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《美英报刊文章阅读》复习第一题：将15个英语名词短语翻译成中文（15×1）不好说，不难，自己看书。
最好把书上的单词弄懂意思。
第二题：用英语写出5所著名大学或政府机构名字（5×2）美国大学：Yale University：耶鲁大学Harvard University：哈佛大学Princeton University：普林斯顿大学Stanford University：斯坦福大学Brown University：布朗大学University of Pennsylvania：宾夕法尼亚大Columbia University：哥伦比亚大学……美国政府机构：白宫（The White House）农业部(ministry of Agriculture)商务部(Commerce Department) 国防部(Ministry of National Defense)联邦调查局（Federal Bureau of Investigation）教育部(Ministry of Education)国防部(Department of Defense Administration) ……第三题：写出5个英语缩写的全称（5×2）FOR EXAM：UN=United Nations第四题：翻译15个报刊杂志或出版社名字成中文（15×1）美国The New York Times 《纽约时报》The Washington Post 《华盛顿邮报》Los Angeles Times 《洛杉矶时报》USA Today 《今日美国报》The Wall Street Journal .《华尔街日报》International Herald Tribune .《国际先驱论坛报》The Christian Science Monitor..《基督教科学箴言报》Time ...《时代》周刊Newsweek …《新闻周刊》U.S. News & World Report ..《美国新闻与世界报道》Reader’s Digest ..《读者文摘》Fortune .《财富》Business Week .《商业周刊》Far Eastern Economic Review .《远东经济评论》英国The Times . 《泰晤士报》Financial Times 《金融时报》The Guardian 《卫报》The Daily Telegraphy .《每日电讯报》The Independent .《独立报》The Economist 《经济学家》The Spectator 《旁观者》New Statesman 《新政治家》The Associated Press (AP)：美国联合通讯社Reuters：英国路透社United Press International（UPI）：美国合众国际社第五题：回答与课文相关的5个问题（5×3）答案见下页。
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美英报刊阅读教程Lesson2课文Lesson 2 Who Are America?s Hispanics ?The answers may surprise youBy Michael Barone1. As you walk around the Cisco Brothers, furniture factory in South Central Los Angeles, you?d hardly guess that Francisco Pinedo is the boss. Short and slight[1], wearing jeans and speaking rapid-fire[2] Spanish to his workers, he seems younger than his 35 years. Pinedo came to the United States in 1976 from Jalisco, Mexico, a 13-year-old boy who spoke no English. He dropped out of the 1 1th grade to work for a furniture manufacturer to support his family. Later he and his wife, Alba, borrowed everything they could to buy a one-bedroom, no-windows house for $36,000.2. Today the Pinedos own Cisco Brothers which employs 115 and last year sold more than $9 million worth o f furniture to stores around the world. “Being American offers you almost every opportu nity,” says Pinedo, who speaks English fluently and has applied for U.S. citizenship.3. His is one of the success stories written by what the Census Bureau[3] calls Hispanics: people of Latin American or Spanish origin. Whether recent immigrants or descendants of people who lived in the Southwest before the Pilgrims[4] came to America, they are all members of one of this country?s most important ethnic groups—and one of the least understood. Consider these facts:4. The Census Bureau estimates that there are 28 million Hispanics in the United states today, ap?proximately one in ten of us. That number is projected to reach 53 million in the year2020, or one in six Americans. Most of that growth will not be because of immigration, legal or illegal, but will come from the natural increase among Hispanics already here.5. Like Fransisco Pinedo, most Hispanics come from humble backgrounds —many from unthinkable poverty. But the large majority are not poor or on welfare. Indeed, Hispanic men havea higher labor-force participation rate than the national average.6. Some Hispanics speak only Spanish —but the overwhelming majority growing up in the United States see English as their primary language.7. In recent years the public spotlight on America?s Hispanics has often focused on drug crime, urban poverty and illegal immigration. But beyond these publicized problems are millions of ordinary, and many extraordinary, people. Who are they — and what will be their impact on the nation?s future?8. The Ninth of 12 Children, Danny Villanueva grew up in California and Arizona border towns. His father was a minister and a supporter of Cesar Chavez?s United Farm Workers. His diminutive[5] mother insisted that her sons raise themselves through athletics. After every game, win or lose, she would ask, “Did you give it all you had?[6]“9. Villanueva was, by his own description, “short, fat and slow—but nobody outworked me.” He became the kicker for the Los Angeles Rams[7], then helped found the Spanish-language Univision television network[8]. T oday he is head of the nation?s first Hispanic investment fund[9], its high-rise offices overlooking the mansions of Beverly Hills[10].10. Family ti es, like the strong partnership betweenVillanueva? s parents that gave him a future, re?main important to today? s young Hispanics. Many of the men working in Francisco Pinedo? s factory, for instance, are about the same age as the characters on TV?s “Seinfeld” or “Friends.” [11] But instead of hanging out[12] with contemporaries, most are married with children.11. According to the most recent statistics, 37 percent of Hispanic households are composed of two parents raising minor[13] children—as compared with 25 percent of non-Hispanic Americans. Divorce is significantly less common among Hispanics than among non-Hispanics.12. Sleepless in El Paso. As a boy, Cesar Viramontes crossed the Mexican border to El Paso, Texas, knowing no English. He dropped out of high school to work in a laundry. Then he and his wife saved enough money to buy a laundromat[14] When the fashion for prewashed[15] jeans started, the Viramontes family got into the business. Closing the laundromat at 10 p.m., they? d set the machines spinning with jeans from local manufacturers. Then they? d clean out the blue water and lint[16] before customers arrived at 7 a.m. All for 15 cents a pair.13. When did they rest? “We didn?t,” says Cesar Viramonters. “You can sleep when you?re 60.” Today the family owns International Garment Processors, which employs more than 750 workers at two large plants just outside El Paso. The company processes 50,000 garments a day for Levi Strauss[17] and other makers, and grosses [18] more than $30 million a year.14. America?s Hispanics are known as hard workers. “Latinos[19] have a strong work eth ic[20] and strong loyalty to employers,” says Jose de Jesus Legaspi, a real-estate developer who came to Los Angeles from Mexico as a teen-ager. Theirattitude, he says, is: “I?m asked to do this job, and 1 go and do it. If I need more money, I?ll get an e xtra job.”15. Statistics back up Legaspi? s opinion: the percentage of Hispanic men in the labor force in 1996 was 80 percent, well above the U.S. average of 67 percent. And many are entrepreneurs: the number of Hispanic-owned businesses rose to 863,000 in 1992, with receipts of $77 billion.16. All T ogether Now. In 1994 (the last figures available)[21], Hispanic income per person was only 57 percent of the national average—reflecting low earnings by immigrants with little English and few marketable skills. But often several people in each family work, so average Hispanic household income was 73 percent of the U.S. average.17. This is one way immigrants work themselves up to the middle class. Mexican-born Elena Lomeli is a top assistant to Laurie Gates, a pottery designer whose work appears in leading department stores. Arriving here in 1969 at age 13 and knowing no English, Lomeli baby-sat and did housekeeping. Today sh e helps transform Gates? s designs into finished products. “I surprise myself every day by what we do here,” she says.18. The Language Crisis. When Miami lawyer Nicolas Gutierrez, Jr., was interviewed on Span?ish-language television, his Cuban-born family called him later to “correct what 1 got wrong,”[22] he says. Although he grew up heari ng Spanish at home, he spoke English in school, college and law school—and speaks it today in his business and personal life.19. Today, in many workplaces and with family and friends, Spanish is usually the choice for Hispanic immigrants. As a result, many critics of immigration worry that Hispanic America will become a separate, Spanish-language community.20. It?s an old controversy, one that also raged early this cent ury when Italian, Polish and Jewish immigrants did not learn English. But the second generation did. And the experience of Nick Gutierrez and many others is reason to believe that things are no different today.21. Indeed, more than three-quarters of U.S.-born Hispanics have a solid command of English[23]. And in a 1996 poll conducted for the Center for Equal Opportunity, 51 percent of Hispanic parents said that learning to read, write and speak English was the most important goal of their children? s education; only 11 percent said the same of Spanish.22. Unfortunately, public schools—the great entryway to American success for the children ofearlier immigrants—have not served Hispanic students well. Part of the problem: the “experimental” bilingual educat ion programs started a generation ago. Technically voluntary[24], these programs enlist many Hispanic children regardless of parents? wishes. States such as California and Illinois can keep pupils in bilingual classes for five years. The effect is to hold back children from learning the English that they need and their parents desire.23. And because many Hispanic students are thus ill-prepared when they get to college, bilingual programs have even found a foothold there. Herman Badillo, a former New York City Congressman of Puerto Rican descent, spoke to one student from Hostos Community College, a bilingual branch of the City University of New York. The woman had failed a required English-proficiency test twice. “She couldn …t speak fluent English, and she?d majored in gerontology and gotten a job in a nursing home,” Badillo said. “If she?s working with elderly people whodon?t speak Spanish, it will be a calamity.”24. Clearly, reform of bilingual education programs is long overdue[25].25. Citizens Who Vote. Eighty years ago it was said that Italian immigrants would never be ab?sorbed into mainstream society. Yet in time they became unequivocally American. Today, writes cultural critic John Leo[26], ” Hispanics are blending into the general population at l east as fast as earlier white ethnic groups did.”26. In the past two years Hispanics have become U.S. citizens at a record pace[27]. Already the largest ethnic minority, they will in time be the largest voting bloc—maybe even the majority—in several of our largest metropolitan areas. And competition for Hispanic votes is becoming as politically crucial as past battles for immigrants? votes.27. Texas and California, the nation?s two largest states, with the two largest Hispanic populations, have already de veloped very different Hispanic politics. Hispanics in Texas? s Congressional delegation, for example, include a conservative Republican as well as both conservative and liberal Democrats. In California—with 54 electoral votes, 20 percent of those needed to win the Presidency—Hispanic voters tend to favor government-spending programs[28] and activism, positions that usually help liberal Democrats. But they are also likely to support capital punishment[29] and oppose abortion, views that help Republicans.28. In any event, the GOP[30] could pay a high price if it is perceived as engaging