大学英语报刊阅读
英语专业---报刊阅读【经典文章】
Lesson 1 The Wild W est’s Legacy of ShameBy John Halford1. THE LEGENDS of the Wild West still color many people’s impression of the United States of America. Unfortunately, the romanticized Hollywood cowboys and Indians have given a distorted picture of what really happened.2. Certainly, America’s western expansion was in many ways an epic of courage and en-durance. Dogged pioneers opened up new territory and forged a nation from the wilderness. This is the stuff of legends. But there was a dark side to this story. For the Indians it was a sad, bitter tale of misunderstanding, greed and betrayal — and we should know that too.3. Before 1990 fades from memory, let’s pause to remember December 29 as the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Wounded Knee. Thi s “battle” (it was more of a massacre) marked the completion of the conquest of the North American Indians by the United States government.Not Enough Indians4. In the early days of settlement along the Atlantic shore the colonists and the Indians got along together. Their ways of life were different, but there was room for both.5. The Indians were not unorganized hostile savages. The various tribes were often confederations or nations, and at first, the new settlers treated them as independent powers. But as European settlement gathered momentum, mistrust began to build.6. It was not long before the newcomers outnumbered the native peoples (It has been estimated there were only about a million Amerindians in the continent north of what is now Mexico).7. In the struggle between the French and the British for control of North America (1689— 1763), and in the later Revolutionary War (1775—1783) between the British and the Colonists, the Europeans tried to win the support of the Indians.8. They became pawns in the white man’s struggle to control North America. Those who found themselves on the losing side suffered reprisal s by the victors.9. By the end of the 18th century, the independence of the United States was established, and George Washington admonished Congress: We are more enlightene d and more powerful than the Indian nations. It behooves our honor to treat them with kindness and even gen-erosity.10.But that’s not what happened. Might became right①, and from the beginning of nationhood of the United States, the native people were exploited, forced from their homelands by the relentless European expansion —usually after signing agreements and treaties they did not really understand.11. The white man’s concept of land ownership was alien to the Indians. They thought they had agreed to share, only to find that they had signed away the rights to live in their traditional territory.12. Eventually, the government decided it would be in everyone’s best interest for the two peoples to live apart. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 gave the president power to relocate all the Eastern Indian tribes west of the Mississippi on land the new Americans thought they would not need.13. None were to be exempted even those tribes who had made an effort to learn the white man’s ways were forced to move. The Cherokees, for example, were settled farmers, had developed an alphabet, and even published a newspaper in their own language.14. But the Cherokees, along with the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles②, were rounded up and herded off to “Indian Territory.” One in four Cherokees died during the forced winter migration along what became known as the “Trail of Tears.”Broken Promises15. Under the agreement, land to the west of the Mississippi was to be the Indians’ home land for “as long as the grasses grow, and the waters flow.” Or rather, until the restless young nation wanted the land for itself.16. Even before the treaties were ratified, the “permanent Indian frontier” was moved farther west. Over the course of decades, agreements were renegotiated, broken, amended, reratified and broken again.17. The dispossessed eastern tribes, pushed farther and farther west into the Great Plains region, became refugees in the territory of the still free and culturally different Indian nations of the Plains.18. The Plains tribes were the quintessential storybook Indians —proud, fierce, magnificent horsemen, skillful hunters and fearless warriors. For centuries they roamed the magnificent wilderness that was to become Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas.19. Romanticized history has portrayed them as noble savages who blocked the path of the bold pioneers.20. Not really. The Plains Indians also tried to accommodate the relentless encroachment on their hunting grounds. As the white man pushed ever westward, fencing the land and deci-mating the buffalo herds, the Indian nations struggled to hold on to their way of life.21. They signed treaties; they tried to move out of the way. When cornered they fought back, bitterly and desperately, until, exhausted and discouraged, they would accept the terms of yet another fragile treaty, soon broken.22. The Indian wars were an ugly episode in the