英语外报阅读 第4课 (新版)

Unit4 Law and order课外阅读练习阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same.Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposite; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp dichotomies (一分为二). This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and white people.1．The expression “greater tolerance” in Para．1 refers to __________. A．quicker adaptation to changing circumstancesB．greater willingness to accept social changeC．greater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideasD．more respect for different beliefs and behaviors2．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE within a society? A．Social change is less likely to occur in technology than in values. B．The basic and emotional aspects of society tend to slow down social change. C．What people learned in their early times tends to change quickly.D．Strange elements are likely to quicken social change.3．Social change is easier if it takes place __________.A．among Black AmericansB．step by stepC．between Black Americans and white peopleD．between Black Americans and other American minorities4．The passage is mainly discussing __________.A．the necessity of social changeB．the way to slow down social changeC．certain factors that determine the ease with which social change occurs D．how to promote social change答案：D B B C。

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How did Vera discover she had this gift of second sightSeveral cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid and walls. One case concerns and eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera Petrova, who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls. This ability was first noticed by her father. One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands on the door of a locked safe. Suddenly she asked her father why he kept so many old newspapers locked away there, and even described the way they were done up in bundles.躯袋帽恷除烏擬阻叱倖並箭・嗤繁嬬喘返峺心慕紛忖才掩範冲弼・封崛嬬邑狛搾糞議壇才能心欺叫廉。

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外贸英语函电第四版课后答案（Unit4）Unit4Key to the Exercises and the Skill DrillingsI.Put the following Chinese into English. 实盘虚盘确认，保兑保兑的不可撤销的汇票即期以…为条件，为准及时，适时规格殷切地品名数量包装装运支付承诺过多按照要求如所陈述如所约定另邮分期付款II. Multiple choice1.b2.b3.a4.c5.c6.b7.d8.c9.b 10.a 11.a 12.d 13.b 14.c 15.dIII. Fill in the following blanks with the given words in their proper forms1.sale2.buying3.priced4.price5.sell6.price7.bought8.buys9.sold 10.prices 11.selling 12.boughtIV. Put the following sentences into Chinese.1.W e learn from you letter of April 3 that you areinterested in establishing business relationswith us for the purchase of our tools.2. We owe your name and address to the Commercial Counselor’s Office of our Embassy in the US.3. Your company has been introduced to us by R.G. Nelson & Co., Ltd. As prospective buyers of Chinese sewing machines. As we deal in sewing machines, we shall be pleased to enter into direct business relations with you.4. As we are in the market for men’s leather shoes, we should be pleased if you wouldsend us your best quotations.5. If you can supply goods of the type and quality required, we may place regular orders for large quantities.6. Your letter of September 2 has been received. We are glad to inform you that the articles required by you fall within the scope of our business activities.7. In compliance with your request, we are sending you a range of cut samples of our cotton piece goods. We hope they will arrive in time and be found to your satisfaction.8. Thank you for your letter of September 4 informing us that you find our canned meat satisfactory and that you consider placing a trial order with us.9. Enclosed is our pro-forma invoice No. 3422 in duplicate covering 500 Everlasting brand bicycles for shipment during October.10. As a result of the favorable supply situation we are able to offer you firm, for immediately delivery.11. As the prices quoted are exceptionally low and likely to rise, we would advise you to place your order without delay.12. We can offer you a wide range of sizes and types from stock.13. We regret to inform you that we do not have in stock the goods in the desired quality.14. We are sure that those goods will meet your requirements, and we look forward to your first order.15. Packing charges are included in the price, and we can make delivery whenever you wish.V. Put the following sentences into English.1. 如果你方能降价5%，我们相信成交是有能的。

大学英语外报外刊阅读教程教学参考手册第二版端木义万主编Lesson 26Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. CVI.1. The author thinks that the millennial generation is a generation that primps, dyes, pulls and shapes, younger and with more vigor.2. Experian’s research finds that 43 percent of 6-to-9-year-olds are already using lipstick and lip gloss, 38 percent use hairstyling products and 12 percent use other cosmetics.3. This is a group that’s grown up on pop culture that screams, again and again, that everything, everything, is a candidate for upgrading. Ads for the latest fashions, makeup tips and grooming products are circulated with a speed and fury unique to this millennium —on millions of ads, message boards and Facebook pages.4. Statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery show cosmetic-surgery procedures performed on those 18 and younger have nearly doubled over the past decade.5. The author, by ―level the playing field‖, means that standards of beauty are ubiquitous and people of all kinds have the same cosmetic options available to them.OutlineI. (1) Specific example of Marleigh’s beauty careII. (2—4) Millennial generation’s obsession with beauty1. Starting grooming and beauty treatments at an early age2. Surveys and findingsIII. (5) Analysis of the trend1. Diva-ization of the generation2. Influence of pop culture and adsIV. (6—7) Effects of the trend1. Waste of time and money2. Big increase of young people seeking cosmetic treatmentsLesson 27Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. AVI.1. Conserve is a Delhi non-profit organization recycling plastic bags into accessories. Anita Ahuja started it in order to clean up the streets of the Indian capital and help people who have problems.2. When Anita Ahuja’s homemade products were popular at a fair at the US embassy, she realized she had finally found a successful recipe and decided to venture into accessories.3. She, by using contracts in the Delhi government, got Conserve IDs for her ragpickers. She also got certificates of endorsement from Delhi’s chief minister and prominently displayed her own clout at the different units. She put together a group of garbage collectors, who, acting as middlemen, buy the plastic bags from 150 pickers in different pockets of the city. In this way, she ensured a regular supply of plastic bags.4. The bags are sliced open, then washed in detergent, dipped in basil-scented water and hung out in the sun to dry, and after that were layered and compressed by heat in an ovenlike contraption. Staff and professional tailors then cut them out and sew the sheets into Conserve’s belts, bags and wallets.5. It was difficult to train the trash pickers on the nuances of the different plastic bags because they spoke different dialects.6. Anita Ahuja has turned down the suggestion of handing over the fabric because making the fabric alone is not so profitable.OutlineI. (1-3) Brief accounts of Conserve1. Conserve’s business2. Anita Ahuja’s purpose in starting Conserve3. Conserve’s successII. (4-6) Conserve’s initial stage of development1. Ahuja’s development of the idea of recycling plastic bags2. Experiments with plastic bag recycling3. Ahuja’s way to ensure a regular supply of plastic bagsIII. (7-13) Conserve’s business management1. Conserve’s way of recycling plastic bags2. Payment to collectors and pickers3. Training of trash pickers4. Markets for Conserve’s