in immigrant-bashing[31]. In 1994, for example, one in four Hispanics voted for California?s Proposition 187[32], which barred state aid to illegal immigrants. But manyresented Republican Governor Pete Wilson? s ads for the measure, which they thought labeled all Hispanics as lazy. Two years later the Republicans? share of the Hispanic vote sharply declined.29. Whatever they may be in the future, Hispanic preferences and priorities are likely to strongly influence the direction of our politics and government. But it will be American politics.30. Consider Texas Congressman Silvestre Reyes. Growing up in a small Texas town, he learned English at school, served in Vietnam and then got a job with the Border Patrol[33]. In 1993 he devised Operation Hold the Line[34], which stationed agents at the border along the Rio Grande and vastly reduced the flow of illegal immigrants. In 1996 he was elected to Congress.31. A reporter once a sked him, “How do you guys celebrate independence day?”32. “With fireworks and a picnic,” Reyes replied.33. The writer was surprised. “I had no idea you celebrated the 16th of September [Mexico's independence day] that way,” he said.34. Reyes explained: “I?m talking about the Fourth of July.”From Reader?s Digest, January, 1998V. Analysis of Content1. Hispanics may refer to____________.A. Americans of Latin American or Spanish originB. recent immigrants to America from South AmericaC. descendants of people who lived in the Southwest before the Pilgrims came to AmericaD. immigrants from Spain2. From the article, we know that ___________A. the number of Hispanics will reach 53 million in 2020because of increasing immigrationB. most Hispanics are poor and on welfareC. the employment rate of Hispanic men is higher than the national averageD. the Hispanics see Spanish as their primary language3. Which of the following statement is wrong ?A. Family ties remain important to today? s you ng Hispanics.B. All Hispanic men are likely to hang out with their contemporaries.C. Divorce among Hispanics is not so common as among non-Hispanics.D. Hispanic families are relatively stable.4. What?s the effect of the “experimental” bilingual edu cation programs to Hispanic children?A. They can speak both Spanish and English fluently.B. It holds back children from learning the English that they need and their parents desire.C. It has well prepared Hispanic students.D. It helps the children to learn English.5. In 1996 the Republicans? share of the Hispanic vote sharply declined because___________A. Hispanics in California are against the Republicans? platformB. Hispanics in California are for liberal Democrats? platformC. California?s Proposition 187 is unreasonableD. the Republican Governor Pete Wilson had bashed HispanicsVI. Questions on the Article1. Why does the author say one would hardly guess that Francisco Pinedo is the boss?2. In recent years, what have been the publicized problems with Hispanics?3. Can you tell how Cesar Viramontes succeeded in his business?4. Will Hispanic America become a separate, Spanish language community as many critics worry?5. Why is the competition for Hispanic votes becoming as politically crucial as past batties for immigrants? votes?VII. Topics for Discussion1. How do you interpret Pi nedos? words “Being American offers you almost every oppor-tunity”?2. Is bilingual education necessary for Hispanics?。
《英美报刊文章阅读》第三版课件---第三课
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美英报刊阅读教程Lesson 6 课文
Lesson 6 The Roof That Costs Too MuchA problem for poorer Americans that most voters prefer to ignore1. Motherhood and apple pie are still fine, but the thing many Americans relish most these days is owning their own home. Two in three homes are owned by their occupants, and the lowest mortgage rates in three decades keep the numbers rising. But this does not suit everybody.2. There have long been cities, such as San Francisco and Boston, which lure in so many members of the ever-growing middle class that poorer people get priced out of the housing market.[2] Now the problem is national. According to a report by Harvard University, house prices have been jumping ahead of incomes[3] in most of America’s big cities. Eight of the 50 biggest metropolitan areas have seen prices rise by nearly a third in real terms[4] since 1997. The national rate for mortgage foreclosures is at a 30-year high, with Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi and Utah to the fore.[5]3. The Department of Housing and Urban Development[6] (HUD) defines “affordable housing” asa home which costs less than 30% of a family’ s income, in either rent or a monthly mortgage. When households pay more than 30% they tend to skimp on other necessities, such as health care. Janet Smith, a professor of urban planning at the University of Illinois, reckons that 38% of all the renters in the Chicago area—more than 180,000 households are in this squeeze[7]. So are nearly a quarter of the area’s home-owners. These are not just the familiar poor. A lot of teachers and nurses are struggling.4. Some people blame the housing burden hi part for other social ills[8]—everything from children doing badly at school to traffic-jammed roads. Unless the housing problem is addressed, claims Julia Stasch at the MacArthur Foundation, America will waste money on other social programmes.5. No doubt the housing boom is unsustainable, and prices will eventually adjust themselves to incomes.[9] But that will take time. So affordable housing has become a political issue. Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston has championed it at the Conference of Mayors, which he currently heads (but his solution is apparently to bring back rent controls, which in the end is no solution). California’ s voters have just approved a $2.1 billion bond issue to su bsidise the provision of cheaper homes.6. Such schemes usually involve cities requisitioning land—often run-down areas where factories or public-housing developments once stood—and handing it over to housing associations or public trusts which, because they get the land cheap, can build homes and rent them out at below-market rates.[10] The trouble is that demand generally swamps supply[11]: in cities like Washington, DC, there have been complaints of Soviet-length waiting lists[12]. The obvious way to mop up some of the demand—more high-rise, high-density apartment blocks[13]—is opposed by people who own houses nearby; many neighborhoods have zoning laws[14] to prevent this.7. Another problem is that few countries offer such generous tax breaks[15] to home-owners as America does. The Chicago area’ s population has increased by 11% since 1990, according to Ms Smith; but the number of rented homes has dropped by 3%. Jim Houlihan, the Cook County assessor, successfully pushed for lower taxes on rented propert y. Unfortunately, most of the city’ s new jobs are in its northern suburbs, which are protected by zoning laws; most of its cheaperhousing is in the south. If people live a long way from their work, business suffers, the transport system creaks, and the environment (think of those car fumes) takes a beating.[16]8. An organization called Metropolis 2020 estimates that the Chicago area will need another 352,000 homes by 2020. But many neighborhoods are suspicious of anything labelled “affordable housing”, o ften assuming that it means public housing (which they rightly or wrongly [17] associate with racial minorities, drugs, gangs and violence). It is true that cheap housing projects do tend to be built in poorer areas. One of the biggest in the country is a $1.6 billion scheme in Chicago: the city is knocking down some of its nastiest public-housing projects, including the notorious Cabrini Green. But the 25,000 new units it is building in their place are divided between public housing, subsidized homes and market-rate ones[18].9. Some people argue that the federal government should step in—by creating a National Housing Trust Fund[19] to help build cheaper homes; by altering the tax system; by making the Federal Housing Association[20] more efficient. But HU D’ s boss, Mel Martinez, has told the mayors that “the solution will not come out of Washington”. He wants the private sector and non-profit organizations to take the lead.10. In the end, it may be true that the only answer is to allow the building, or renovation, of a lot more cheap housing. But many middle-class voters do not want that in their communities. “Mosl Americans don’t think there’s a housing problem,” says Nicolas Retsinas of Harvard. Mosl homeowners are still happy with rising prices. Affluent baby-boomers[21] will probably ignore the problem until their children decide that it is cheaper to stay with mum and dad than pay a fortune foi their own homes. And by then the property market will doubtless have crashed.[22] From The Economist, December 7,20021. roof: ⊙ three generations living under one roof. 住在一个屋顶下的三代人the roof of a car. 车顶A roof on prices is needed to keep our customers happy. 最好使最高物价能让我们的顾客满意the roof of the world 世界屋脊; 高的山脉 the roof of heaven 天空 the roof of the mouth 上颚under sb.'s roof 住在某人家作客; 寄人篱下; 在某人的照应下When I told her about breaking the window, she went through the roof. 她听我说有关砸碎窗户的事时大发雷霆Angry tenants finally raised the roof about their noisy neighbors. 愤怒的房客终于对吵闹喧哗的邻居提出强烈抗议2. motherhood: n. 母性, 为母之道, 母亲身份, 母亲们(集合称), 母爱3. relish: n. An appetite for something; a strong appreciation or liking: 胃口：对某事物的食欲，强烈的欣赏或者喜欢：独特的滋味⊙ a relish for luxury. 对奢侈品的爱好, have no relish for tragedy 不喜欢看悲剧 eat [read]with relish 津津有味地吃[读] lose [lack] relish 失去[没有]吸引力Hunger gives relish to any food. 肚子饿时吃什么都香。
