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报刊选读拓展课讲义 （精选本） 目 录 The Many Faces of America…………………………………………………………………1 Latino Nation…………………………………………………………………………………5 The West’s Preaching to the East Must Stop……………………………………………….8 Full of Sound and Fury……………………………………………………………………..11 It’s Cameron and Clegg…………………………………………………………………….15 Family-Unfriendly Policies…………………………………………………………………18 A Mom’s Controversial Choice…………………………………………………………….21 The Love You Want: 7 Secrets of a Sexy Marriage……………………………………….23 AD Revenue Slump Rips Through Newspapers…………………………………………..27 10 Tips for Living to 100……………………………………………………………………31 Would You Like to Work at Home? ………………………………………………………35 How McNuggets Changed The World……………………………………………………..38 The Suburban Challenge…………………………………………………………………...40 Don’t Panic………………………………………………………………………………….44 The Angry Americans………………………………………………………………………46 Globally, Religion Defies Easily Identified Patterns……………………………………...49 LESSON 1 The many faces of America The surge of Hispanics is changing the way we think of ourselves as a nation By Michael Barone Westfield Middle School, located among the well-tended and nearly all-white suburbs north of Indianapolis,1 enrolled its first student studying English as a second language in 1998. Now the school employs a full-time teaching assistant to aid students who arrive speaking only Spanish. So many of our Hispanic students are new arrivals, says Ed Mendoza, the schools principal. Were just trying to help them get connected. A few miles south, the annual Fiesta Indianapolis2 had 35,000 people turn up last September, nearly double the number of three years before. And, unlike in past years, Fiesta had no trouble attracting corporate sponsors. We dont have to go looking for them anymore, says organizer Carmen DeRusha. They’re coming to us. Soft-drink companies, banks, major grocery stores—they all want to be involved. Similar signs of the chan