productsIV. (14-16) The way to gain capital for business development1. Setting up a for-profit unit2. Use of the money to pay the rent on a new factory3. Turning down the suggestion of handing over the fabricV. (17) Bharti Sharma’s success at ConserveLesson 28Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. B 3. B 4. AVI.1. Zach’s walk was 650-mile long. The aim of the walk was to raise funds to help homelesschildren.2. Zach started the organization four years ago. By the end of the year, they had 27 truckloads of aid.3. The walk was very hard. They spent two months trudging 10 or 13miles a day along swelteringback roads.4. They raise money for their philanthropic organization through tutoring. They use the money todistribute blankets, clothing and soap to Washington’s homeless.5. When Brittany and Robbie Berguist heard about a soldier overseas who couldn’t pay the phonebill for his calls home, they raised money by selling back old cellphones to be recycled. Since then, the siblings have sent more than 600,000 phone cards to troops and raised more than $ 5 million. For their philanthropic work, Brittany had been awarded so many community-service scholarships that she has enough to cover the entire cost of Stonehill College, and even the cost of graduate school.6. Zach’s walk raised about $ 50,000. He plans to use some of the money for a playground at anemergency foster-care shelter at Tampa and for bedding, computers and other supplies at Sasha Bruce Youthwork.OutlineI. (1-2) Zach’s final stage of the 650-mile fundraising walkII. (3-8) Zach’s Little Red Wagon Foundation1. Zach’s identity2. Development of the Little Red Wagon Foundation3. Media’s attention to the Little Red Wagon FoundationIII. (9-18) American children’s philanthropic efforts1. Children’s change of image from mere poster children into high-profile CEO of their ownfoundations2. Timothy Hwang and Minsoo Han’s organization of Operation Fly3. Effects of child philanthropic efforts4. Efforts made by Brittany and Robbie Bergquist to help American soldiers abroad5. Rewards to Brittany for her philanthropic effortsIV. (19-23) Zach’s fundraising walk1. Distance covered each day2. Hardship endured on the way3. Fund raised by the walk and the planned way to use the fund4. Zach’s stress on the nee d to help homeless childrenV. (24-25) Social Support for Zach’s walk1. Sponsors for the walk2. Zach’s gratitude for the support and attentionLesson 29Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. CVI.1. They play an important role in the U.S. economy. They produce more than $1 trillion in annual revenues. Major credit card companies and banks are eager to get their business.2. They work really hard. More than 4 in 10 work at least 6 days a week and 52 percent take less than a week off a year. When they aren’t at work, 59 percent still take calls and Emails3. Most people think that the business of small businesses declines in summer because they believe customers go on vacation during summer.4. The stock market changes don’t have an impact on them. Over half insist that the stock market doesn’t reflect economic reality.5. According to Discover, a third of small business owners said that housing’s slide and the ensuing credit crisis have a significant impact on their business.OutlineI. (1) Size, number, and importance of mom and pop businessesII. (2) Discover’s surveys of mom and pop businessesIII. (3-9) Major findings about the real world of mom and pop businesses1. The owner’s view on being his/her own boss2. Normal working hours3. Business during the summer4. Stock market changes’ impact on mom and pop businesses5. Fuel price changes’ impact on mom and pop businesses6. Health care provision mandate’s impact on mom and pop businesses7. Minimum wage increase’s impact on mom and pop businessesIV. (10 - 11) This summer's mortgage fallout on small businessLesson 30Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. D 3. D 4. AVI.1. It provides bus transportation, hotel lodging and, tailgate food and entertainment.2. He is launching a virtual coffee marketplace that matches javaholics with independent roasters and their beans across the country3. Wor king in Corporate America doesn’t hold the same appeal because large employers are downsizing, and high entry salaries and stock options are less common now.4. Berlin thinks that as a student, the risk of starting an entrepreneurial venture is relatively minimal and there is often little money to lose5. According to Preiss, the coffee market place is moving toward customers who view it more like wine. They care where it comes from, where it is grown and the quality of the beans.OutlineI. Specific example of Calle and Berlin(1-4) 1. Change from football fans into entrepreneurs2. Starting a business that serves football fansII. Fashion of college students’ launching businesses(5-8) 1. Students’ entrepreneurial venture across the US.2. Example at Georgia State University3. Example at Emory University4. Example at Morehouse CollegeIII. Students’ interest in business and the reasons for their interest(9-18) 1. Students’ keen interest in business2. Reasons fo r students’ keen interest in starting up a businessa. Repression’s impactb. Minimal risk of initial investmentc. Advantage provided by the technologyVI. Way of business development(19-30) 1. SEC Excursion’s way of developing business2. David Preiss’s way of developing his coffee businessLesson 31Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. AVI.1. US President Bush called the G-20 summit.2. The G-20 is expected to design new roles to meet the global financial crisis.3. According to the author, the G-20 summit is likely to be remembered not so much for the action taken as for the milestone it marked and the emerging global economic order it heralded.4. The new international economic order will reflect a diffusion of economic power and responsibility to countries like China, Brazil, and South Korea.5. They welcome the expansion of the world economic club to include them. But they are also demanding a bigger role in international economic decision-making.6. He recognizes the growing role of developing economies. He expects the summit to take up special reforms that acknowledge a changed world.7. He warned against overzealous attempts to reinvent the system.OutlineI. (1-3) Appearance of the G-20 and the significance1. Appearance of the G-202. Significance of its appearanceII. (4-7) Likely achievement of the G-20 summit1. No significant accords expected2. A likely call for broad international participation in effort to stimulate global economy3. Likely formation of working groups4. The likely host for a follow-up summitIII. (8-10) Impact of the G-20 summit1. A new international economic order2. Recognition of the importance of emerging economic powersIV. (11-14) Developing economic powers’ responses1. Welcoming to expansion of the world economic club2. Demanding the recognition of particular needsa.Access to investment fundsb.Dependence on export marketsV. (15-18) Bush’s attitudes and expectations1. Recognizing the growing role of developing economic powers2. Expecting specific reforms to improve the system3. Warning against overzealous attempts to reinvent the free-market systemLesson 32Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. DVI.1. Ten years ago, Amazon sold books.2. Today, Amazon’s business in Britain is very large. It is receiving 1 million orders a day, having transformed itself into a giant shopping mall. It is now challenging all the major high street chains for the title of Britain’s biggest retailer.3. It is expanding very fast. Earlier this yea r it opened one of Europe’s largest warehouses in Swansea, 60% bigger than its existing monster-sized distribution center in Milton Keynes. But already the firm is seeking a site for