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Lesson 4VI.1. They found those Korean-Americans isolated and helpless, and recognized the attacks as a threat to Asians as a whole. For many Asian-Americans, the riots represented as an assault on their faith in America.2. The total population of Asian-Americans is about 7.3 million. Nearly 2.5 million arrived during the 1980s. The fastest increasing groups are Koreans and Vietnamese. About half of Asian immigrants settle on the Pacific coast while hundreds of thousands move on to New York and dozens of cities in between.3. They were brought to the United States in the 1860s to work on continental railroads as coolies. They were ill-treated and vilified as a “population befouled with all the social vices”. In 1887, there occurred the Snake River Massacre in Oregon, in which 31 Chinese were robbed and murdered.4. Asian families earn an average of $35,900 per year, more than the average for white families. However, as the Asian family is larger, their per capita income is actually less than that of white people.5. They are called the “model minority” because of their superiority to other races in habits of study and work. They are said to embody the American Dream of hard work, thrift and success. Asians, however, rebel against the model-minority label as another insidious stereotype. They think that it is a subtly racist excuse not to help underprivileged Asians and to hold back even average Asians on the ground that they already have “natural” advantages.6. Because they believe that Asian-Americans have accepted the white mainstream culture and white people love them for everything the blacks are not.7. They are making great efforts to preserve and acquire the Asian culture by improving their original language proficiency, attacking the model minority image and Asians who forget their original culture.8. The main obstacles are skin color and lack of English proficiency.9. The Indo-Chinese group is most noted for street gang activities. The main cause is unemployment.10. The ties within each small Asian group are close and family connections are strong. A key link in the system is rotating credit association. However, many Asians lack a larger sense of unity and bring ancient rivalries from native countries. Most Asian support groups are based on nationality or even smaller units.OutlineI. Impact of the Los Angeles riots(1—2)1. Korean sufferings and helpless state2. Assault on Asian-Americans’ faith in AmericaII. Racial bias against Asian-Americans(3—7)1. Asian immigrants’ uglified image in the past2. Present model-minority label and its harmful effects3. Resentment against Asians for their success and behavior4. Asians’ isolation from the rest of the society5. Boycotts and assaults on Asian businessesIII. American culture’s influence(8—12)1. Fast increase of Asian immigrants wishing to realize the American Dream2. Second generation’s tendency to abandon Asian values3. Identity crisis resulting from two cultures’ pull4. Young people’s efforts to preserve the original culture5. The least assimilated group: Chinatown residentsIV. Discrimination against Asians(13—17)1. Hurdles for assimilation2. Glass ceiling3. UnemploymentV. Similarities and differences between Asians and Blacks(18—21)1. Similar sufferings2. Similar spiritualities3. Asian-Americans’ less difficulty in shrugging off the legacy of discrimination4. First-generation Asian immigrants’ incredibly hardworking and thrifty characterVI. Asians’ ties and political status(22—24)1. Close community ties2. Lack of a larger sense of unity3. Underrepresentation at all government levelsVII. Author’s view concerning the development of Asians’ sentiment(25) Unlikely to become a wider political movementLesson 6Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. DVI.1. Because they regard First Amendment freedom as essential American rights and will not allow any restriction on it.2. Because it holds the view that the reform will place restriction on individual rights and therefore should be fiercely resisted.3. Because the situation is not the same as before. In the 1950s, McCarthy and his inquisitors trampled the free expression of left-wing view; and so for the next two decades or so it was essential to defend the principle of free speech at every opportunity. Now the free speech is not in jeopardy, it should not be rigidly defended.4. Mr. Neuborne holds that in modern political campaign rich candidates flood voters with commercials and propaganda of every kind, so that others have no chance of attracting attention. Poor candidates may enjoy the right to speak, but not the hope that everyone will hear what theyhave to say. To give them a hearing, he suggests that the speech of rich candidates be limited.5. The authors mean that the situation now is different from that of the 1960s. Americans should not abide by the same principle in spite of the change of time. In the 1960s heyday, the ACLU was absolutely correct in upholding citizens’ rights against the police and other authorities. This was because they did not reflect the inte rests of America’s black minority. However, all that has now changed: many policemen, and police chiefs, are black, as are many mayors. If these leaders, reflecting the wishes of their constituencies, choose to adopt tough measures to fight crime, the ACLU should not presume to second-guess them. It’s time to adopt a different attitude.6. The ACLU’s rigid defence of rights ends up favoring the strong more than the weak.7. He thinks that America’s free speech has a price. Though America has been one of the freest countries in the world, it is one of those in which the gap between the rich and poor is the starkest.OutlineI. The burial of the campaign finance reform and its implications(1)II. Two sides’ views on the reform(2)1. Opponents’ view2. Majority’s viewIII. American public’s qualified support for free speech(3—5)1. Firm belief in the first amendment2. Strong support for the campaign finance reform3. Deep split within the ACLU over the campaign financeIV. Criticism of the ACLU’s rigid defence of rights(6—11)1. Burt Neuborne’s view on the ACLU’s line on campaign spending2. Tracey Meares and Dan Kahan’s criticism of the ACLU’s other issuesV. Author’s comment(12) Liberty has a price.Lesson 7Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. BVI.1. It indicates that Microsoft corp. has tight control over the software business.2. The present honeymoon will not last long. The industry does not speak with one voice. At the same time, their success has greatly damaged the interests of other industries. So there will be troubles ahead. Besides this, there’s also potential for a huge culture clash. A lot of Silicon Valley types don’t realize the importance of politics and have disdain for government.3. President Clinton promised to keep the Internet tax-free for now and Hewlett Packard Co. won approval to export sophisticated cryptography chips. The 1986 semiconductor trade agreement was signed to stop the dumping of Japanese chips in the US and set market-share goals for US chips in Japan.4. The industry believes that government should do what it needs to do but leave them alone. The software tycoons have little patience for bureaucratic oversight and tend to be uncompromising. The hardware tycoons are willing to look for compromise.5. They are: easing immigration restriction; securities-litigation reform and ending export limit of encryption technology.6. The Internet and electronic commerce have been rearranging the business landscape—changing how Americans buy everything. They are spreading into all sorts of digital services, from entertainment to online banking to telephony.7. Because high-tech leaders have realized that the industry’s future is less about technology and more about policy.OutlineI. Close contact between high tech industry and Washington politicians(1—2)1. Specific example: Bill Gates and Scott G. McNealy’s attendance at the March 3 hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee2. Increasing contact between high tech industry and Washington policy makersII. Reasons for the close relationship(3—6)1. High tech industry’s fast expansion and the appearance of more issues2. Politicians’ strong interest in the job growth industry3. Increasing conflicts between high tech industry and other industries4. High tech industry’s urgent need for solution to many problemsIII. Relationship between high tech industry and government(7—11)1. Good relationship at present2. Difficulties in maintaining the honeymoon3. Need for high tech new executives to learn lobbyingIV. Efforts made by high tech companies at lobbying(12—14)1. Computer companies’ fight for a high-definition TV format2. The establishment of Washington offices3. Crusade to fight alleged Japanese dumping of computer chipsV. Problems with the high tech industry(15—16)1. Lack of unity2. Little patience for bureaucratic oversightVI. Objectives of the high tech executives(17—18)1. Easing immigration restriction and securities litigation reform2. Ending limit on the export encryption technologyVII. Prospects(19) High tech executives will quickly learn how to play the Washington political gameLesson 12Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. A 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. BVI.1. The market situation of the sales in the United States is much better than ever before. Many bookstores report increases of over 30%.2. America’s bookstores offer a rich diversity of Bibles to suit people’s different needs and comprehension levels. The 270 stores in the Family Christian Stores chain might carry 200 different titles. Customers now have more choices in format, bindings, boxing and pricing. All new Bibles claim improved scholarship, better readability and more relevance.3. The advance of technology has made it possible to publish more quickly and less expensively. Therefore, it has helped to speeden new Bible production and shorten the shelf life of Bibles.4. In order to meet readers’ different needs, publishers produce specialty Bibles and Bibles with notes and comments.5. The initialism NIV stands for the New International Version.6. The notes and comments in the new Bible would produce the adverse effects of leading the reader off the right page theologically and remaking God in the writer’s own image.OutlineI. Fast increase of Bible sales(1—5)II. Rich diversity of Bible versions and variations(6—17)1. More choices in bindings, boxings and pricing2. Different kinds of Bibles serving different purposes3. Different Bibles claiming improved scholarship and readability4. An explosion of format choicesIII. Reasons for the rich diversity(18—25)1. Advance of technology2. Bible companies’ desire for their market shares3. Customers’ wish for specialty versions suiting their specific needsIV. Possible adverse effects of the notes and comments(26—35)1. Leading the reader off the right page theologically2. Remarking God in one’s own imageLesson 15Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. AVI.1. Americans transfer less money among themselves for such things as social security and welfare.2. It is the measure of “fiscal drag”—the burden taxes place upon an economy.3. It refers to funds that go from one citizen’s pocket to another’s with the government as intermediary.4. High-tax, high-transfer countries tend to be culturally cohesive. America is a melting pot. It is a more diverse society. People are reluctant to contribute to the public spending.5. Lower taxes. More services and more spending.6. They would shoulder higher taxes if they could be sure that doing so would make life better for themselves, their children and their children’s children. A great ma jority would pay more if they could be guaranteed the money would go to education or health insurance or even housing for the homeless. They are willing to pay for the direct and visible services.OutlineI. American’s tax load compared with people of other countries(1—3)1. Lighter load according to OECD’s finding2. More complaints about taxes according to opinion polls3. Author’s view on OECD’s findingII. Similarities and differences between America and other countries in taxes(4—9)1. Similaritya. Allocation of similar proportion of GDP to governmentb. Effect of the allocation on economy: fiscal dragc. US tax payers’ strong sense of fiscal drag2. Difference: US less transfer paymentsa. America’s capability to increase transfer paymentsb. Reasons