history of the United States. Both sides fought grimly, usually mercilessly. They plundered, tortured and slaughtered; often the vic-tims were unarmed women and children.23. The conquest of the West, usually portrayed as a valiant struggle, was in reality a cruel, particularly vicious war. Indian braves were not always the noble warriors of legend, and the U. S. cavalry often acted out of ruthlessness rather than courage and chivalry.24. Unfortunately Hollywood Westerns have made heroes out of some rather bloodthirsty characters. The real heroes were those voices of reason on both sides who tried to stop the bloodshed.25.The way of life of the two peoples, however, had become so different, and the feelings of mistrust and hatred too strong.26. The struggle ended near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, where the last desperate remnant of Sitting Bull’s Sioux③had been rounded up after leaving the Pine Ridge Reservation.27. On the bitterly cold morning of December 29, 1890, as the Indians were being dis-armed, a young brave (who may have been deaf) refused to hand over his rifle. In the ensuing struggle, the weapon discharged.28. The soldiers opened fire, and when it was over at least half the Indians lay dead or seriously wounded in the snow. Skirmishes continued even into the early years of this century, but Wounded Knee represented the end of Indian resistance.The Trail of Tears29.The once proud Indian nations became an embittered minority, confined to reservations, second-class citizens in their old homelands. Some, like the Navaho and the Sioux, endured to preserve a strong identity.30. Other tribes withered and died, remembered only by a name on the map, or the faded artifacts in a dusty corner of a pioneer museum. The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 guaran-teed full citizenship to all Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States, and today, all American Indians have full civil rights.31. Yet most still choose to live apart, preserving what they can of their way of life. Significant numbers have shared in the American dream. But for many others, reservation life has meant despair, frustration and alcohol abuse.32. The bountiful and practically empty New World had ample room for both peoples to work out their differences peacefully. But history shows that native people are seldom treated fairly by a stronger civilization.33. Arguably, the North American Indians may have fared better than some other indigenous peoples on other continents. They were never the victims of a deliberate policy of slavery, or genocide, as has happened elsewhere. But that is not the point.34. The United States was founded on the lofty principles of freedom and justice for all. But lofty principles ought to be lived up to.35. The Bible tells us that r ighteousness exalt s a nation, not broken treaties, greed and exploitation. Might is not necessarily right for a God-fearing nation (as the United States of America claimed — and claims—to be).36. The Bible teaches that a treaty is a treaty, not to be taken lightly, and certainly not to be unilaterally abandoned when its terms become inconvenient.37. The story that ended at Wounded Knee 100 years ago is a stain on America’s record. We tell that story, not to open old wounds, not to fan new flames of resentment. But to remind us how easy it is for a people flushed with success to become desensitized to the disadvantaged.38. It is unfortunate that the conquest of the Wild West is universally regarded as a glorious saga of courage and opportunity. It was rather, just another sad, violent chapter in the long history of man’s inability to share with, cooperate with and love his neighbor as himself.From The Plain Truth,④January 1991①Might became right强权即为公理②But the Cherokees, along with the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles--- Cherokee：北美印第安彻罗基部落；Creek：以马斯科吉部落为主的美国印第安人一个大部落---克里克人；Choctaws：印第安人的巧克陶族；Chickasaw：美国马斯科吉印第安人一个部落---契克索人；Seminole：印第安人塞米诺尔族。
大学英语报刊阅读-PPT精选文档
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基于图式理论的大学英语报刊阅读教学模式初探
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英语报刊阅读练习题二
英语报刊阅读练习题二英语报刊阅读是提高英语阅读能力的有效方法之一。
通过不断阅读报刊，我们不仅可以扩大自己的词汇量，还可以了解世界各地的新闻和趋势。
下面是一些英语报刊阅读练习题，帮助你提高阅读理解和语言运用能力。
题目一：According to the passage, what is the main purpose of reading English newspapers and magazines?题目二：Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?题目三：What does the word "trend" mean?题目四：Choose the best title for the passage.解答一：The main purpose of reading English newspapers and magazines is to improve English reading skills and expand vocabulary.解答二：The passage does NOT mention the importance of speaking English fluently.解答三：The word "trend" means a general direction or pattern of change over a period of time.解答四：A. The Benefits of Reading English Newspapers and Magazines.阅读理解题能够帮助我们提高阅读理解能力。
通过阅读文章和解答问题，我们需要理解文章的主旨和细节，同时学会从文章中选取信息并做出推断。