another huge warehouse. It is tooling up for its next move, with the launch early next year of a low-cost, music download service that could rival Apple iTunes.4 The traditional way of online shopping in Britain is searching out the cheapest price for eachindividual purchase at price comparison websites and then ordering from a raft of different retailers. The author says that this way may now be redundant because Amazon offers the cheapest prices for most products.5. The main reason for Amazon’s offer of cheaper prices is the benefit of scale: no shops and no staff in them, and no carrying inventory in 500 different places at the same time. Huge volumes of business enable Amazon to get better commercial terms than anyone else.6. By ―the social aspect to shopping‖ the author means that a lot of customers want to be able to pop around to a local shop, talk about a product, speak to the shopkeeper and have a chit-chat.7. The out-of-town shopping centers and online retailers will cause the bankruptcy of local independent stores and the disappearance of money from the locality.8. According to Guardian Money, if customers buy all their Christmas presents on Amazon, they should be aware that if the item breaks down after six months, it appears that all the company will offer them back is 10% — 20% of the initial price.OutlineI. (1-4) Development of Amazon in Britain1. Transformation into a giant shopping mall2. Further expansion3. Price competitiveness4. Many online competitors’ decision to join Amazon’s marketplaceII. (5-6) Reasons for Amazon’s price competitiveness1. Benefit of scale2. Ability to get better commercial termsIII. (7-10) Impacts of Amazon’s development on Britain1. Posing a threat to Britain’s local independent stores2. Causing the loss of social contact in shopping3. Taking money out of the local areas4. Explanation given by Amazon’s Brian McBrideIV. (11-20) Problems with Amazon’s service1. No full protection of customers’ interests when products are found shoddy2. Case of David Handly3. Case of Ray FerrisLesson 33Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. D 3. A 4. CVI.1. Louis Gill has taken to laying out cots and mattresses between the shelter’s 174 registered beds to cope with the rush of homeless families brought to his doors by the financial crisis.2. According to Louis Gill, in the preceding year homeless families increased by 34 percent and homeless children increased by 24 percent.3. The author thinks that the recession has caused ravages including a surge in foreclosures and unemployment approaching 10 percent and driven thousands of families onto the streets.4. According to administration officials, the typical homeless person has changed to become less focused on the chronologically homeless or single individual homeless to somebody who is part ofa family whether it be a mother or a father, or a child in a homeless family.5. The life of homeless young women is particularly fraught with danger because they are at much greater risk of being victimized when they have no stable home. It can be more difficult to obtain needed services.6. They suggest that rural and suburban areas were particularly ill-equipped to cope with the new wave of homelessness7. The department has allocated $1.5 billion over the next three years to combat homelessness nationwide.OutlineI. (1-2) Specific example of Bakersfield Homeless Center1. Going beyond capacity to cope with the rush of homeless families2. Fast increase of homeless families and childrenII. (3-5) Change in the make-up of homeless people1. Gill’s idea about the changea. Original stereotype of a homeless personb. Present increase of people becoming homeless due to the economic crisis2. Government figures supporting Gill’s experienceIII. (6-11) HUD’s report about the homeless1. Increase of homeless families nationwide and in rural and suburban areas2. Distribution of homeless people3. Change of homeless stereotypes4. Dangerous situation faced by homeless women5. Issues left out in the reportIV. (12-15) HUD’s study and findings1. Way of study: measuring changes in the number of homeless people2. Case study’s findingsa. Inability of rural and suburban areas to cope with the new wave of homeless peopleb. Increase of homeless people in some statesc. Case of a Kentucky emergency shelterV. (16) Efforts made by HUD and local areas to help the homelessLesson 34Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. AVI.1. In 2003, the Congress passed the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban.2. The three lower courts criticize the law because the law does not have an exception for protecting the health of pregnant women.3. The Supreme Court upheld the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban4. They hold that the ban is harmful to women’s health and interferes with medical decision making and opens the floodgates for states to chip away at Roe.5. Jay Sekulow believes that state legislatures will now be emboldened to pass other restrictions, including ones requiring informed consent.6. According to David Masci, abortion could become a more visible issue in the next presidential election, and at the very least, the ruling will force candidates, who have already weighed in along partisan lines, to speak more clearly about where they stand7. If the majority comes to see the decision as the first step towards dismantling Roe, it would mobilize Americans in ways abortion opponents would regret.OutlineI. (1—3) Supreme Court’s ruling and its effect1. Illegality of partial-birth abortion2. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban3. Limited effect of the rulingII. (4—6) Views on the ruling’s impact1. Abortion-rights activists’ view2. Abortion opponents’ view3. Jay Sekulow’s viewIII. (7) Ruling’s effect on politicians: forcing them to speak even more clearly about their stand IV. (8) Prospects of anti-abortion movementLesson 35Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.B 2. D 3. C 4. AVI.1. David Shipler’s description of the bleak world of the American working poor is a kind of domino model of a downward economic spiral.2. His book is based on his interviews of scores of people. The book lacks the first-person focus and angry wit of Nickel and Dimed. But poverty is in the details, and he lays those in abundance.3. Convenience stores in poor neighborhoods routinely advance cash to their customers at the at interest rates of about 20% for a two-week loan. If the debt can’t be paid, it’s gladly rolled over——for another 20%. One study in Illinois found that the average customer had 10 renewals of that kind, which meant that in the space of a few months, he or she owed twice as much in interest that had been borrowed.4. The essence of Shipler’s message is that working poverty is a seamless web of challenges, some personal, some erected by a society content to let the federal minimum wage languish at a $5.15 an hour.5. Unscrupulous bosses make workers falsify their time sheets so that they can work longer hours for the same pay. Labor contractors deduct exorbitant housing costs from the worker’s pay, but warehouse them in filthy barracks.6. Shipler’s solutions are a higher minimum wage, better job training and medical coverage for the almost 44 million who have none.7. The author says so because the working poor don’t vote in anything like the numbers of their more affluent neighbors, therefore carry no real weight and the economic situation is gloomy, the economic boom of the 90s is gone, the job creation is feeble, and the time limits on welfare are kicking in.OutlineI. (1) Shipler’s description of the working poor’s lifeII. (2-5) Aim, features, essence of the book1. Shipler’s aim in writing the book2. Main features of the book3. Shipler’ dissection of the extortionate are loan fees4. Essence of Shipler’s