for US less transfer paymentsUS less cultural cohesion caused by the society’s diversity;Government’s less spending for infrastructureIII. Public’s sentiment over taxes(10—12)1. Willingness to pay more for worthwhile causes such as education and pollution control2. Hatred for bureaucrats’ waste of taxpayers’ money3. Tendency to want it both ways: lower taxes, but more servicesResult: huge federal deficitLesson 17Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. DVI.1. Alcohol poisoning caused Wynne’s death. The autopsy of Wynne found that he had a blood alcohol level six times the amount at which the state considers a person intoxicated.2. Excessive drinking among college students has been blamed for at least six deaths in the year before the writing of the article. It affects not only the bingers but also fellow students, who are more likely to report lost sleep, interrupted studies and sexual assaults on campuses with high binge-drinking rates. Sometimes it may cause riots.3. The most important factor is the campus culture encouraging students to drink, and drink heavily. At many colleges, school life is still synonymous with alcohol-lubricated gatherings. College newspapers are filled with alcohol-related ads. On many campuses, bars send shuttle buses to round up students.4. The act of raising the legal drinking age from 18 to 21 can not solve the problem. Many drink at private parties off campus, with an older student buying the alcohol. Bars’enforcement of the drinking age is often lax, false IDs are common, and legal-age friends are often willing to buy the drinks and bring them back to the table. Instead of drinking in well-monitored settings, the young often experiment in private homes and bars, where there are few checks in place to deter dangerous practices. Research suggests that making alcohol illegal may give it an illicit thrill for younger drinkers. So raising the age may have made the binge problem even worse.5. To solve the binge problem, many colleges hand out literature and hold workshops to educate students about responsible drinking. In addition, they penalize campus groups that sponsor reckless parties.6. No, it’s far from enough just to ban alcohol on campus, for it does nothing about the excessive drinking off-campus. So, colleges should work with the larger community to ensure that students cannot abuse alcohol at private homes and bars.OutlineI. Specific example: Wynne’s death of alcohol poisoning(1)II. General situation: Pervasive binge drinking on campuses(2—3)1. A common problem with most schools2. Huge yearly consumption of alcohol3. Harmful effects on the bingers and fellow studentsIII. Causes for the campus binge problem(4—5)1. Binge-encouraging culture: alcohol-lubricated gatherings; college newspapers’advertising; bars’ shuttle-bus service2. Off-campus wide-availability and high promotion of alcoholIV. Measures taken by many colleges to solve the binge problem(6—7)1. Education through literature and workshops2. Punishment for campus groups for sponsoring reckless parties3. Ban on alcohol consumption on campusesV. Author’s recommended measures(8—9)1. Working with the larger community to stop off-campus alcohol abuse2. Encouraging on-campus responsible drinking for those of legal drinking ageLesson21Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. BVI.1. He took two of his father’s guns from an unlocked cabinet and a third from a family car. He had learnt to fire weapons from his father.2. He means that Barry Loukaitis’ shooting in many respects showed the way in which America’s school yard killings would occur. More recent school killings followed the pattern of Barry Loukaitis’ shooting.3. The violent pop culture predisposed kids to violent behavior. It produced a profound cultural influence pulling kids into a world where violence is a perfectly normal way to handle emotions.4. It shows a very serious problem: American juveniles are becoming violent, callous andremorseless. More kids have mental disorders and their mental problems occur earlier.5. Most earlier killings were gang-related, or they were stabbings involving money or a girl friend. However, most recent killings were shootings done by kids with mental troubles. The victims were chosen at random.6. Yes, they gave ample warning signs, often in detailed writings at school, of dramatic violent outbursts to come. However, adults never took the threats and warning signs seriously. They simply overlooked them.7. Juvenile suicide rates have increased over the last four decades and have leveled off near their all-time highs. More than 1.5 million Americans under age 15 are seriously depressed.8. Because they were strapped for mental health counselors.9. Their parents or grandparents did not lock guns out of kids’ reach. Some of them even bought them guns and taught them how to use the guns.OutlineI. Specific example: Barry Loukaitis’ shooting on Feb. 2, 1996(1—4)II. Common traits of school yard killings after Barry’s shooting(5—14)1. Mental state: displaying problems2. Instruments for killing: easy access to guns3. Culture’s influence: immersion in gun culture and obsession with violent pop culture4. Signs of violence: showing ample signs, which, however, are overlookedIII. Striking changes of school yard killings in type over the last six years(15—27)1. Most earlier killings: gang-related stabbings; fights over money or a girl friend2. Most killings after Barry’s shooting: use of guns; random choices of victims; mental troubles3. Examples: Barry Loukaitis; an Alaskan boy; Luke Woodham in Mississippi; Michael Carneal in Kentucky; a 13-year-old boy in ArkansasIV. Analysis of the Causes(28—41)1. Mood disorders happening earlier & shortage of mental health counselors2. Easy access to guns: unlocked; parents’ teaching; holiday gifts; taking courses3. Pop culture’s influence: violent video shows and video games; gangster rap。
美英报刊文章阅读第五版课后答案端木义万
美英报刊文章阅读第五版课后答案端木义万No ideal may be held more sacred in America, or be more coveted by others,than the principle of individual freedom.在美国，没有什么理想比个人自由原则更神圣，也没有什么理想比个人自由原则更令人垂涎。
Given the chance to pursue the heart's desires, our Utopian vision claims, each of ushas the ability and the right to make our dreams come true.我们乌托邦式的愿景宣称，只要有机会去追求内心的渴望，我们每个人都有能力和权利去实现自己的梦想。
This extraordinary individualism has prevailed as the core doctrine of the New Worldthrough four centuries, bringing with it an unrelenting pressure to prove one's self.四个世纪以来，这种非凡的个人主义一直是新世界的核心信条，随之而来的是证明自我的无情压力。
The self-made man has been America's durable icon, whether personified by theprairie homesteader or the high-tech entrepreneur.'白手起家的人是美国经久不衰的偶像，无论是草原上的农场主还是高科技企业家都是他们的化身。
”Yet, from the beginning,the idea of a community of rugged individualists struckmany as an oxymoron. In the 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville warned that the tendencyof Americans to do their own thing could very likely doom the country. 然而，从一开始，由粗犷的个人主义者组成的社会这个想法就给许多人以矛盾的感觉。
美英报刊阅读教程中级精选本第二版课后练习题含答案
美英报刊阅读教程中级精选本第二版课后练习题含答案第一篇文章：The Future of Work阅读理解题：1.According to the article, why may workers in the future needa new set of skills?2.What are some of the benefits of remote work?3.What is gig work?4.What are some of the potential downsides to the gig economy? 词汇题：1.Please define the following words based on their usage inthe article:•remote•gig•autonomous答案：阅读理解题：1.According to the article, workers in the future may need anew set of skills due to automation and artificial intelligence taking over certn tasks that are currently done by humans.Additionally, remote work and gig work are becoming increasingly popular, which require different skills than traditional office jobs.2.Some of the benefits of remote work include increasedflexibility, reduced commute time, and improved work-life balance.3.Gig work refers to non-traditional forms of employment, suchas freelance or contract work, that are short-term and not part ofa permanent job.4.Some of the potential downsides to the gig economy includelack of job security, no benefits, and variable income.词汇题：•remote: located far away; distant•gig: a job or task, often temporary or freelance•autonomous: operating independently, without human input第二篇文章：The Benefits of Travel阅读理解题：1.According to the article, what are some of the ways thattravel can improve mental health?2.What are some of the benefits of cultural immersion?3.Why does the article suggest trying local cuisine whentraveling?词汇题：1.Please define the following words based on their usage inthe article:•exhilarating•novelty•rejuvenating答案：阅读理解题：1.Travel can improve mental health by reducing stress andanxiety, boosting creativity and happiness, and improvingcognitive function.2.Cultural immersion can broaden one’s perspective andunderstanding of different cultures, enhance language skills, and provide valuable learning experiences.3.The article suggests trying local cuisine when travelingbecause it is a way to immerse oneself in the local culture and to experience new and unique flavors and ingredients.词汇题：•exhilarating: causing feelings of excitement and enthusiasm•novelty: the quality of being new and unusual•rejuvenating: making one feel refreshed and restored, often after a period of stress or exhaustion。
美英报刊阅读教程Lesson 38 课文
Lesson 38-Tough Terrain Ahead on Road MapIsraeli settlement issue is one among many details to be resolvedBy Barbara SlavinWith his meeting Wednesday with the Palestinian and Israeli prime ministers, President Bush put his personal prestige behind the first real US attempt2 to mediate a Middle East peace agreement in three years.But beyond the photo opportunity of smiling men shaking hands and the upbeat statement they released, real progress will depend on fulfilling a tradeoff first set forth by the United Nations Security Council 36 years ago: Israeli withdrawal from much of the West Bank and Gaza3 in return for Palestinians ending attacks on Israelis.Disputes about the extent of this tradeoff remain intense and were reflected in statements is sued on the windy shore at Aqaba4, Jordan. Bush praised Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon‟ s pledges to permit creation of an eventual Palestinian state.Sharon said he understood “the importance of territorial contiguity in the West Bank for a viable P alestinian state5” and promised to begin removing “unauthorized outposts6” set up by Israeli settlers in the West Bank since he took office two years ago. But Israel Radio reported that all but 10 of 102 outposts are in various stages of becoming “legal”. Skeptical of successPalestinians, Israelis and others question whether Sharon, the historic architect of a policy that has put 200,000 Israelis deep into the West Bank and Gaza and an additional 200,000 in East Jerusalem, will ever agree to the kind of pull-backs Palestinians say are the minimum required to create a viable Palestinian state.7And as Sharon made eminently clear, Palestinian failure to end attacks on Israelis will immediately jeopardize the entire effort.8Although Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas pledged to do his utmost to end the armed intifada9, or uprising, that began in September 2000, Palestinian militant groups vowed Wednesday to continue resistance until the end of Israeli “occupation”. Hamas10, responsible for most of the suicide attacks of the past 32 months, said it would not allow itself to be disarmed.Palestinians who have watched US presidents come and go say they appreciate Bush‟s newfound interest in their plight but remain extremely skeptical of Israeli intent ions and US resolve.” At Aqaba, says Khalil Shikaki, a prominent Palestinian pollster, Sharon once again refrained from endorsing in full a US-backed road map for peace and instead spoke only of taking “steps” in the plan.12Details are everything in the Middle East and will bedevil the peacemakers at every step.13 U.N Security Council resolution 24214, passed after a war in 1967 gave Israel control over the West Bank, Gaza, Syria‟ s Golan Heights15 and Egypt‟ s Sinai16 desert, calls for Israeli withdrawal from “territories occupied in the recent conflict”. Israel, which gave back all of Sinai in return for peace with Egypt in 1982, has interpreted the resolution to mean that it does not have to concede all of the rest; Arabs insist on a return to the boundaries that existed before the war in 1967.The Clinton administration came the closest to drawing new borders for Israel and Palestine that would have allowed Israel to retain key settlements and swapped parts of pre-1967 Israel for the settlements.17 But Clinton and Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak left office before a deal could be clinched18.The Bush administration‟s road map leaves all the toughest issues to the end of the process: settlements, final borders, the status of Jerusalem and the fate of more than 3.5 million Palestinian refugees. The goal is a Palestinian state in 2005, when the Bush administration may no longer be in power. “Contiguous” stateTuesday, meeting with Arab leaders in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Bush seemed to give a bigger nod toward Palestinian territorial aspirations.19“Israel must deal with the settlements,” he said. “Israel must make sure there‟s a continuous territory that the Palestinians can call home.”The White House clarified later that Bush meant to use the w ord “contiguous”.Secretary of State Collin Powell elaborated. “Contiguous means that if you are going to have a state that people will recognize as a state, it has to be connected,” Powell told reporters . “So that it can‟t be chopped up in so many ways hi some form of bantustan”™ as small, autonomous black African enclaves in white-ruled South Africa were called.Palestinians are circulating maps showing a state with provisional borders, called for as early as this year in the road map. Meeting with Powell in Jericho21 on May 11, Shikaki gave him a map of a provisional state that would require the evacuation of 34 settlements with a total population of 14,000. Most of the settlements are small, but several have populations of around 1,000 and were create d shortly after Sharon‟s Likud Party22 first came to power in 1977.Israeli acceptance of such a proposal is sure to provoke civil strife between Jewish settlers and Israeli troops. It would also probably bring down Sharon‟s center-right coalition, which includes parties that are adamantly opposed to territorial withdrawal.23Y ossi Alpher, a former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies in Tel A viv and adviser to Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak, doubts a crunch will come. Sharon, Alpher says, “will do everything possible to avoid dismantling real, veteran settlements” and seeks only a more peacefulversion of the status quo.24Some Palestinians were encouraged by Bush‟s new language on settlements.“This is the first tune Bush has spoken of a contiguous state,” says Hassan Abdel Rahman, the Palestinian representative in Washington. “Bush was very unambiguous and forcefiil, and that was noted by everyone present.” But according to Alpher, Sharon‟ s definition of “contiguous” means linking Palestinian towns and villages with tunnels and bridges but retaining the land in between.Sharon… s vision of a Palestinian state is one of “bits and pieces”, says Edward Walker, a former US ambassador to Israel. “What we need is more precision and elaboration.”From USA Today, July, 2003。
美英报刊阅读教程中级第五版答案
美英报刊阅读教程中级第五版答案Thethree bigmilestonesforAmerica ‘spopulationarethefollowing: 1915whenAmerica ‘s populationgrewto100 million, 1967whenAmerica s populationincreased to200 million and 2006 when America ‘s population reached 300 million.America ‘srecentpopulationgrowthhasbeenextraordinary.Since2000alone,Americahasadded20million people.InsharpcontrastwithAmerica‘spopulationincrease, Europe‘s birth rates have been plunging and Japan‘s population has been shrinking.The fast growth of the South and the West has been buoyed by immigration, lower costs, and recreationalThe fast growth of the South and the West has been buoyed by immigration, lower costs, and recreational opportunities.The major factor in the population growth is immigration. Since 2000 alone, there has been a 16percent rise in the number of immigrants living in American households.The most striking difference is the change of the main source. Before 1967, the main source of immigrantswasWestern Europe. However, after President Johnson signed the Immigration and Naturalization Act in1965tostopracialandethnicquotas for newimmigrants, and once the Mexican economy tanked in the 1970s, immigrants from Mexico sharply increased. In Fort Wayne, nearly 80 percent of Hispanics are Mexican. An estimated 12 million undocumented immigrantsnow live in America.According tothearticle,the influx ofnewimmigrants hascaused the problem of racial tensions.Back in 1990, the median age in America was 22.9 years. But with people having fewer babies, that number started to climb. Lower fertility rates mean older populations. The baby boom causeda brief pause in this movement during the 1950s and 1960s, but the aging trend has since resumed.The median age is up to 36.5 and is expected to rise to 39 by 2030 before leveling off.People like Mayowillnbsp;graduallynbsp;adaptnbsp;tonbsp;accommodatenbsp;thenbsp;newnbsp;shape.Itnbsp;is,ofnbsp;course,innbsp;thenbsp;wherenbsp; mynbsp; friendnbsp; nonbsp; longernbsp; lives,thatnbsp; thisnbsp; evolutionarynbsp; experimentnbsp; isnbsp; mostnbsp; advanced;fornbsp; yearsnbsp; now,nbsp; millionsnbsp; ofnbsp; peoplenbsp; havenbsp; beennbsp; gorgingnbsp; themselvesnbsp;vastnbsp;helpingsnbsp;ofnbsp;fastnbsp;food,nbsp;withnbsp;thenbsp;consequencenbsp;thatnbsp;aboutnbsp;60nbsp;nbsp;percentnbsp;ofnbsp;thenbsp;populationnbsp;isnbsp;overweight. nbsp;Accordingnbsp;tonbsp;Gregnbsp;Critser,nbsp;authornbsp;ofnbsp;Fatnbsp;LandAmericansnbsp;Becamenbsp;thenbsp;Fattestnbsp;Peoplenbsp;innbsp;thenbsp;Word,nbsp;nonenbsp;ofnbs p;thisnbsp;hasnbsp;happenednbsp;bynbsp;accident.nbsp;Critsernbsp;ar guesnbsp;thatnbsp;thenbsp;challengenbsp;tonbsp;thenbsp;USnbsp;foodnbsp;industrynbsp;innbsp;thenbsp;1970snbsp;wasnbsp;thatnbsp;thenbsp;populationnbsp;wasnbsp;growingnbsp;morenbsp;slowlynbsp;thannbsp;thenbsp;foodnbsp;su pply,nbsp;sonbsp;peoplenbsp;hadnbsp;tonbsp;benbsp;persuadednbsp;t onbsp;changenbsp;theirnbsp;eatingnbsp;habits.nbsp;Fastnbsp;food,nbsp;inventednbsp; afternbsp;thenbsp;Secondnbsp;Worldnbsp;Warnbsp;asnbsp;annbsp;affo rdablenbsp;waynbsp;ofnbsp;gettingnbsp;familiesnbsp;tonbsp;eatnbsp;together,nbsp;becamenbsp;anbsp;meansnbsp;ofnbsp;sellingnbsp;surplusnbsp;fatnbsp;andnbsp;sugarnbsp;tonbsp;thenbsp;farfromunwillingnbsp;masses.nbsp;Thisnbsp;isnbsp;anbsp;socialnbsp;revolu tionnbsp;onnbsp;anbsp;grandnbsp;scalenbsp;asnbsp;scarcity,nbsp;withnbsp;whichnbsp;mostnbsp;humannbsp;beingsnbs p;havenbsp;hadnbsp;tonbsp;strugglenbsp;throughoutnbsp;history,nbsp; hasnbsp;givennbsp;waynbsp;tonbsp;annbsp;apparentlynbsp;permanentnbsp; statenbsp;ofnbsp;plenty.nbsp;Itnbsp;maynbsp;alsonbsp;helpnbsp;tonbsp;explainnbsp;whynbsp;th enbsp;magiciannbsp;Davidnbsp;Blaine,nbsp;suspendednbsp;withoutnbs p;foodnbsp;innbsp;anbsp;Perspexnbsp;boxnbsp;besidenbsp;Towernbsp;Bridge,hasnbsp;suchnbsp;anbsp;gripnbsp;onnbsp;people#39;snbsp;imaginations.Innbsp;annbsp;astonishinglynbsp;shortnbsp;periodnbs p;ofnbsp;time,nbsp;starvationnbsp;hasnbsp;metamorphosednbsp;fromnbsp;anbsp;threatnbsp;tonbsp;anbsp;spectacle,nbsp;andnbsp;f amiliesnbsp;arenbsp;turningnbsp;outnbsp;ennbsp;massnbsp;eatnbsp;we ekendsnbsp;tonbsp;seenbsp;hownbsp;hisnbsp;hungernbsp;strikenbsp;isnbsp;going.nbsp;Fornbs p;thenbsp;fifthnbsp;ofnbsp;thenbsp;Britishnbsp;populationnbsp;whonbs p;arenbsp;obese,nbsp;andnbsp;unusednbsp;tonbsp;doingnbsp;withoutnbsp;foodnbsp;for nbsp;morenbsp;thannbsp;anbsp;fewnbsp;hours,nbsp;thenbsp;notionnbs p;ofnbsp;someonenbsp;givingnbsp;itnbsp;upnbsp;fornbsp;44nbsp;daysnbsp;isnbsp;izenbsp; peoplenbsp;havenbsp;turnednbsp;upnbsp;tonbsp;mock,nbsp;throwingnbsp;egg,nbsp;cookingnbsp;foodnbsp;andnbsp ;evennbsp;tryingnbsp;tonbsp;cutnbsp;offnbsp;thenbsp;waternbsp;suppl ynbsp;tonbsp;thenbsp;hungnbsp;American.nbsp;Perhapsnbsp;thisnbsp;isnbsp;thenbsp;poi nt,nbsp;thatnbsp;therenbsp;arenbsp;sonbsp;fewnbsp;starvingnbsp;Amer icansnbsp;innbsp;thenbsp;world,nbsp;whichnbsp;makesnbsp;hisnbsp;self imposednbsp;ordealnbsp;appearnbsp;ludicrouslynbsp;self indulgent.nbsp;Yetnbsp;itnbsp;isnbsp;possiblenbsp;tonbsp;takenbsp;Critser’snbsp;argumentnbsp;anbsp;stagenbsp;furthernbsp;andnbsp;suggestnbsp;thatnbsp;millionsnbsp;ofnbsp;Americansnbsp;arenbsp;trappednbsp;betweennbsp;twonbsp;industries,nbsp;fastnbsp;foodnbsp;andnbsp;slimming,nbsp;whichnbsp;enjoynbsp;anbsp;cosilynbsp;symbioticnbsp;relationship.nbsp;Researchnbsp;bynbsp;anbsp;fastfoodnbsp;chainnbsp;showednbsp;thatnbsp;whatnbsp;customersnbsp;carednbsp;aboutnbsp;wasnbsp;neithernbsp;tasternbsp;nornbsp;qualitynbsp;butnbsp;portionnbsp;size;n bsp;whatnbsp;theynbsp;havenbsp;comenbsp;tonbsp;expectnbsp;fromnbsp;food,n bsp;andnbsp;whatnbsp;theirnbsp;neighboursnbsp;arenbsp;beginningnb sp;tonbsp;wantnbsp;asnbsp;wellobesitynbsp;hasnbsp;increasednbsp;bynbsp;158nbsp;pernbsp;centn bsp;innbsp;Mexiconbsp;innbsp;anbsp;decade,nbsp;sincenbsp;fastnbsp;f oodnbsp;outletsnbsp;begannbsp;tonbsp;replacenbsp;thenbsp;traditionalnbsp ;dietisnbsp;anbsp;feelingnbsp;ofnbsp;beingnbsp;stuffednbsp;tonbsp;the nbsp;gills.nbsp;Cookingnbsp;hasnbsp;becomenbsp;anbsp;spectatornbsp;sport,nb。
美英报刊阅读教程Lesson1课文