题目五：What can we gain from reading English newspapers and magazines?题目六：Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a benefit of reading English newspapers and magazines?题目七：What is the meaning of the word "effective"?题目八：Choose the best title for the passage.解答五：From reading English newspapers and magazines, we can gain a better understanding of the world, improve our reading and vocabulary skills, and stay informed about current events and trends.解答六：The passage does NOT mention that reading English newspapers and magazines can improve our speaking skills.解答七：The word "effective" means successful in producing a desired or intended result.解答八：B. The Advantages of Reading English Newspapers and Magazines.语言运用题可以帮助我们熟悉常用的词汇和句子结构，让我们更好地掌握语言的运用。
英语专业--报刊阅读【2】
Lesson 2 Uncle Sam’s islandsDotted across the Caribbean and the Pacific -- and indeed the American mainland -- are the islands of an empire on which the dollar never sets1. AMERICA does not like to think it has colonies, and many of those who live in them wince at the very word. It is seldom used, except in Puerto Rico by people who want their island to be independent, whether from the United States or as part of it. Official language speaks of commonwealths or territories. But facts are facts. Military conquest and strategic need over the past 100 years or so have left America a modest, yet far-flung empire of islands. Most have governments and flags of their own, but none is free. And though they are sovereign territory of the United States, and use its currency, neither are they part of it. They have no direct say in its political process. Colonies they are.2. Their citizens are a diverse bunch: Caribbean blacks, Latin Americans, Pacific islanders, mainland expatriates, in all a little under 4m people. They live on more than 4,000 square miles of land: from east to west, the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Palmyra, American Samoa, Johnston Atoll, the Midway Islands, Wake Island, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam. Here and there lie uninhabited outposts: guano-covered Navassa in the Caribbean, Kingman Reef and Jarvis, Howland and Baker Islands in the Pacific. The sun sets but briefly on this American empire, of which most Americans know little.3. As empires go, this is a democratic one. The “big five” colonies -- Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Samoa and the Northern Marianas -- have locally elected governors and legislators, like those of a fully fledged state. But they are not autonomous. To varying degrees, each possession answers to a branch of the federal government in Washington, DC, and is subject to American laws. All depend on the United States for their economic well-being. Yet none has a direct hand in the mother country’s decisions, even when they apply to its own inhabitants. For these, though mostly citizens of the United States (bar some “American nationals”in Samoa), cannot vote for its president. All they elect to Washington is, for each territory, a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives; the Northern Marianas, by their own choice, do not even do that.Contented colonials4. Arguing over what relations with America should be is consequently something ofa national sport in its territories. In general, there is no great clamour for radical change, just a call for more autonomy and for the occasional exemption from some especially inappropriate American law. Except in Puerto Rico, progress to full statehood is accepted as an unrealistic aim. Independence movements, wherethey exist at all, find little local support. Puerto Rico’s main pro-independence party gets only about 6% of the vote in elections for governor, though its leader, Mr Ruben Berrios Martinez, is one of the island’s most dynamic politicians.5. Resentment against Washington’s occasional high-handedness is more than offset by the benefits it provides. And it gives more than it takes. Uncle Sam, doubtless mindful of what happened to George III, does not claim federal income tax from residents of the territories, thus allowing the local authorities to claim the revenue. In some cases Washington provides grants for these local governments. Yet the colonials can claim many of the personal benefits on offer to taxpaying citizens in the 50 states.6. Harder to put figures on, but no less palpable, is the economic benefit of being American. Virgin Islanders thrive on tourism from the mainland United States. Puerto Rico has recently had a higher annual growth rate than the mainland, thanks in part to investment in the island by American companies attracted to it by its combination of tax breaks and political stability. It is unlikely that independence would have brought any of America’s possessions to their present economic level. The Virgin Islands’GNP per head ($ 9,750 in 1986) is four times that of independent Antigua and Barbuda nearby.7. The rights of American citizenship include the right to live and work on the mainland. More than 2m Puerto Ricans live in the United States proper, notably in New York. So, mainly in Hawaii, California and Washington state, do around 85,000 Samoans -- more than twice the population of American Samoa itself.8. Here, not least