大一大学英语时文阅读8单元 unit 8.pptVIP

Current News Reading COURSES FOR SECOND CREDIT STUDENTS Contents 8 Science and Technology 3 1 5 10 12 14 Chapter 8 1 2 3 Major website Understand Headlines With the Background Knowledge Practice 1 Major website / /usnews/home.htm 美国新闻 洛杉矶时报 美联社 华尔街日报评论 今日美国 巴尔的摩太阳报 华盛顿邮报 纽约邮报 基督教科学箴言报 纽约时报 新闻周刊 华盛顿每日新闻 1 Major website 时代周刊 新闻周刊 国家地理杂志 读者文摘 http://www.thetimes.co.uk 泰晤士报 /home/asia 金融时报 http://www.dailymail.co.uk 每日邮报 1 Major website http://www.bbc.co.uk http://www.observer.co.uk http://www.mirror.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk http://www.spectator.co.uk 英国广播公司BBC 英国观察家报 每日镜报 卫报 英国每日电讯 英国经济学家 旁观者 福布斯 2 Understanding Headlines With the Background Knowledge A good knowledge of the headline language features can give us a lot of help in understanding newspaper headlines. Sometimes, however, a lack of relevant background knowledge may become an obstacle to our understanding. One effective way to gain background knowledge on current affairs is to keep up to date on world and local news：JP Morgan reaffirms its interest (JP Morgan is one of the worlds leading investment banks. ) A knowledge of British and American history and culture is also important： Of rice and men????????????? Of Mice and Men by John Steinback Gone with the Cash?????????????? Gone with the Wind Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California, United States. Based on Steinbecks own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath), the title is taken from Robert Burns poem To a Mouse, which read: The best laid schemes o mice an men / Gang aft agley. (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Often go awry.) Required