美英报刊阅读教程Lesson1课文【Lesson 1 Good News about Racial ProgressThe remaining divisions in American society shouldnot blind us to a half-century of dramatic changeBy Abigail and Stephan ThernstromIn the Perrywood community of Upper Marlboro, Md.1, near Washington, D.C., homes cost between $160,000 and $400,000. The lawns are green and the amenities appealing—including a basketball court.Low-income teen-agers from Washington started coming there. The teens were black, and they were not welcomed. The homeowners? association hired off-duty police as security, and they would ask the ballplayers whether they “belonged” in the area. The association? s newsletter noted the “eyesore” at the basketball court.But the story has a surprising twist: many of the homeowners were black t oo. “We started having problems with the young men, and unfortunately they are our people,” one resident told a re porter from the Washington Post. “But what can you do?”The homeowners didn?t care about the race of the basketball players. They were outsiders—in truders. As another resident remarked, “People who don?t live here might not care about things the way we do. Seeing all the new houses going up, someone might b e tempted.”It?s a t elling story. Lots of Americans think that almost all blacks live in inner cities. Not true. Today many blacks own homes in suburban neighborhoods—not just around Washington, but outside Atlanta, Denver and other cities as well.That?s not the only common misconception Americans haveab out race. For some of the misinformation, the media are to blame. A reporter in The Wall Street Journal, for instance, writes that the economic gap between whites and blacks has widened. He offers no evidence. The picture drawn of racial relations is even bleaker. In one poll, for instance, 85 percent of blacks, but only 34 percent of whites, agreed with the verdict in the O.J. Simpson murder trial. That racially divided response made headline news. Blacks and whites, media accounts would have us believe, are still separate and hostile. Division is a constant theme, racism another.To be sure, racism has not disappeared, and race relations could —and probably will —improve. But the serious inequality that remains is less a function of racism than of the racial gap in levels of educational attainment, single parenthood and crime. The bad news has been exaggerated, and the good news neglected. Consider these three trends:A black middle class has arrived. Andrew Young recalls the day he was mistaken for a valet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. It was an infuriating case of mistaken identity for a man who was then U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.But it wasn?t so long ago that most blacks were servants—or their equivalent. On the eve ofWorld War II, a trivial five percent of black men were engaged in white-collar work of any kind, and six out of ten African-American women were employed as domestics.In 1940 there were only 1,000 practicing African-American lawyers; by 1995 there were over 32,000, about four percent of all attorneys.Today almost three-quarters of African-American families have incomes above the government poverty line. Many are inthe middle class, according to one useful index—earning double the government poverty level; in 1995 this was $30,910 for a two-parent family with two children and $40,728 for a two-parent family with four children. Only one black family in 100 enjoyed a middle-class income in 1940; by 1995 it was 49 in 100. And more than 40 percent of black households also own their homes. That? s a huge change.The typical white family still earns a lot more than the black family because it is more likely to collect two paychecks. But if we look only at married couples—much of the middle class—the white-black income gap shrinks to 13 percent. Much of that gap can be explained by the smaller percentage of blacks with college degrees, which boost wages, and the greater concentration of blacks in the South, where wages tend to be lower.Blacks are moving to the suburbs. Following the urban riots of the mid-1960s, the presiden-tial Kerner Commission14 concluded that the nation? s future was menaced by “accelerating segrega-tion”—black central cities and whites outside the core. That segregation might well blow the country apart, it said.It? s true that whites have continued to leave inner cities for the suburbs, but so, too, have blacks. The number of black suburban dwellers in the last generation has almost tripled to 10.6 million. In 1970 metropolitan Atlanta, for example, 27 percent of blacks lived in the suburbs with 85 percent of whites. By 1990, 64 percent of blacks and 94 percent of whites resided there.This is not phony integration, with blacks moving from one all-black neighborhood into another. Most of the movement has brought African-Americans into neighborhoods much lessblack15 than those they left behind, thus increasing integration. By 1994 six in ten whites reported that they lived in neighborhoods with blacks.Residential patterns do remain closely connected to race. However, neighborhoods have become more racially mixed, and residential segregation has been decreasing.Bigotry has declined. Before World Was ft, Gunnar Myrdal16 roamed the South researching An American Dilemma, the now-classic book that documented17 the chasm betwe en the nation?s ideals and its racial practices, hi one small Southern city, he kept asking whites how he could find “Mr. Jim Smith,” an African-American who was principal of a black high school. No one seemed to know who he was. After he finally found Smith, Myrdal was told that he should have just asked for “Jim.” That? s how great was white aversion to dignifying African-Americans with “Mr.” Or “Mrs.”Bigotry was not just a Southern problem. A national survey in the 1940s asked whether “Ne-groes shoul d have as good a chance as white people to get any kind of job.” A majority of whites said that “white people should have the first chance at any kind of job.”19. Such a question would not even be asked today. Except for a lunatic fringe18, no whites would sign on to such a notion.1920. In 1964 less than one in five whites reported having a black friend. By 1989 more than two out of three did. And more than eight often African -Americans had a white friend.21. What about the last taboo?20 In 1963 ten percent of whites approved of black-white dating; by 1994 it was 65 percent. Interracial marriages? Four percent of whites said it was okay in1958; by 1994 the figure had climbed more than elevenfold, to 45 percent. These surveys measure opinion, but behavior has also changed. In 1963 less than one percent of marriages by African- Americans were racially mixed. By 1993, 12 percent were.22. Today black Americans can climb the ladder to the top.21 Ann M. Fudge is already there; she?s in charge of manufacturing, promotion and sales at the $2.7-billion Maxwell House Coffee and Post Cereals divisions of Kraft Foods.22 So are Kenneth Chenault, president and chief operating officer at American Express23 and Richard D. Parsons, president of Time Warner, Inc.24 After the 1988 Demo-cratic Convention25, the Rev. Jesse Jackson26 talked about his chances of making it to the White House. “I may not get there,” he said “But it is possible for our child ren to get there now.”23. Even that seems too pessimistic. Consider how things have improved since Colin and Alma Powell27 packed their belongings into a V olkswagen28 and left Fort Devens, Mass., for Fort Bragg, N. C. “I remember passing Woodbridgc, Va.,” General Powell wrote in his autobiogra phy, “and not finding even a gas-station bathroom that we were allowed to use.” That was in 1962. In 1996 reliable polls suggest he could have been elected President.24. Progress over the last half-century has been dramatic. As Corctta Scott King wrote not long ago, the ideals for which her husband Martin Luther King Jr. died, have become “deeply embedded in the very fabric of America29.”From Reader?s Digest, March, 1998V. Analysis of Content1. According to the author, ___________A. racism has disappeared in AmericaB. little progress has been made in race relationsC. media reports have exaggerated the racial gapD. media accounts have made people believe that the gap between blacks and whites has become narrower2. What the Kerner Commi ssion meant by “accelerating segregation” was that __________A. more and more whites and blacks were forced to live and work separatelyB. more and more blacks lived in the central cities, and whites outside the coreC. more and more whites lived in the central cities, and blacks outside the coreD. nowadays more and more blacks begin to live in the suburbs3. The last taboo in the article is about ____________.A. political status of America?s minority peopleB. economic status of America? s minori ty peopleC. racial integrationD. interracial marriages4. Gunnar Myrdal kept asking whites how he could find “Mr. Jim Smith,” but no one seemed to know who he was, because _____________.A. there was not such a person called Jim SmithB. Jim Smith was not famousC. the whites didn …t know Jim SmithD. the white people considered that a black man did not deserve the title of “Mr.”5. In the author?s opinion, _A. few black Americans can climb the ladder to the topB. Jesse Jackson? s words in th is article seemed toopessimisticC. Colin Powell could never have been elected PresidentD. blacks can never become America? s PresidentVI. Questions on the Article1. Why were those low-income teen-agers who came to the Perrywood community consid-ered to be “the eyesore”?2. What is the surprising twist of the story?3. According to this article, what has caused much of the white-black income gap?4. Why did the presidential Kerner Commission conclude that the nation? s future was menaced by “accelerating segregation”?5. Why wouldn?t questions as “Should negroes have as good a chance as white people to get any kind of job?” be asked today?Topics for Discussion1. Can you tell briefly the dramatic progress in the status of America? s minority p eople over the last half-century?2. Do you think the article is unbiased? What do you think of the author s view on the African-Americans?1. amenity: n. A. The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness. 怡人：使人愉快或吸引人的性质；使人愉快B. A feature that increases attractiveness or value, especially of a piece of real estate or a geographic location.生活福利设施；便利设施：能够增加吸引力或价值的事物，特别是不动产或地理位置⊙ We enjoy all the -ties of home life. 我们享受家庭生活的一切乐趣。
美英报刊文章阅读lesson9
美英报刊文章阅读lesson9（原创版）目录一、引言：介绍美英报刊文章阅读的重要性二、美英报刊的特点与分类1.美英报刊的特点2.美英报刊的分类三、阅读美英报刊的方法与技巧1.筛选文章2.抓住重点3.理解背景4.学习语言四、阅读美英报刊的建议与策略1.持续阅读2.扩展知识面3.学习批判性思维4.结合实际应用五、结论：总结美英报刊文章阅读的意义与方法正文一、引言在当今全球化的背景下，英语已成为国际交流的主要语言。
阅读美英报刊文章，不仅可以帮助我们了解国际动态、扩展知识面，还能提高英语水平和批判性思维能力。
因此，掌握一定的美英报刊阅读技巧和策略显得尤为重要。
二、美英报刊的特点与分类1.美英报刊的特点美英报刊通常具有以下特点：信息量大、更新速度快、内容丰富多样、观点表达鲜明、语言生动活泼。
这些特点使得美英报刊成为了了解国际形势、社会文化和科技发展的重要窗口。
2.美英报刊的分类美英报刊可以根据内容和性质分为以下几类：综合性日报、周报、专业性报刊、娱乐性报刊、网络媒体等。
其中，综合性日报如《纽约时报》、《泰晤士报》等，涵盖了政治、经济、社会、文化等各个方面的信息；专业性报刊如《华尔街日报》、《经济学人》等，主要关注某一领域的新闻和分析；娱乐性报刊如《太阳报》、《每日邮报》等，以娱乐八卦和轻松幽默的内容为主。
三、阅读美英报刊的方法与技巧1.筛选文章阅读美英报刊之前，首先要学会筛选文章。
可以根据自己的兴趣和需求，挑选与自己相关的领域和话题进行阅读。
同时，可以通过标题、导语和图片等，快速判断文章的价值。
2.抓住重点在阅读美英报刊时，要学会抓住文章的重点。
可以通过关注文章的开头和结尾、扫描段落标题和小标题、寻找关键词和主题句等方法，快速了解文章的主要观点和论述。
3.理解背景很多美英报刊文章会涉及一定的背景知识。
因此，在阅读时要注意理解文章的背景信息，以便更好地把握文章的意义。
可以通过查阅资料、了解相关知识等方式，提高对背景知识的了解。
美英报刊文章选读Lesson3
An American in Beijing
• 每年数以万计的美国学生会挑选一个学期到世界各地去学习，他们有 去英国的，有去西班牙的，有去印度的。劳伦。库诺帕克滋是支持全 球相互依赖论者，他在北京一所大学度过一学期过后，发现在海外留 学益处多多，在中国尤r the Boston Red Sox, is the name of a popular baseball team in America. Baseball is known as America’s national pastime. But the International Olympic Committee announced in 2007 that it was dropping baseball from its list of sports after the 2008 Summer Games.