messageIII. (6-7) Analysis of the working poor’s own problems1. Problems on the part of the working poor2. Nothing to fall back on when they stumbleIV. Shipler’s solution and the author’s commentLesson 36Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. BVI.1.Tom Mauser is the father of Columbine victim Daniel Mauser. He maintains a memorial pageto his son because he wants to arouse Americans’ attention to the gun violence problem and get their action.2.America’s gun violence is very serious. Each year America loses 11,000 to gun homicide, andthree times that number are injured.3. The reasons for Americans’inaction about gun violence problem are the gun lobby’s greatinfluence on the public and American s’ fear about an armed takeover. They are convinced that any form of gun control is a major step toward the total elimination of all guns.4. No, punishment alone isn’t enough because in most cases once they lose loved ones it is toolate, and because punishment doesn’t stop shooters intent on committing suicide following their rampage.5. They put the issue on the statewide ballot and won by a margin of 70 percent to 30 percent.6. The author suggests that Americans should put more measures on the ballot or learn to putmore pressure on elected officials to offset the relentless badgering of the gun lobby.I. (1-3) American’s reaction to the frequent gun violence1. Tom Mauser’s effort to get public attention to the gun violence problem2. Need for far more attention and action3. Most Americans’ passive reaction to gun violenceII. (4) Serious extent of gun violenceIII. (5-6) Reasons f or Americans’ weak reaction to gun violence1. Powerful influence of the gun lobby2. Public fear about armed takeover and total elimination of all gunsIV. (7-10) Difficulty in preventing gun violence1. Punishment’s limited effect2. Existence of the gaping gun loophole3. Sale of military style assault weapons4. Political leaders’ submission to the hard-core gun supportersV. (11-12) Measures to solve the gun violence problem1. Colorado’s measures to close the gun show loophole2. Need to put more measure on the ballot and more pressure on elected officialsVI. (13-14) Gloomy prospects1. Difficulty is enforcing reasonable restrictions due to gun lobby’s stranglehold on policy makers2. Overwhelming voices of fearLesson 37Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. DVI.1. It was the most powerful ever in the region, measured a preliminary magnitude of 7.0. It rockedthe island of Haiti, collapsing a hospital, the presidential palace and other buildings, triggering massive panic and claiming thousands of lives.2. The earthquake was so destructive because it measured a magnitude of 7.0, was centered about10 miles west of Port-au-Prince and was shallow, and it hit one of the city’s most denselypopulated areas.3. According to Fajardo, relief efforts were hampered by poor road conditions and lack of security.4. The installations of the UN Peacekeeping Force sustained serious damage. The headquarterscollapsed and troops were trying to find survivors amid the wreckage of the five-story building.5. The US government promised to provide both civilian and military disaster relief andhumanitarian assistance.6. US officials planned to send teams to assess Haiti’s needs, but first they wanted to determinewhether airport runways were able to receive cargo planes.I. (1) NewsleadSummary of the news story about the Haiti earthquakeII. (2 – 4) Impact of the earthquake1. Catastrophic destruction2. Issuing of tsunami alerts and reports about aftershocksIII. (5) Specifics about the earthquakeSize and location of the earthquake and time of its occurrenceIV. (6 – 9) Details about the effects of the earthquake1. Casualties and damages2. Stern’s account3. Photos showing damagesV. (10 – 11) Background information about Haiti’s1. Poverty2. Disasters caused by storms, military coups and gang violenceVI. (12 - 18) More details about the quake’s damages1. Rodger’s account2. Fajardo’s account3. Joseph’s account4. Alain LeRoy’s accountVII. (19 - 26) America’s response to the quake1. Obama’s pledge to help2. Hillary Clinton’s offer of help3. US Embassy personnel’s account4. US officials’ planVIII. (27 - 30) Further details about the earthquake’s damages1. AP’s account2. Godfrey’s account3. Impact on Cap-Haiten: little damage4. Buzard’s accountLesson 38Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. AVI.1. President Lech Kaczynski’s plane crashed in Smolensk, Western Russia on April 10, 20102. The aim of President Lech Kacz ynski’s trip was to attend the commemoration of the KatynForest Massacre.3. The crash killed 97 people, of whom 88 were passengers.4. The crash was a stunning blow to Poland and threw the whole nation into grief. Poles mournedthe death of their leaders and united in their grief. Thousands massed outside the PresidentialPalace, laying flowers and lighting candles.5. Relationship between Poland and Russia has been strained ever since the Katyn ForestMassacre. The crash happened at the moment that the two countries were beginning to come to terms with the killing of Poland’s officers. So, the relationship took a chilling twist. For poles, it was a wound which is difficult to heal.6. The Law and Justice Party lost numerous important leaders in addition to the president.Although Mr. Kaczynski had been trailing far behind his opponent in the polls, the outpouring of sympathy from the mourning public might benefit his party in the moved-up presidential election.7. According to the article, Russia’s leaders, acutely aware of the potential fallout of the crash,immediately reached out to Poland with condolences. Mr. Putin left Moscow to meet Mr. Tusk at the site of the crash, and President Medvedev recorded an address to the Polish people, saying, ―All Russians share your sorrow and mouring.‖OutlineI. (1 – 2 ) News leadSummary of the news story about the Polish jet crashII. (3 – 5) Impact of the crash on the relationship between Poland and Russia1. A stunning blow to Poland2. A difficult-to-heal woundIII. (6 – 7) Possible cause of the crash1. Air traffic controllers’ warning and order2. Plane’s descent in spite of the warning and the orderIV. (8) Information about the passengersV. (9 – 15) Polish people’s reaction to the crash1. National grief over the crash2. Examples of Niemczyk, Figurski and Tusk3. Background information about the aim of the trip4. Welesa’s comment on the crash: the second disaster after KatynVI. (16 – 18) Effects of the crash on Poland’s politics and relations with other c ountries1. Repercussions on the coming presidential election2. Effects on Poland’s relationship with other countriesVII. (19 – 22) The two governments’ responses1. Kaczynski and Tusk’s arrival at Katyn2. Background information about the two countrie s’ half-a-century relationship3. Russian leaders’ prompt offer of condolencesVIII. (23 - 26) Additional information about the cause of the crash1. Category and age of the plane2. Officials’ repeated request for a replacement of the plane3. Russian ne ws media’s reports about the crashIX. (27 - 29) Additional information about the passengers1. Number of Polish passengers2. Information about the high ranking passengers3. Information about KaczynskiX. (30 - 31) Impact on Poland’s plan to host America’s missiles1. Kaczynski’s support for the plan2. Unlikely change of the planLesson 39Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. CVI.1. The early returns from Afghanistan’s presidential election had the smell of a decorous massage job.2. Karzai is very good at the traditional form of Afghan politics, crating alliances among tribal and ethnic factions. He distributes money to those allies and in this way gain their support.3. The military situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated. The Taliban have grown