks
会说话的厨房
04 Internet Group Makes Way for Dot-Anything
网络组织开始接受新通用域名申请
05 Ipectio Open at Apple Manufacture in China
对苹果公司中国生产商展开调查
06 India on Way to Topping US in Internet Use
印度互联网用户紧追美国
07 Steve Jobs Remembered
缅怀史蒂夫·乔布斯
08 How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Children
合理控制儿童使用数码设备的时间
Unit 2 时事政治
09 Britain Shaken by Media Phone-Hacking
电话窃听门震惊英国朝野
10 Captain Blamed for Italy’s Costa Concordia Disaster
协和号船长遭致意大利歌诗达—协和号邮轮触礁指控
11 Obama Calls for Economy ‘Where Everyone Gets a Fair
Shot’
奥巴马号召建立“让所有人都得到公平机会”的经济
12 American President Appoints Coumer Financial Protection
Agency Chief
美总统任命消费者金融保护局局长
13 Obama Seeks Quick Passage of Bill to Create Jobs
奥巴马希望国会尽快通过《美国就业法案》
14 Palestinia Apply to UN
巴勒斯坦申请入联
15 20 Yea After the Soviet Union, Renewed Calls for
Political Reform
苏联解体20年后，政治改革呼声再起
16 Will UN Peace Plan Work in Syria
联合国和平计划在叙利亚是否能生效
Unit 3 财经金融
17 US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget
Cuts
美国国会超级委员会减赤失败
18 Greece’s Debt Crisis and the Future of Europe
希腊债务危机以及欧洲的未来
19 Protests Agait Big Business Spread in US
美国“占领华尔街财团运动”蔓延至全国
20 European Ministe Agree to Loan Greece Another 172
Billion
欧洲同意再向希腊提供1720亿美元贷款
21 Who Should Be the Next Chief of the IMF
谁将继任国际货币基金组织总裁
22 US Calls for Fair Exchange Rate at Meeting with
China
中美战略经济对话 美国再提人民币升值
23 Obama Presses Congress on Student Loan Interest
奥巴马就助学贷款利率向国会施压
24 A Credit Downgrade for Japan
下调日本国债信用评级
Unit 4 军事外交
25 US Seeks to Ease Teio Between North, South in Sudan
美国寻求缓解苏丹南部与北部的紧张关系
26 Obama’s Plan for Troop Cuts in Afghanistan
奥巴马的阿富汗撤军计划
27 Report of Plot to Kill Saudi Raises US-Iran Teio
暗杀报道加剧美伊紧张局势
28 US, Australia Expand Military Cooperation
美国澳大利亚扩大军事合作
29 Iraq War Ends, an Uncertain Future Begi
伊拉克战争结束，伊拉克前途未卜
30 Obama Sets Plan for ‘Leaner Military’
奥巴马制定“军队瘦身”战略
31 Looking for a Solution to Syria
叙利亚困局求解
32 South Sudan’s Army Promises to Free Child Soldie
南苏丹政府军承诺释放儿童兵
Unit 5 教育改革
33 Education Group Gives $170 Million to 7 Countries
全球教育合作组织向7个国家提供1.7亿美元资助
34 Study-Abroad Programs of US Take Deeper Dive into Local
Culture
美国出国留学项目深入当地文化
35 How a Small Change in Teaching May Create Better
Reade
略微改造幼儿教学方式 提高儿童阅读能力
36 Helping Women Continue Their Education After Prison
帮助出狱女性继续其教育
37 Another Look at Massive Online Open Coues
再谈网络公开课程
38 College Students Get into Microfinance Lending
大学生进入小额信贷业
39 Does Physical Activity Lead to Higher Grades
体育活动能够提高学习成绩吗
40 Program Helps Students Express Themselves with Creative
Writing
一个帮助学生通过创造性写作表达自我的项目
41 A School System in Maine Gives iPads to
Kindergartne
缅因州一学区向幼儿园学生发放iPad
Unit 6 粮食农业
42 Farme Learning Limits of Popular Herbicide
农民认识到除草剂的局限性
43 Big Investo, Small Farme in Africa: Unfair Deal
非洲大投资者和小农户之间的不公平交易
44 The Limits to Organic Farming in Feeding the World
有机农业养活世界的局限性
45 Refugees Bring Flavor of Home to Community Farms
移民美国的难民开设社区农场种植本国农作物
46 Friends with Benefits, in the Plant World