• 朝鲜战争原是朝鲜半岛上的朝韩之间的民族内战，后美、苏、中国等 分别支持朝韩双方的多个国家不同程度地卷入这场战争。1950年6月 25日，朝鲜得到苏联默许不宣而战入侵韩国，历时三年的朝鲜战争爆 发。7月7日，联合国安理会通过第84号决议，派遣联合国军支援韩国 抵御朝鲜的进攻。8月中旬，朝鲜人民军将韩军驱至釜山一隅，攻占 了韩国90%的土地。9月15日，以美军为主的联合国军（美国、英国、 加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰、荷兰、法国、土耳其、泰国、菲律宾、 希腊、比利时、哥伦比亚、埃塞俄比亚、南非、卢森堡）在仁川登陆， 开始大规模反攻。10月25日，中国人民志愿军应朝鲜请求赴朝，与朝 鲜并肩作战，战事陷入胶着状态。1951年7月10日，中华人民共和国 和朝鲜方面与联合国军的美国代表开始停战谈判，经过多次谈判后， 终于在1953年7月27日签署《朝鲜停战协定》
美英报刊文章阅读第四版课后练习题含答案
美英报刊文章阅读第四版课后练习题含答案第一篇文章题目：“Why Our Screens Make Us Less Happy”作者认为什么是人们在使用屏幕时感到不愉快的主要原因？答案：作者认为，人们在使用屏幕时感到不愉快的主要原因是因为屏幕的使用会干扰人类的自然生活方式和社交联系。
第二篇文章题目：在《Starbucks Didn’t Fix Racism at Its Stores. It Just Invited Us to Talk About It》这篇文章中，作者提到了什么措施可以改善种族歧视问题？答案：《Starbucks Didn’t Fix Racism at Its Stores. It Just Invited Us to Talk About It》这篇文章中，作者提到了在Starbucks店内进行种族平等培训是改善种族歧视的一种措施，同时也提到了在社交媒体上与大众交流和讨论种族平等问题的重要性。
第三篇文章题目：《In a Small Arizona City, Trump’s Border Wall Is Already Dividing People》这篇文章中，作者讨论了哪些社会问题？答案：《In a Small Arizona City, Trump’s Border Wall Is Already Dividing People》这篇文章中，作者讨论了墨西哥边境上正在建造的特朗普的边境墙带来的社会问题，包括对当地社区和环境的影响，以及墙带来的政治分歧。
第四篇文章题目：《The Hottest Restaurants in Charleston, S.C.》这篇文章主要介绍了什么？答案：《The Hottest Restaurants in Charleston, S.C.》这篇文章主要介绍了位于美国南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿市的一些最受欢迎的餐厅和美食文化。
第五篇文章题目：《When Mental Illness Comes for Our Children》这篇文章主要讨论了什么问题？答案：《When Mental Illness Comes for Our Children》这篇文章主要讨论了青少年精神疾病的问题，包括如何注意症状、如何寻求帮助以及如何应对这些问题。
美英报刊阅读教程Lesson 8 课文
Lesson 8 Our Love Affair with CarsThe automobile, marking 100 years as a major focal part of American life,takes its share of criticism. But it also has played a leading rolein shaping modern life with its many amenities.[1]By George F. Will1. It has changed how the landscape is experienced and how cities are shaped, hi it uncounted millions of marriages have been proposed and relationships consummated.[2] From courtship to crime to consumption, from the American economy to the American spirit, almost nothing would be as it is were it not for the handiest thing that ever happened for the hot pursuit of happiness.[3]So let us praise the automobile, born, sort of[4], 100 years ago.2. The auto industry’s centennial is being celebrated because in 1896 th e Duryea brothers of Springfield, Mass.[5], sold 13 cars. Critics, called “carrnudgeons,” who are legion and mostly liberals, ask, “What’s to celebrate?”[6]3. Yes, cars emit exhaust, and 1899 produced America’ s first recorded traffic fatality, the first of—so far—2.8 million deaths from traffic-related injuries. But horses were lethal, and stifle your nostalgia for those suffocating summers when windows were sealed, but noses were not, against billowing dust of finely ground manure produced by horses[7 ]such as those that deposited 60,000 gallons of urine on New York’ s streets every day.4. The mass production of automobiles on moving assembly lines, emulating the disassembly of cattle by meatpacking companies[8], increased productivity and wages, enabling workers to buy what they made. To facilitate purchases, automobile companies developed “installment buying,” and credit unions flourished facilitating it.[9] This destigmatized indebtedness, which government embraced with gusto, and increased Americans’ reluctance to defer gratifications.[10]5. Automobile and oil companies pioneered franchising for dealers of their products[11]. Credit cards were developed by oil companies to make credit portable. The democratized possession of machines capable of inflicting personal injuries and property damage enormously stimulated the insurance industry.[12] Supermarkets prospered because car owners could shop once a week. The automobile created vast wealth by increasing the value of land now accessible to people who worked in, but preferred not to live in cities.[13]6. Today, when most commutes are not from suburb to city but from one suburb to another, cars are blamed for suburbs, which are blamed for urban decline and desecration of the countryside.[14] Granted[15], suburbs sometimes are named for what their developers destroyed (“Forest View,” “Rolling Acres”[16]).7. The “getaway car” made criminals mobile and gave us movie car chases.[17] But liberals blame the automobile for myriad crimes, including Wai-Marts, “the mallification of America” and the breakdown of “community.”[18] Actually, automobiles were conquerors of rural loneliness, especially that of women, when farm families lived an average of five miles from market, six miles from school, 14 miles from a hospital.8. Automobiles were indispensable for the establishment in the 1950s of the teen-age nation-within-the-nation.[19] Before James Dean totaled his Porsche and himself at age 24, he was the archetypical teen-ager, a rebel without a cause but not without a car.[20 ]Automobiles solved what Frederick Lewis Allen called “the difficulty of finding a suitable locale formisconduct[21].” Hitherto, young swains had been confined to porch swings, with the girls’ parents and siblings underfoot.[22] Now they could drive away and, more to the point, park.9. GM’s “ladder of consumption”—Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac—gave America an ersatz class structure, but one easy to climb.[23] Sure, ‘ 50s cars—from their protuberant, not to say nubile, front bumpers to their tail fins[24]—looked, as a wit said, “like chorus girls coming and fighter planes going.” And perhaps the “planned obsolescence”[25] of annual model changes was not entirely, as Detroit insisted, “healthy dissatisfaction.” Perhaps the tele vision program “My mother the Car” indicated that the tendency to anthropomorphize cars had gone a tad far.[26]10. Who cares. Forget the vulgarities, celebrate the virtues of automobility. An open road produces an open society. The automobile has been an emancipating device, celebrated in our literature, from “The Great Gatsby” to “On the Road.” Were Huck to light out for the territories today, he would go in a Ford Explorer.[27]11. “Mason City. To get there you follow Highway 58, going northeast out of t he city, and it is a good highway and new.” So begins “All the King’s Men.” In the land of the automobile, every man’s a king.From Pacific Stars and Stripes, July 2, 1996。
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Brazil is a conveyed belt that produces brilliant talents （P1） ---metaphor. Brazil is the place to produce football players. 2. Kaka, is the embodiment of elegance, as he is better known, a player who exudes pure class.(P2) --an absolutely excellent player.
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was also awarded player of the Club World Cup because of his outstanding grades in matches, ---and his impressive individual honors list for 2007 includes the FIFA Player of the Year and UFFA Club Footballer of the Year. FIFA :Federation Internationale de Football Association
4.
What qualities should we learn from kaka? We should learn to be calm and composed and be never prone to either euphoria or depression . And we should not allow our success go to our head.
美英报刊文章阅读
Proximity
• An event may be of interest to local readers because it happened in or close to the community.
• For example: Wuhanese will be quite interested in when the subway tunnels began to be built and when it will be accomplished.
《美英报刊文章阅读》
（精选本）（第二版）
周学艺 主编 Beijing University Press，2001
What is news?
• What is news? What English Newspapers do you know?
• The definition accepted in China’s academic
• These stories can be profiles or unusual stories about people that make readers care about their plight.
• Here is an example of human interest: Kids Helping Kids Survive the Effects of Katrina.
These are some of these traditional qualities of both hard- and soft-news stories:
Timeliness (时效性) Proximity （接近性） Unusual nature （新奇） Celebrities （名人名流） Human interest （人情味） Conflict （冲突）
美英报刊阅读教程Lesson13课文