in strength. It is widely expected General McChrystal will be requesting more troops.4. No. Obama’s dilemma is not as stark as has been posed in recent press accounts. The military has become far more nuanced when it comes to making requests of Presidents. The negotiations about what McChrystal can officially request will not take place anywhere near the public eye. It is very likely that more troops will be sent. Most Democrats have little desire to reverse themselves. They don’t want to hurt the President, and they don’t want to be perceived as weak on defense come election time.OutlineI. (1) Election situation1. Early returns from the presidential election2. Fraudulent managementII. (2) Absurdity of holding the election1. Factors preventing a fair election2. Karzai’s problemsIII. (3) Military situation in Afghanistan1. Taliban’s growth of strength2. Expected request from General McChrystal for more troopsIV. (4-6) Discussion about Obama’s next move1. Analysis of the situation facing Obamaa. Not a dilemma as stark as has been posed in recent press accountsb. The military’s response: far more nuanced in making requestsc. Most democrats’ response: having little desire to reverse themselves2. Discussion about the right thing to do in Afghanistana. Nothing wrong with the invasionb. Wrong to ignore traditional Afghan ways of social organizationc. Legitimate to question the present way of Afghan nation-buildingd. Need to work out a better plan。

大学英语外报外刊阅读教程教学参考手册第二版端木义万主编Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. AVI.1. According to Ms. Wellington, Gen X’ers are attracted to their organizations for utterly traditional reasons: reputation of the organization, opportunities to advance.2. Catalyst and other research organizations caution that this age group has high demands for employers. If their demands are not met, they will leave. And they are highly sensitive to the way in which they are treated. If the Gen X’er believes that his employer is not making a commitment to him, he will leave.3.The survey found that more than 70 percent of them rated companionship, a loving family and enjoying life as extremely important. In contrast, fewer than 20 percent of them said earning a lot of money and becoming an influential leader were extremely important goals.4. According to Robert Morgan, the corporate loyalty is rising in the current economic climate partly because of job insecurities. Besides, there is the war for talent. As labor shortages intensified in recent years, employers have worked hard at retaining good workers.OutlineI.(1) Summary leadIncreasing job loyalty of Gen X’ersII. (2 –6) Catalyst’s survey about job loyalty of Gen X’ers1. General situation of the job loyalty2. Findings about the similarities between Gen X’ers and the previous generationsa. Old-fashioned goalsb. Traditional attractions3. Findings about the differences between Gen X’ers and the previous generationsa. High demands for employersb. High sensitiveness to the way they are treatedIII. (7 – 8) Specific example of Colleen GalleReasons for staying: job satisfactionjob loyaltyIV. (9 – 11) More details of the survey1. Scope, objects and focus of the survey2. Findings about the factors in job loyalty:Companionship, loving family, enjoying life3. Statistics showing job loyaltyV. (12 – 15) Analysis of job loyalty1. Not surprising in the current economic climate2. Comparison between 1999 and 2001 in job loyalty3. Reasons for the increase of job loyaltya. Present job insecurityb. Employers’ efforts at retaining the talentedAnswers to the QuestionsV. 1.A 2.A 3. B 4. DVI.1.The purpose of the debate between Mateo and Martinez is to focus on the specific needs ofLatinos that both parties are courting.2.The problems pointed out by Martinez are bad education, unemployment and lack of healthinsurance.3.The author says Latino turnout and preference will be decisive in the election because they arethe majority minority and more of Latinos than ever before are expected to go to the polls, anda large number of those people are not tied to either political party.4.According to the article, a candidate who figure out how to talk to Latinos about educationand healthcare in a compelling way can lock up Latinos’ vote.5.The term ―Hispanic‖ came into official use in 1973, when the Nixon administration formallydivided Americans into five races. Liberals prefer the term ―Latino‖ on the grounds that the Spaniards were the very people who destroyed the indigenous cultures of Latin Americans) 6.The author thinks that the term ―Hispanic‖is a marketing term and it’s a term used bypoliticians at election time.7.The author thinks that the term ―Hispanic‖is a marketing term and it’s a term used bypoliticians at election time. It cannot reflect cultural realities.OutlineI. (1 – 2) Debate between Mateo and Martinez1. Main issues for the debate and the purpose of the debate2. Audience’s response: louder opponents’ voicesII. (3 – 5) Latinos’ importance in election1. Decisive role of Latino voter turnout and preference2. Reason for the importance of Latino vote: Latinos’ ascent to the majority minority in 20033. Factors limiting Latinos’ voting strengtha. Many of them are not yet US citizens.b. One third of Latinos are under 18.III. (6 – 8) Latinos’ prime concerns1. Importance of education and healthcare to Latinos2. Reasons for the importance of those issuesa. U.S. – born Latinos form the majority.b. It’s more likely for Latinos to lack healthcare and education.IV. (9 – 10) Discussion about the term ―Hispanic‖1. The origin of the term and the problems with the term2. Rich diversity of LatinosV. (11) Increased visibility of LatinosLesson 3Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.C 2.D 3.C 4. AVI.1.WWII led to women’s entry into the workforce. As men marched off to fight, women tooktheir husbands’ places in factories and on the farms. They never looked back. Most now take it for granted that women have as much to offer at work as men do.2.No, it is more than a financial issue because it raises social as well as economic questions andits resolution will involve governments, employers and people.3.The babyboom generation is far larger than the generation that follows it or any that precededit. Its achievement will cast a shadow over the companies it is set to leave.4.The present ways of dealing with a falling supply of labor are shifting work offshore, laxerimmigration rules and use of new equipment.5.If they were offered the chance of staying on at work, many older employees would jump atthe chance because they will no longer be able to retire in the style they have been led to expect. Corporate pension schemes and health benefits are becoming even less generous.Besides the need for money, many elderly people want to continue working for mental stimulation.6.The author thinks that older workers need to adapt and accept a relative decline in salary andstatus7.The significance of babyboomers’changing the world of work will be more profound andlonger lasting than the changes they have brought since the 1960s.OutlineI. (1 – 2) Social changes in western countries after WWII1.Women’s entry into the work force2.Retirement pensions for the elderlyII. (3 – 4) Problems caused by the present retirement pensions1. Heavy burden of financing retirement pensions for babyboomers2. Companies’ shortage of skilled workersIII. (5 – 7) Need to keep the elderly at work1. Present ways of dealing with a falling supply of labour2. Elderly people’s desire for worka. Elderly people’s need for moneyb. Elderly people’s desire for mental stimulationIV. (8 – 10) Suggestions to governments and companies about how to keep the elderly people at work1. Separation of pension from their final salaries2. Freeing up labor markets instead of focusing on legislating to ban discrimination on grounds of