植物世界的互惠互利
47 For Meat Love, the Challenge of Faking It
仿肉食品的挑战
48 High Food Prices, Revolutio, and the Future
高粮价的影响及未来
49 US, EU to Increase Fight Agait Illegal Fishing
美欧加强打击非法捕捞
50 Food Shortages a Worry for South Sudan
南苏丹粮食短缺存隐忧
Unit 7 医疗健康
51 Health Risks in a Crowd: Not What You May Think
出乎意料的集会风险
52 Worried That People Are Laughing at You
你是否担心别人在嘲笑你
53 Want to Lose Weight· Try Counting Calories
想减肥吗？试试计算卡路里吧
54 Study Links Smoking to Millio of TB Deaths
有关吸烟与肺结核死亡率的研究
55 Knowing Women’s Risk of Heart Disease
了解女性患心脏病的风险
56 Getting Dirty Can Be Healthy for Children
孩子脏一点，反而更健康
57 New Findings on Sleep in Children, Older Adults
对于儿童及成年人睡眠的新发现
58 Simple Steps Can Save Millio of Newborn Lives
简单几步就可挽救上百万新生儿生命
Unit 8 环境保护
59 Putting Agriculture at the Center of Climate Talks
推动农业成为气候变化谈判的核心
60 Water Problems and the World
水问题对全球影响
61 Experts Defend Way of Life for Herde in East Africa
专家为东非牧民辩护
62 Getting to the Bottom of a Fish Die-Off in Southern
California
深入探究南加州海湾死鱼事件成因
63‘Passive’ Homes Save Energy, Money
大幅节约能源和费用的被动式住宅
64 Light Bulbs from Plastic Bottles, Water and Bleach
水、漂白剂和塑料瓶构成的“水灯泡”
65 Experts Meet in Rome to Discuss Cleaner and Greener
Information and Communication Technologies
专家齐聚罗马讨论更清洁环保的信息和通信技术
66 Limits on Rare Earth Exports Get China in Trade
Dispute
稀土出口限制使得中国陷入贸易纠纷
Unit 9 灾难援助
67 UN Appeals for Famine Aid for Somalia
联合国呼吁给索马里提供援助
68 A Tragedy in Norway Raises Questio for Europe
挪威悲剧引发欧洲诸多问题
69 Japan’s Early Warning System One of the Best in the
World
日本拥有全球最先进的地震早期预警系统
70 Hurricane Irene Hits Northeastern United States
飓风艾琳席卷美国东北部
71 Students Compete to Find Tech Solutio for World
Problems
学生们以科技解决世界棘手问题
72 Designing a Quake-Resistant Building Starts at the
Soil
设计抗震建筑从研究土壤入手
Unit 10 科技研究
73 Taking Medicine, with a Microchip Under the Skin
皮下芯片植入给药
74 Coume’ Online Petitio Put Pressure on Businesses
消费者网上请愿向商家施压
75 Amazon Launches E-Book Lending for Libraries
******推出电子图书借阅服务
76 How Technology Has, and Has Not, Changed Since 9·11
9·11袭击以来启用与尚未启用的新技术
77 Flying Car Moves Closer to Reality
飞行汽车即将成为现实
78 Paying Tech Talents to Drop Out of College
资助科技奇才辍学创业
79 Is NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope a Time Machine
詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜是时光机器吗
80 Scientists Develop Smartphone APP for Eye Exams
研究人员开发出眼科检查手机应用软件
81 A Better Computer Mouse Cuor for the Disabled
更便于使用的新型鼠标光标
……
Unit 11 体育娱乐
Unit 12 词汇掌故
內容試閱：
Unit1 社会生活
01 Electronics Among Most Popular Gifts This Year
电子产品名列今年最受欢迎礼物名单中
新闻导读
圣诞节在美国是一个非常重要的节日，互赠礼物是圣诞节必不可少的一部分。随着社会的发展和进步，高科技电子产品越来越受到人们的青睐。下面我们就来听这则新闻，了解一下在美国哪些电子产品是人们最想要的圣诞礼物。在了解美国文化的同时，也可以了解一些有关节日和电子产品方面的简单词汇和用法。
原音重现
Electronics were among the most requested gifts this holiday
season. The Consumer Electronics Association has studied holiday
gift buying in the United States for the past [eighteen]① years.