美英报刊阅读教程Lesson13课文Lesson 13 Ban Sparks Smoking WarSleepers are mad at bar patrons, and owners are mad at city By Charisse Jones1. NEW YORK-David Rabin doesn’t do cigarettes. In fact, he can’t stand smoke.2. But the co-owner of Lotus, one of the hottest night spots in Manhattan[1], says he now spends a good part of his time fighting a law that prohibits lighting up in bars and pushes smokers onto the street.3. “This is supposed to be the city that never sleeps,” says Rabin, 42. “It’s now the city that never sleeps because smokers are huddled beneath a four-story walk-up talking. Where else are they going to go?”4. New York City is still coming to terms with smoke-free night life[2] three months after a ban took effect outlawing smoking in nearly all work-places, including restaurants and bars.5. Five states—New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine and California—have passed similar smoking restrictions that include bars and taverns. Ne w York State’ s ban, which echoes the city’ s anti-smoking law, goes into effect July 24.6. Just last week, Maine’s governor signed into law a ban on smoking in taverns, pool halls, lounges and some off-track betting[3] sites that goes into effect Jan. 1. Smoking is already outlawed in restaurants. On May 23, Connecticut’s governor signed a m easure that will prohibit smoking in cafes, taverns, restaurants and public facilities by April 2004.7. On Tuesday, Florida began a smoking ban that’s slightly less restrictive. It bans smoking in all enclosed workplaces,including restaurants and bars where food sales make up at least 10% of their business.Business is off8. New York City’s law has sparked a million “butts” jokes in the tabloids and turned celebrities such as Britney Spears into alleged scofflaws for illegally puffing away.[4] And it has stirred fear and loathing among some residents and businesses that say customers don’t want to drink and nosh where they can’ t light up.9. One New York City councilman recently called on the city and state to consider amending the anti-smoking laws—a move other city officials say is unlikely. Owners and managers of cafes and bars from Queens[5] to Manhattan say that business is off as much as 40% and that they have been forced to lay off employees. Some community representatives say noise complaints have risen since pub denizens began lighting up on the sidewalk.10. “If what I’m hearing is correct, this is having a devastating effect on the city’s economic recovery,[6]” says Queens councilman Tony Avella, who says he reluctantly voted for the ban but thinks the council should revisit the issue[7].11. His office is receiving a dozen complaints a week about litter, noise and occasional rights among smokers outside nei ghborhood bars. “We need to find out if there’s a way to preserve public health and allow people to drink and smoke at the same time,” he says.12. Those who have studied the impact of anti-smoking measures say such laws protect the health of bartenders, waitresses and patrons and also bring in customers who were reluctant to socialize where smoking was allowed.[8]13. “What the data show is that no smoke-free air acts haveever hurt business,” says Tom Frieden, New York City’ s health commissioner. He says four out of five New Yorkers do not smoke.14. In a city of apartment dwellers, where people live above restaurants and pubs, some say long-standing tensions between businesses and residents have only risen since smokers were forced to congregate outside.15. “We have found that our number of complaints have increased regarding noise on the st reet, particularly when it conies to smokers,” says Kyle Merker, chairman of one of Manhattan’s community boards. “Realistically, are they going to repeal the law? N o. But maybe we can refine it.”Earlier closing time?16. Some club owners fear that anger about the excessive noise could make it harder for businesses to get liquor licenses, or it may lead to forcing businesses to close at 2 a.m. rather than 4, which Rabin fears would make New York no different than other cities.17. “This has brought about a civil war between night life and residents, both of whom have a legitimate right to exist,”[9] says Rabin, president of the New York Nightlife Association.18. Ciar an Staunton, owner of O’Neill’s in Manhattan, says business is off 20% as former patrons head home to Connecticut or New Jersey, where they can still smoke in a bar.19. I’ve met some of my patrons coming out of liquor stores with six-packs[10] saying, “We’re going to drink where we can smoke,” he says. “The original legislation was put in to he lp employees, to provide them with clean air…. Well, we’ve laid off three employees because of the smoking ban.”20. Others note that the sour economy could be one reason some bars and restaurants may be struggling.21. “These ordinances don’t have any eff ect on the hospitality business[11], and in the long term are very positive because they expand the market,” says Stanton Glantz of the University of California San Francisco, who has studied the economic impact of smoking bans.22. On the streets of the c ity, feelings about the smoking ban are mixed, but many say there’ s no more noise than before. And they appreciate the smoke-free air inside bars.23. “The noise is relatively low, and I only mind it when I’ m trying to go to sleep because of work in the morning,” says Tracy Wallach, 20, who lives next to The Coffee Shop bar and restaurant in Union Square.24. Even some bar managers have made their peace.[12]25. “The first few weeks, (fewer) people came in,” says Barry Brodsky, manager of Bar None in the East Village, “ Then they gave in.”From USA Today, June 3, 2003。
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《美英报刊文章阅读》精选本第三版周学艺第一课: Home at last译文叶落归根----对一群美国哈佛大学工商管理学毕业生们来说，返回中国：就意味着有一次为祖国服务的机会，也就意味着有一次致富的机遇。
By brook larmer这是一个通宵达旦的聚会，在醉意朦胧的氛围中，即将毕业的学子们互诉衷情。
然而这却是一个严肃的场合：在1999年5月的一天，11位（哈佛工商大学）的同班同学，聚集在哈佛工商大学校园的一套公寓里，正在与中国之命运努力抗争。
在他们的身边满眼是空空的啤酒瓶和炸薯片的包装袋，这11位同班同学与一帮来自中国大陆的朋友正在讨论他们自己的去留问题。
其实，他们当中的每一位同学都收到了美国顶级公司的邀请函。
但是，自从他们大多数人离开祖国以来，中国大陆在十年内也已经发生了巨大的变化。
现在的中国比以往的任何时候提供了更多的个人自由和经济发展机遇，而且也急需一大批象他们一样的精英管理型人才。
张微，一位活泼的29岁妇女，她的梦想就是要成为中国式的奥普拉·温弗莉，（奥普拉·温弗莉Oprah Winfrey：1954年1月29日生于美国密西西比州的科斯休斯克。
19岁加入那斯威尔市的WVOL广播电台开始她的广播生涯。
大学二年级转学大众传媒，并成为那斯威尔WTVF电视台第一个非洲裔美国人记者。
1984年移居芝加哥主持WLS电视台的早间脱口秀节目—《芝加哥的早晨》。
一个月之后，成为脱口秀节目排行榜首位。
不到一年时间，节目延长到1小时，并更名为《奥普拉·温弗瑞秀》。
奥普拉·温弗莉是一个什么样的人？她的物理特征：“黑人、女人、体重200磅、出身于密西西比、庸俗、粗鄙、市井和有生气的”；她的人生特征：未婚妈妈所生，9岁遭强奸，33岁成为脱口秀女皇，48岁成为亿万富翁。
她的财智特征：美国最受欢迎电视人，哈泼娱乐集团公司董事长，全美50名女强人之一，20世纪最有影响力的100位名人之一，《福布斯》杂志排行榜上的亿万富翁。
）而后者就是美国当代（家喻户晓）的访谈节目女主持人，她要求她的同学们返回祖国。
“我们决不可为了明天而放弃现在。
”她说道，“我们现在就应该着手做我们该做的事情”。
这二句话出自奥普拉·温弗莉之口，但他们印证了一个预言。
大约过了几周的时间，在这所公寓里最年轻的26岁前任国际数学冠军，名叫邵亦波----草草写下一条经商建议，便卖掉家当前往上海，在那里他创建了一家中国式的国际互联网拍卖行，eBay. (易趣网,世界最大的网上交易平台,中国电子商务的旗舰网站)。
在返回上海的途中，他在美国的硅谷呆了一天的时间，并且说服了一些投资人为他（的项目）投资了四十万美金。
几周之后，同学谭海英在纽约一家投资银行走马上任之前，返回上海拜会了一些朋友之后，她再也没用返回美国:邵亦波劝说她（留下来）担任他公司的行政副总管。
一年里，小团伙内的另外三名成员：黄逸明、任晨、herbert王也返回中国开办了几家创业公司。
那么张微呢？她在（世界报业大王）罗伯特、默多克的新闻集团里谋得一份具有商业发展的美差。
在北京，她仍然不分昼夜地工作以追求她的奥普拉式梦想。
在北京电视台，她每周一次主持一档深受大家欢迎的访谈节目，访谈的内容主要是关于艾滋病、毒品泛滥，当然也有网上约会交友（等内容）。
当中国的学生出现在美国哈佛大学的时候，他们不仅仅是寻找出路，而且也是寻找他们日后最终回国的优势条件。
经过几年为（国外）咨询公司、跨国公司和创业公司的工作经历，他们绝大多数人都深感要加深对西方商业文化的理解。
在美国哈佛大学，中国学生迅速聚集在一起，学长帮助学弟学习如何开车、购买食品、乘地铁。
他们每三个人共享一套公寓，因为他们烹制中国饭菜，因此这套公寓立马就成了一个聚集地。
大家一起度假，在波多黎各（Puerto Rico是美国在加勒比海地区的一个自治领地，正式名称是波多黎各自由邦。
波多黎各是大安的列斯群岛四个大岛中最小的一个岛，位于多米尼加共和国东面，在小安的列斯群岛西北。
它包含一个主岛和若干小岛。
整个地区分为78个市级行政区。
在西班牙语里，波多黎各的意思是“富裕之港”。
）潜水，在佛蒙特州滑雪（vermont佛蒙特州是美洲东海岸地区的滑雪圣地），在科德角休闲。
（Cape Cod 科德角是美国马萨诸塞州一个港湾城市，景色秀美，旅游业十分兴旺，不少人到当地注册结婚和度蜜月）。
他们精诚团结，甚至于用中文撰写了关于他们在美国哈佛大学的求学经历一书。
但是，（莘莘学子们）的未来，或去、或留的两难境地总是若隐若现，在1999年4月，当中国政府总理朱镕基在附近的麻省理工学院（Massachusetts Institute of Technology，MIT 是美国培养高级科技人才和管理人才、从事科学与技术教育与研究的一所私立大学）演讲，朱镕基总理邀请不久前毕业于商业学校的毕业生们返回祖国，并强调：中国的迫切需求就是经营管理人才。
“我们要做出选择”eric辛说道, eric辛是一位30岁的管理顾问，目前他已经决定留下来为麦肯锡公司工作。
“我们的根在中国，但我们在西方世界也可以展翅腾飞”。
现在他已有一个一岁的孩子，而且另一个孩子（其妻子）也已怀孕在身。
“在这里我们能够生更多的孩子。
”辛半开玩笑地说道, 辛和他作律师的妻子计划在华盛顿呆几年。
以便在回国以前获得（更多的）国外（工作和生活）经验。
“我很想尝试一下自己是否能够在地道的美国环境当中生存下去，”他说道。
他也承认，“有时我会徘徊街头并（自言自语）…我来在这里究竟要干什么？‟”对于一部分哈佛大学的毕业生们来说，中国仍然是一个欠发达国家，特别是在金融行业，足以吸引他们回国工作。
“雷声大，雨点小。
”比得陈说道，他是一位（在日本）东京通用电气公司的处理债务专家。
但对别人来说，首先举家迁入日本那是十分简单的事情。
黄景胜43岁，在这群人当中最年长的一位，他很担心北京的（空气）污染会对他妻子和孩子有害。
长期以来，黄景胜一直居住在空气清新的萨克拉门托(Sacramento)，加利福尼亚国（首都），在那里他以一位投资商的身份为英特尔公司工作，偶尔也会接手中国买卖。
“帮助中国的方法各有其道，”他说道，“我的同学已经找到了一种方法，”我也领悟到了该如何做这同样的事情,那就是对我的家庭要作出一个正确的选择.99届的毕业生们来自各类专业的回国人员，除了张微以外,他们都没有为法律部门和跨国公司工作,但是他们建立了自己的公司.而正是这一点,甚至对中国也产生了巨大的影响力.这不仅仅是给他们带来了成百上千的国外资金(比邵亦波和谭海英他们在网上拍卖房屋所得的25万美金还要多，eachnet每一笔的网上交易).他们已经形成了一个全新的工业雏形, herbert王毕业之后在加拿大安大略省多伦多市（City of Toronto）的NORTEL （北电网络有限公司----业界知名的IT产品公司）工作了六个多月,但他很快就返回了北京,并且建立了蓬天（Prient）信息系统有限公司,开创了帮助传统公司的广告宣传改为通过国际互联网宣传自己的产品“我认为通过经营自己的公司,我能为我的祖国带来更丰厚的价值”他说道.“而在美国我却什么也不能做.”但是,回国人员也被迫要调整自己适应当地的潜规则.在中国,商业经营不仅仅是简单的获得利润,而且也是一种人际关系.今年早些时候,胡英明在为太阳公司（Sun Microsystem s是IT及互联网技术服务公司，也是从斯坦福大学孵化出的高科技公司，总部设在美国，创建于1982年。
主要产品是工作站及服务器，在行业中被认为是同行中最具创造性的企业之一，它也是最早进入中国市场并直接与中国政府开展技术合作的计算机公司。
在2001 年的高峰期，太阳公司在全球拥有五万雇员，市值超过两千亿美元，进入了世界财富500强的行列。
但是，今天的太阳公司，不仅人数规模、市场股值、办公面积远不能和当年相比（能人都走了，办公楼也卖了，股票一落千丈），而且彻底退出了IT 领域霸主之争。
太阳公司从1982 年成立到2000 年达到顶峰用了近二十年时间，而走下坡路只用了一年，足以令经营者为戒。
）工作之后回到了中国。
在上海,她在那里建立起了她自己的无线应用公司，即：上海移通网络有限公司。
（移通网络（ETONENET）创建于美国硅谷，是互联网无线技术应用服务及集成领域的领先供应商。
亚太区总部设在上海）。
她说道，她“不得不重新认识中国”,我力图建立一所象美国硅谷公司一样的企业,但是我很快意识到这里不是在美国.她的雇员们不知道究竟应该选什么样的股票.而且她也不知道该如何处理与当地官员之间的关系.因此,她雇佣了一名老朋友作为她处理当地事务的助手.“我们不得不虚心地学习当地企业是如何运作的”.黄景胜说道。
对于文化的理解，切确地说，正是张微力图在她的电视节目当中要提升的内涵.“连接的共同点”电视栏目的口号是:“在中国和世界之间架起一座连接的桥梁”。
每周的电视访谈节目,都充分利用了她在美国的一些经历,运用国内外的观点视角来看待一些敏感问题,当然是用英文和普通话来播报.这个月,在网上约会交友的这个栏目里,张微负责一场婚礼计划节目.这对新人新郎是美国人,新娘是中国人.都是她在网上结识的朋友.这与奥普拉.温弗里如出一辙.返回到新闻集团的办公室里,为了她最钟爱的电视节目, 在一个大型广告之下，“朋友们”张微挥动着在她手机上带有卡通snoopy(Snoopy就好象日本的叮当，经典度与可爱度都是无可质疑的，甚至是美国的国宝。
Snoopy在1950年的花生漫画里面出现至今，就一直受人爱戴)的链环,“事情变化得太快了”，她说道. “对所有的论点都表明人们有着不同的价值观,对每一个事件都有着不同的思想.这对中国来说，或许是一个崭新的气象.”变革也不总是一件令人舒坦的.张微离开了自己在美国最亲密的朋友,而返回到了一个，对她来说，实际上是毫不相干的世界。
在北京，她几乎没有朋友.而且她还感觉到了在电视节目制作的过程当中，要小心翼翼地对待.“投资商们的确是冒险让我来主持这档电视栏目”她说道“我虽然已经在国外积累了许多有价值的（经验和知识）,而在这档电视栏目制作的过程中根本就没有任何的文字脚本.”当她选择她的第一个关于爱滋病的节目制作时,投资商们似乎更关注她的年轻气质,以及不拘泥于形式的外表.远远超过那些微妙的题材内容本身.他们把她打扮成了一副正经的样子.“我告诉他们…请还我以本来面目!‟”她说道. “现在，他们已经意识到了，主持人需要他或她自己的个人特色”.那已是一年多时间的事了，99届的哈佛大学毕业生们集聚在一起，一边喝着啤酒、吃着薯片,一边进行着良心上的自我反省。
今天，他们太忙了,而且居住各自相隔甚远.以至于他们很少聚集在一起了。