age3. Offering flexible work scheduleV. (11) Suggestion to the elderly workersNeed to adapt to a relative decline in salary and statusVI. (12) Significance of babyboomers’ changing the world of workLesson 4Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.D 2.A 3.D 4.BVI.1.According to the new government figures, British female full time workers will be paid£ 369,000 less than their counterparts over their lifetime.2.That lifetime disparity would be enough to pay for 31 years of childcare or 22 new cars, or topay off the average student debt 18 times over.3.Britain’s gender pay gap of 2008 was larger than that of 2007. Men were paid 17.1% morethan women for full-time work while the disparity in part-time wages was 36.6%, up from35.8% in 2007.4.The Fawcett Society has called on the government to include mandatory pay auditing in theequalities bill, scheduled to be introduced in next month’s Queen’s speech.5.According to the article, Sri Lanka is judged the fifth most equal in the world on politicalempowerment because of the long incumbencies as prme minister and president of Sirimavo Bandaranaika and Chandrika Kumaratunga.6.According to Yvonne Galligan, younger parliaments, in general, were often much morerepresentative.7.Dr. Selvi Thriuchandran felt puzzled by the WEF findings, pointing out that aside from theBandaranaikes, Sri Lanka had the worst record in South Asia in terms of representation in the legislature and executive.OutlineI. (1 – 4) ONS’s finding about gender pay gap in Britain1. Lifetime pay gap for female full-time workers2. Gender pay gap’s widening in 20083. Concrete value of the lifetime disparity4. Rake’s comment on the pay gap’s wideningII. (5 – 7) WEF’s finding about UK women’s status’s drop from 11th to 13th in terms of economic, political, health and educational status2. UK’s ranking in terms of progress on equal pay3.Sectors with wide gender pay gapsIII. (8 – 9) Efforts made to address the problem1. Fawcett Society’s call for the inclusion of mandatory pay auditing in the equality bill2. Harriet Harman’s announcement of a requirement to publish gender pay gapsIV. (10 – 12) Analysis of women’s political empowerment1. Analysis of Sri Lanka’s high ranking on political empowerment2. Yvonne Galligan’s analysis of UK women’s political empowermenta. Low percentage in the House of Commonsb. Healthier gender balance in the Scottish parliament and the Welsh assembly3. Women’s higher representation in younger parliamentsV. (13 – 14) Dr. Selvi Thriuchanara’s view on women’s status in Sri Lanka1. Disputing WEF’s conclusion2. Problems faced by women in Sri LankaLesson 5Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.A 2. B 3.D 4. BVI.1.The first power shift is a rebalancing of moral authority. The major factor in the shift is the receding moral superiority of the west.2. The double standard in Paragraph 3 refers to the US different rules for the two financial crises. During the Asian financial crisis, the US bashed Hong Kong when its government intervened in August 1998 in the stock market to fend off the western investment banks and hedge funds bent on destroying the city’s currency. Yet only a month later, the US intervened in the market to bail out LTCM.3. The author thinks that the minor adjustment in voting rights in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is symbolic of the increase of the east’s say in decision making in global economic affairs.4. Reminbi has gained an elevation in status. Over time , some countries will keep more Reminbi, making it more like reserve currency.5. The recent crisis shows that blindly seeking growth is dangerous. To many wealthy countries, it is unrealistic.6. The five power shifts are for the most part desirable. They provide a more balanced and stable world.OutlineI. (1) Appearance of global rebalancingII . (2 – 6) Rebalancing of moral authority1. Double standard maintained by the West to financial crisis2. Many conflicts of interest inherent in the West’s investment banking3. The West’s moral dilemma in dealing with China4. Equal footing of the two sidesIII. (7 – 8 ) The West’s loss of domination in global economic affairs1. Increase of the East’s say in global economic affairs2. Approach of relative balance between the East and the WestIV. (9) Shift in the center of economic gravity from the Atlantic to the Pacific1. Earlier rise of Japan2. China’s growth momentum and increased economic powerV. (10) Decline of the US dollar’s statusVI. (11) Most developed economies’ switch to the attempt to maintain present growthVII. (12) Effects of the five power shiftsLesson 6Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2.C 3 A 4.AVI.1.The letters which millions of Americans got were quarterly reports telling them what hadhappened to their savings invested in the stockmarket. They have been more effective than any campaign ad.2.Accoring to the Wisconsin Advertising Project, 73% of McCain’s ads and 61% of Obama’sads are negative.3.He thinks that negative campaign ads are more informative than positive ones.4.Obama’s ads attack McCain for the many ways he plans to make life wretched for nearlyeveryone.5.McCain’s attacks on Obama focus on his slender résumé, his dodgy associates and thepossibility that he will raise taxes.6.Some Democrats complain that McCain’s attacks are stoking up violent racial hatred againstObama.7.The author thinks that they are unfounded.OutlineI. (1) Effects of factual adsHelping Obama double his lead over McCainII. (2 – 4) Both sides’ use of negative campaign ads1. Attack ads’ percentage and John Geer’s view on their function2. Obama’s ad attacks on McCain3.McCain’s ad attacks on ObamaIII. (5) Expenditure on attack ads and ways of running those adsIV. (6 – 7) Effects of negative campaign ads1. Worry and complaints about ad attack s’ possible effect of fanning up violence2.Author’s view: unfounded predictionsLesson 7Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. DVI.1. The Conservative Party and the Liberal-Democratic Party have formed the British coalition government.2. Clegg decided that he could not form a coalition with the Labour Party due to a revolt inside the parliamentary Labour Party at the concept of a deal, as well as its likely terms.3. If the deal works, it will change the shape of the Conservative Party.4. The Lib Dems secured 5 cabinet posts and a commitment to 15 other ministerial jobs across Whitehall. On the Conservative side, George Osborne will the chancellor of the exchequer andWilliam Hague foreign secretary.5. The serious problems confronting the coalition government are a huge deficit, deep social problems and a political system in need of reform.6. In the negotiations, the Tories agreed to drop their plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax and provide extra money for disadvantaged pupils.7. When the Lib Dem-Con deal was secured, George Brown went to the Queen to tender his resignation. Later, he told party workers he was resigning immediately as party leader, leaving Harriet Harman in charge.OutlineI. (1 – 4 ) Formation of the Conservative Party – the Liberal Democratic Party coalition1. Coalition with Cameron as Prime Minister and Clegg as his deputy2. Labour Party’s failure to forge a coalition with Lib Dems3. End of five-day power struggle4. Cameron’s resolveII. ( 5 – 7) The deal and its impact1. The deal making2. The deal impact on the two parties3. Power division between the two partiesIII. (8 – 10) The new government’s resolve1. Admission of some deep and pressing problems2. Call on the people for support3. Promise to form a new kind of governmentIV. (11 – 13) Negotiations and results1. Agreements and compromises reached in the negotiations.2. Lib Dems’ endorsement of the derailed condition dealV. (14 – 16) Brown’s resignation and apology1. Tendering the resignation to the