for the use of Americans, is a brief gazetteer of their empire. Populous Puerto Rico18989. The “shining star of the Caribbean” has, on the face of it, the least excuse for beinga colony. Surrounded by former European colonies now independent, Puerto Rico is the fourth largest island in the Caribbean, with a population of some 3.3m and a 1987 GNP of $ 18 1/2 billion. Columbus landed here in 1493, and for 400 years it was a colony of Spain. Its history is evident throughout the island, from the splendid Spanish-colonial governor’s mansion, La Forteleza, in San Juan, to the shanties in the mountains. English is an official language, but in practice comes a distant second behind the other one, Spanish.10. Yet Puerto Rico is American, and generally proud of it. It became an American colony in 1898 after the Spanish-American war. Its people became American citizens in 1917, and the territory was given ”commonwealth”status in 1952. Since then it has seen a vigorous but ometimes debilitating debate over the next step: whether tostick with this ill-defined, quasi-autonomous status, to become a full state or to go independent. Were it to become the 51st of the United States, Puerto Rico would rank 51st in wealth: its income per head is only two-thirds that of Mississippi, America’s poorest state today.11. But Puerto Rico is not likely to become either a full state or independent in the near future. Though President Bush is in favour of statehood, when the islanders vote again on their future status, possibly in 1991, they will most probably choose to stay much as they are. The proposal for “enhanced commonwealth” status is likely to get most votes, quite possibly an overall majority. The vote for statehood will be significant, but would have to be well above 50% for Washington seriously to consider accepting the idea. The backers of independence will do well to reach double figures.12. In politics, this division dominates everything. The arguments for statehood and independence alike are admirably democratic and emotional; those for continued commonwealth status -- backed by the current governor, Mr Rafael Hernandez Colon, and a majority of the island’s legislators -- are persuasively economic.13. At present, Puerto Rico does very nicely out of American tax law, in particular Section 936, which allows American companies, already exempt from American tax on business done there, to transfer profits back to their mainland headquarters without incurring tax. The island’s government credits these breaks with it $ 9 billion a year of manufacturing output and recent growth rates as high as 5%. With unemployment near 19%, that growth is not something lightly to be put at risk.14. To protect its tax breaks from budgetcutters in Washington, Puerto Rico has developed its own version of President Reagan’s Caribbean Basin initiative. It lends money to other Caribbean countries for development and helps American companies to set up twin plants in those countries and in Puerto Rico. Fomento, the island’s impressive development agency, says that this local initiative has already created some 10,000 jobs in 11 Caribbean countries. By these means Puerto Rico sells itself to Washington as a kind of half-way house between America and the Caribbean. It is an ironic role-reversal: a colony coming to the aid of independent but poorer neighbours.Various Virgins191715. Step out of the airport terminal and you will swiftly see that the United States Virgin Islands are not like anywhere in America: your taxi is driving on the left. The Danes, from whom the United States bought the islands in 1917 for $ 25m, to protect the Panama Canal from German submarines, drive on the right themselves, but succumbed to the influence of the British Caribbean. That tradition lives on,even thought the cars obeying it are American one, build the wrong way round.16. A mile, at the nearest point, from the sleepy British Virgin Islands, the territory consists of about 50 small islands and three larger ones, at the northernmost sweep of the Lesser Antilles. The bigger islands -- St Thomas, St Croix and St John -- are home to about 106,000 people, 80% of them black and manifestly West Indian black. Two-thirds of St John is a breathtakingly lovely national park; St Thomas and St Croix, also beautiful, are daiquiri fuelled, yacht-clogged playgrounds for wealth Americans.17. The islands have next to no natural resources beyond their beauty and climate. But these are enough: more than 1.7m visitors come each year, many on cruise ships. They spend about $ 620m -- half of the islands’ $ 1.25 billion gross territorial product. When they are not sailing, swimming or sunning, the visitors are shopping. This is a duty-free zone, and mainland residents can take up to $ 800-worth of tax-free souvenirs home with them from the jewellery bazaars of Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted and Frederiksted. There is another industry: making watch movements, $ 5m-worth of which were exported in 1987. But the big employers, with 31% of the labour force, are the federal