Jim Barry is a spokesman for the CEA. We spoke with him last week,
just before many Americans exchanged Christmas gifts. 1He said
buyers this year planned to spend a little more than they did last
year.
JIM BARRY: “And, 2what they said they [were going to]② buy, the
top five were — tablet computers, laptops, TVs, e-readers and video
games.”
Mr. Barry says falling prices are a major plus for electronics
sales.
3He gives another reason why electronics were popular as
Christmas gifts.
JIM BARRY: “They’re really cool so you’re pretty much guaranteed
that if you give [one of]③ these things to someone as a gift,
they’re going to be happy they got it.”
听力点拨
①数字在英语听力中算是难点问题，简单的数字，如上文中的eighteen是比较容易听出来的。但是如果稍微复杂一点就不容易辨别，所以应特别加强一下数字方面的练习。
②were going
to一般都说得比较快，尤其是were通常会迅速带过，所以系动词be的各种形式要熟练掌握，再结合主语和时态就比较容易作出判断了。
③one
of的连读在英语中非常普遍，因为one是以辅音[n]结尾的，of是以元音[?]开头的，这样的连读符合英文的发音习惯，比如a lot
of,instead of等也属于这类情况。
【六】electronics [ilek''tr?niks] n. 电子学，电子设备 【四】request [ri''kwest]
v. 请求，要求
【六】spokesman [''sp?uksm?n] n. 发言人 【四】exchange [iks''t?eind?] v.
交换
【四】major [''meid??] adj. 主要的 【四】popular [''p?pjul?] adj. 受欢迎的
【四】guarantee [?g鎟?n''ti:] v. 保障 , 保证
难点解析
1. He said buyers this year planned to spend a little more than
they did last year.
解析：此句中a little more是a little修饰比较级 more 的用法，英语中常用a little,a
bit,much等修饰比较级，比如much more
beautiful。另外，did在这里指代spend，用助动词替代spend是为了避免重复。
2. what they said they were going to buy...
解析：此句中what引导名词性从句，充当buy的宾语。what引导名词性从句时在从句中一般充当句子成分，如主语、宾语、表语等。
例如：What we need is more time, 在这里 what 做 need 的宾语。
3. He gives another reason why electronics were popular as
Christmas gifts.
解析：why electronics were popular as Christmas
gifts是由关系副词why引导限定性定语从句修饰先行词reason，why在定语从句中充当原因状语。例如：I don’t know
the reason why he came so late. 我不知道他来得那么晚的原因。
参考译文
电子产品是这个节日期间需求量最大的礼物之一。消费者电子协会研究了美国过去18年的节日礼物购买情况。吉姆?
巴里是美国消费者电子协会的一名发言人。我们在上个星期和他进行了交流，就在许多美国人交换圣诞礼物之前。他说今年购买者计划比去年要多花一点儿钱。
吉姆?
巴里：“并且，他们表示在他们打算购买的礼物中，排名前5位的是平板电脑、笔记本电脑、电视、电子阅读器和电子游戏。”
巴里先生说价格下降是电子产品销量增加的一个主要因素。
他给出了电子产品作为受欢迎的圣诞礼物的另一个原因。
吉姆? 巴里：“它们真的很酷，因此你能更加放心，如果你从这些东西中挑一样作为礼物送人,他们收到这样的礼物会很高兴的。”
句型风暴
1 He said buyers this year planned to spend a little more than
they did last year.
★ plan to do sth.表示“计划做某事”，plan后接动词不定式。
A: What are you going to do this weekend?
B: I want to go to the museum with my daughter. What about
you?
A: I plan to go for a picnic with my old friends.
B: Oh, great! Have a nice weekend!
A：这个周末你打算做什么？
B：我想带我的女儿去博物馆。你呢？
A：我计划和老朋友去野餐。
B：哦，太棒了！周末愉快！
2 They’re really cool so you’re pretty much guaranteed
that…
★ pretty在这里用作副词修饰much，表示“相当地”的意思。
A: Which one do you like?
B: I think they are pretty much the same.
A: Then how about the third one?
B: Oh, I like it. It’s beautiful!
A：你喜欢哪一个？
B：我觉得它们差不多。
A：那第三个怎么样？
B：哦，我喜欢这个。它很漂亮！
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