Queen2. Statement about his resignation as party leader3. Apology for his failure to forge a coalitionVI. (17 – 18) Recriminations by the Lib Dems and the Labour on each other1. Lib Dems’ attack on the Labour2. Lord Adonis’s attack on the Lib DemsLesson 8Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. A 2. D 3. D 4. AVI.1. America’s standing in world opinion is at an all-time low. Even its closest allies oppose U.S. policies.2. Its unpopularity is dangerous and expensive. It leads to high military costs abroad, skyrocketingsecurity costs at home, and the loss of trade as America’s goods become shunned overseas. All this causes an economic drain.3. If Americans travelled more, they’d better understand their place on this complex planet and fit in more comfortably, and eventually the U.S. wouldn’t need to spend as much as the rest of the world combined on its military to feel safe.4. Travel helps Americans celebrate, rather than fear, diversity of culture.5. Travel gives Americans a perspective that can translate, through the voting booth, into American policies that will not alienate them from the family of nations. And when that happens, Americans’ safety will be improved.OutlineI (1-2) Need for Americans to gain a better understanding of the world by travellingII (3-5) America’s unpopularity and its harmfu l effects1．America’s low standing in world opinion2．Being routinely outvoted at the U.N. on a variety of issuesIII (6-18) Benefits of thoughtful travel1．Gaining a better understanding of America’s place on the complex planet2．Getting a clear idea about how the world sees America3．Gaining a better understanding about other societiesa. Getting a firsthand look at the complexity and struggles of other societiesb. Helping Americans celebrate diversity of culturec. Helping Americans appreciate the challenges other societies face4．Combating ethnocentrism5．Helping to ensure sound policiesLesson 9Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. D 3. B 4.BVI.1. It is a non-profit group that promotes the importance of family and fatherhood. It is based in New York.2.The sexual revolution of the 1960s and '70s swept away a concept of dating in which there was an implicit understanding that each party was shopping for a mate and not just for sex.3.If women are not hooking up, they frequently fall into fast-moving, "joined-at-the-hip" relationships with men, spending nights in one another's rooms.4.In the author’s opinion, the rules of courtship in the 1950s were clearer than those of the present. But they proved unfulfilling either, because at that time those who were courting got to know each other under artificial circumstances. They were well dressed and put their best foot forward. This was not the best way to get to know people.OutlineI. (1) News leadSummary of the survey’s reportII. (2—3) The dating scene on college campuses1. Two choices for women2. Women’s desire for long-term relationship and marriageIII. (4) The surveyThe agency doing the investigation; aim, objects and means of the surveyIV. (5—7) Reasons for the appearance of the dating scene1. The sexual revolution2. Women’s lower proportion3. Lack of clear rulesV. (8—10) Main forms of sexual relationship1. Hook-upForms of hookup: kissing, oral sex and intercourse2. Intense, but vague relationship3. Women’s tendency to act like me nVI. (11—12) Impact of the dating scene on marriage1. Less likely to marry or find happiness in marriage2. More likely to marry laterVII. (13—14) The past dating scene1. Rules of courtship: Clearer in the past2. Artificial circumstancesVIII. (15) The problem with both dating scenes: not the right way to know menLesson 10Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.C 2. B 3. C 4. CVI.1. The American traditional family is a family made up of two biological parents and two or threechildren with the father as the only breadwinner.2. No. The traditional family has lost its predominant place. Today only about 20 percent ofAmerican families fit the traditional structure.3. The new American family is a household with fewer children, with both parents working, and with mothers giving birth to their children at an ever older age, having fewer children, and spacing them further apart.4. The stable family of two biological parents is the ideal vessel for molding character, fornurturing, for inculcating values, and for planning for a child’s future.5. The result of America’s family changes is a serious new divide in the American society between the children of poorer, less educated, single parents and those of richer, better educated, and married parents.6. Mother-only families produce harmful effects on children. They are more likely than those with two parents to suffer poverty, to be suspended from school, to have emotional problems, to become delinquent, to suffer from abuse, to take drugs, and to perform poorly on virtually every measure.7. Today, 81 percent of American women think she should have her own career, and 70 percent think that both husband and wife should earn money. The vast majority of working mothers say that even if the family did not need the income, they would continue working.8. The author thinks that America’s Social Security and welfare should be reformed so as to nourish marriage and raise the proportion of children who grow up in two-parent families.OutlineI. (1)Traditional famil y’s loss of its predominanceII. (2)Reasons for traditional family’s loss of its predominance1. Late marriage2. Increased divorce rates3. Cohabitation4. Births to unmarried mothersIII. (3-5)Effects of family changes1. Importance of family stability for children2. Result of family changes3. Harmful effects of single-parent families on childrenIV. (6)Women’s changed concepts on family rolesV. (7-8)Ways to nourish marriage1. Reforming Social Security and welfare2. Educating people about the importance of marriage3. Giving incentives for couples to form and sustain healthy marriageVI. (9)Family trend and the way to deal with the trend1. Shift from traditional to contemporary family2. Tempering the trend by nurturing the American family with public policy in favor ofmarriageLesson 11Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. CVI.1.Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center had organized a 52-member medical team for delivering the babies with each of them designated and assigned to nurses, doctors and surgical assistants. At 10:43 a.m. on January 26, they were all ready.2. Before the multiple birth, Nadya Suleman was a recently-divorced single mother who already had six children ranging in age from 2 to 7, two of them 2-year-old twins and one of them autistic.3. The news report stoked the furor created by the delivery of the octuplets.4. Nadya Suleman used the last of her remaining embryos and got impregnated through in-vitro fertilization.5. Nad ya Suleman’s mother sees it less glowingly. She believes that her daughter is obsessed and misguided for she already had six beautiful children.6. After being released from the hospital, Nadya Suleman will be faced with problems of child support and child care.OutlineI. (1) Deilvery of Nadya Suleman’s eight babies at Kaiser1. Kaiser’s preparation for the delivery2. Delivery of seven babies3. Delivery of the eighth baby4. Present condition of Nadya Suleman and her eight babiesII. (2) Contr oversy over Nadya Suleman’s multiple birth1. Nadya Suleman’s way of impregnation2. Her mother’s view3. Society’s responses4. Her neighbour’s viewsIII. (3) Nadya Suleman’s obsession with having kids1. Angela Suleman’s explanation of her daughter’s obsession2. Yolanda Novak’s explanation of Nadya’s obsession3. More information about Nadya’s way of impregnationIV. (4) Issue of Nadya Suleman’s impregnation1. Fertility doctor’s stand2. No detail about the impregnation3. K aiser’s