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英文报刊文章选读 A quality Selection of Articles From American British Newspapers Periodicals. the purpose of this course help you get rid of difficult language points and difficulties of insufficient background knowledge in the course of reading English newspapers; to build a “bridge” for all of you; be able to read and understand English newspapers and periodicals. What is the difference between this course extensive reading? Some of you may say this course is nearly the same as the extensive reading. According to the foreword (prelude) of the textbook, it is something between intensive and extensive reading. How many lessons are you going to take up this term? You are going to have 11– 13 texts in 17 weeks this term. They are Ls.1,4,6,7,10,11, 15.17,19,20,22,23 and 25. Apart from that, I’ll give you some extra newspaper stories about current situation in the world or you can choose some by yourselves. This term, you will have one or two tests on this course; at the end of term you are going to have an exam. How do you take up this course? First, you should cultivate a habit of pre-study the lesson twice: First time is skimming scanning for main idea. Second time is detailed study for grasping ideas of each paragraph and answering questions. Second, you should cultivate your interest in concerning international sensitive issues by way of listening to VOA BBC, etc. reading more newspapers so that you can learn more newspaper terms and know more about newspaper reading. The Significance of Newspaper Reading 1. This course is a very important “window” to learn foreign culture international situation. 2. It is a very useful means to obtain the latest knowledge about science technology. 3. It is also an ideal material for us to learn modern English. The benefits of reading newspapers Intelligent, informed people read newspapers. In fact, it is important for foreign language learners to become newspaper readers as well. Greater fluency in reading. Exposure to n