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英语报刊选读 3 Unit 1 Politics Contents At 25, ‘McPaper’ Is All Grown Up from the New York Times, Sept. 17, 2007 “USA Today, the newspaper that pioneered vivid color and microarticles, favored the upbeat over the serious and sprinkled its pages with frivolous graphics (we sure do like tuna sandwiches for lunch, America). ” “USA Today, which turned 25 on Saturday, still stands apart as a lighter and quicker read than most of its competitors. ” “But at the same time, USA Today has gradually become more like other papers — more substantive, more serious, more likely to give ample space to at least a few big stories. The newspaper has grown up from a caricatured outsider to a respectable part of the establishment that competitors, government and business must take seriously.” “The difference between USA Today and the rest of the industry was evident from the first day, Sept. 15, 1982.” “There’s still a wide spread between what other major newspapers look like and read like, and USA Today, but it’s not as wide as it was,” said Allen H. Neuharth, the former Gannett chairman and chief executive who created USA Today. Text reading Title and subtitle Para.1- 4 opening Para.27-32 closing Understanding questions Get into the mind of the author！ Lobbying Who is Jerry Lewis? Congress President Bush’s fiscal 2005 budget proposal K street firms How did universities lobby? 7. “The stakes are unusually high this year.” (para. 17) post-secondary education 9. “shifting priorities” (para. 20) 10. What’s the author’s attitude toward such shifting priorities? 11. How to evaluate higher education lobbying? 12. What’s the implied meaning of para.27-32? Try to explain… Bruin Congress K Street firms the National Mall Capitol Hill Higher Education Act Post-secondary educations the Pentagon Focus on… Lobbying The Presidential Election Try to define the following terms: ① lobbying ② lobbyist③ lobby. List th