advice to Nadya SulemanV. (5-6) Problems facing Nadya Suleman1. Financial support problem2. Childcare problemLesson 12Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.C 2. D 3. A 4. BVI.1. The author suggests that the husband and the wife should offer each other more positive statements, less negative statements, heart-felt and specific compliments and thank-yous.2. Human touch aids the release of feel-good endorphins for giver and receiver.3. To build a fortress of love, he or she should fully support his or her spouse, take his or her spouse’s side whenever possible if trouble arises in the ―outside world‖.4.Trying to improve the spouse puts him/her on the defensive and cast you in a dreary role. The result is that everyone is unhappy.5. When a marriage needs improvement, the true solution is that you should change yourself first,address your own flaws and seek the best in your spouse.6. Good feelings can improve marriage. The happier you feel, the happier your marriage will be and the easier it will be to manage conflicts.7. When conflict is handled with the right tools and attitude, it becomes a gateway to deeper intimacy –the chance to be seen and lived for who you truly are, to accept your mate’s adorable, vulnerable real self and build a strong union without caving in or silently seething.8. A couple should avoid tough talks when they’re not rested well, well fed and when drunk. OutlineI. (1-2) Introduction to the 7 secrets of sexy marriageII. (3-5) Build up love balance1. Function of love balance2. Way to build up love balanceIII. (6-7) Reach out1. Function of human touch and the way to improve it2. Function of fortress of love and the way to build the fortressIV. (8-10) Remember that nobody’s perfect1. Desire to blame your spouse and change him/her2. Harmful effects of trying to change your spouse3. Need to change yourselfV. (11) Add some zing1. Function of attraction2. Way to enhance attractionVI. (12-14) Always fight fairly1. Function of conflict solution2. Right way to handle conflictsVII. (15-17) Pick the right time and place1. The right time for tough talks2. The right place for tough talksVIII. (18) Open your ears1. Importance of listening more2. Right way to respond to a combative talkLesson 13Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. BVI.1. Sam Zell blamed ―a perfect storm‖ of factors behind the Tribune Company’s bankruptcy filing.2.Newspaper Association of America figures show that advertising revenues have been falling since the summer of 2006.3.It was the acceleration of advertising revenues’ fall, coupled with the sheer amount of debt Mr Zell took on to buy Tribune, which led the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune to thebankruptcy courts.4.Moody’s last Month predicted ―dire straits‖ for some publishers in 2009.5.Publishers’ options are shrinking because prospective buyers struggle to find acquisitions.6. The fact that the New York Times wroke down the value of its newspapers showed that asset sales may yield less than once hoped.7. According to Paper Cuts, more than 15,000 U.S newspaper positions have been cut.8. Moody expects most publishers that default to be able to restructure their debt, rather than close titles.OutlineI. (1-4) Newspaper industry’s decline.1.Tribune Company’s bankruptcy filing2. Causes of newspaper industry’s declinea. Debates about the causesb. David Hamburger’s viewII. (5-7) Worsening situation this year1. Acceleration of the deterioration during the four quarters2. Bankruptcy of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago TribuneIII. (8-10) Impact of the financial crisis1. Taking a toll on newspaper groups2. Moody’s prediction of dire straits for some publishers in 20093. Advertising revenue’s, sharp drop resulting form the crisisIV. (11-15) Publishers’ efforts to cope with the situation1. Selling newspapers to raise cash2. Shrinking options for publishers3. Sharp decline of newspaper assets in value4. Reducing staff sizeV. (16-17) Newspaper industry’s prospects1. Most publishers’ ability to restructure their debt rather than close titles2. Staff reduction’s lasting damaging effects on newspaper brandsLesson 14Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. AVI.1. Because they want to improve their public image. They believe that reputations and jobs can belost based on the smallest slip in rank.2. Because they intended to make their colleges more selective. They thought top applicants mightopt for more prestigious i nstitutions, lowering the school’s crucial ―yield‖ and making it appear less desirable.3. If accepted, enrollees tend to boost a school’s yield and its statistical cachet. But the process。

Unit4 The next step课外阅读练习阅读文章，选择正确答案，回答问题。

In Kansas City, Missouri, a computer helps fire-fighters. The computer contains information about every one of the 350,000 street addresses in the city. When fire-fighters answer a call, the computer will give them important information about the burning building: its position, size, type and so on. In fact, the computer system has almost unlimited ways of helping fire-fighters with the problems facing them. For instance, it can give medical information about invalids(病残者) living in a burning building. With this information, the fire-fighters can take special care to find these sick persons and remove them quickly and safely.The Kansas City computer system also helps a medical record of each of the city’s 900 fire-fighters. This kind of information is specially useful when a fireman is injured. With this medical information, doctors at the hospital can treat the injured fire-fighters more quickly and easily.The fire-fighters themselves greatly appreciate the computer’s help. They know about possible dangers ahead of them and can prepare for them. Many times the computer information helps to save lives and property(财产), sometimes the lives are those of fire-fighters themselves!1. Missouri is most likely the name of ________.A. a well-known river in the United States of AmericaB. a city famous for its fire-fighting computer systemC. one of the fifty states of AmericaD. the head of the fire control information centers2. The computer can give _________.A. both useful and useless information about the cityB. valuable information about every resident in that cityC. useful information about every street address in the cityD. lively description about each building on fire3. The computer center can _______.A. give the firemen important help in almost every wayB. have limited ways of helping fire-fightersC. hardly give any useful information to the fire bridgeD. put out every fire automatically4. “Invalid” means a person who _______.A. is badly burned or injuredB. gets seriously illC. had become very weak through illness or injuryD. is helped out by fire-fighters5. If injured, the fireman will ________.A. be treated immediately with the computer’s helpB. hardly get proper treatment with the help of the information given by the centerC. appreciate the computer’s help very muchD. ask doctor and nurses for help答案：1. C2. C3. A4. C5. A。

英语外报阅读课程单元知识要点
Unit Two: Lesson Four
一、主要知识背景和重要历史人文社会知识点
主要背景：中美两国家庭子女教育的差异
重要历史人文社会知识点：
分析媒体报道上关于父母教育的一些热词，如虎妈，狼爸，鹰爸，以及熊孩子等（Tiger Mom，Wolf Dad，Eagle Ｄad , Wild Kid)
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom
二、文章来源报刊概况
The Wall Street Journal
三、主要词汇短语
parenting, freelance, child-rearing, Tiger Mom, talent show, Chopin etude, Beethoven symphony, gold standard, Panda Dad, controlled chaos, sweeping generalization, backseat drive, big picture, counterproductive, in this fashion, get over yourself, housing compound, hone, unstructured play, sleepover, hang-ups, launch off, non-neurotic
四、重点长难句理解分析
Para 3, Para 6, Para 7,Para 11(倒数两句话)，Para 14 （倒数第二句），Para 15（前两句）
五、文中有关新闻用语或修辞
新闻的体裁（见教材39-40页），重点词有：
News , Feature, Editorial & Commerntary。