and local governments.18.A few rich mainlanders live on the islands; one-third of the other inhabitants live below the official poverty line. The cost of living (like the crime rate) is high. Yet the citizens of this American colony are much better off than most independent Caribbean citizens.19. And they know it. In November, when they vote on the territory’s status they will probably opt for continued ties with America, albeit with the usual request for more autonomy. Independence will be on the ballot, and the islands’governor, Mr Alexander Farrelly, says Washington may be surprised by the support it attracts. The federal government is seen as meddling too much in island affairs. It is a fair bet, however, that the resentment will be held in check by a reasonable fear that not so many wealthy Americans would visit the islands were they not safely part of the American family.Sleepy Samoa1900-190420. Across the Pacific, the citizens of America’s only sizable possession in the southern hemisphere are in no hurry for change. The last look American Samoa took at relations with the mother country was conducted by a “Second Temporary Future Political Status Commission”. It reported, in 1979, that the way ahead was to take another look in 10-15 years’ time.21. American Samoans are equally relaxed in their approach to democracy. It took intheir approach to democracy. It took three plebiscites to get them to agree that the territory should have an elected governor. Their legislature’s upper house is appointed by village elders. Traditional garb is the norm, even among the most westernised Samoans. Existence is dominated by “Fa’a Samoa” a concept that literally means the Samoan way of life but that can be more usefully translated as that which mystifies outsiders.22. The result is that American Samoa is the least assimilated of all the United States’colonies, and possibly the poorest -- facts which, by and large, do not much bother its inhabitants. The colony’s government is the largest employer, with 38% of the officially recorded labour force, followed by two tuna canneries with 37%. Estimated income per head is only $ 1,850 -- which is still 3 1/2 time that of independent Western Samoa, 80 miles to the west.23. The colony consists of seven islands, 1,600 miles north-east of New Zealand, witha population of 38,000, most of whom live on the main island of Tutuila. By arrangement with Britain and Germany, the United States took the islands -- sorry, had them ceded by local chiefs -- between 1900 and 1904. Until 1951 they were run by the American navy, which liked the harbour at Pago Pago and originally used it as a coaling station. In 1925 Congress gave American Samoa its own colony, annexing tiny Swain’s Island 180 miles to the north-west. The 27 or so Swain’s Islanders send a delegate to the American Samoan legislature. Non-voting, of course.Grumbling Guam189824. The largest and most southerly island of the Marian archipelago, Guam is the most populous American possession in the Pacific, with about 130,000 people crowded on to its 210 square miles. A bit over 40% of them are native Chamorros, the rest Filipinos, other Asians and mainland Americans. Guam, once a Spanish colony, bills itself as the place “where America’s day begins”. In fact, it doesn’t: tiny Wake Island, just to the west of the international date line sees the dawn a good hour earlier. Guam’s sense of its place in the imperial sun is equally uncertain.25. Guamanians are proud to be American, and have little interest in becoming independent. But they are not content either with their current relations with the United States, which resemble those of the Virgin Islands. Among the issues that rankle is Guam’s inclusion in the protectionist Jones act, which requires that American ships be used between American ports. To islanders who live 3,700 miles west of Hawaii this seems inappropriate, for all its sixteenth-century Spanish imperial precedents.26. In 1987 the islanders voted to ask the federal government to give their territory more autonomy and make it a commonwealth much like Puerto Rico. A bill to thateffect has been introduced in Congress. But it is unlikely to make speedy headway, in part because the Guamanians ignored Washington’s instructions to negotiate the matter first and vote later.27. Guam did well, economically, out of the Vietnam war. It has not done so well since. Today it tries to sell itself as a Pacific base for American companies, but with little success. The territorial and federal governments employ 45% of the workforce, and the economy is based on military spending (about $ 680m in 1987, including the pay of some 9,000 military personnel). Tourism, however, is prospering: around 1/2m people, most of them Japanese, visited the island in 1987. Their needs have set off a construction boom. And the economy may be looking up more generally: a recent analysis from the Bank of Hawaii suggests that Guam is heading for a new phase of growth.Much-disputed Marianas194728. Few Americans have ever heard of the Northern Mariana Islands. Plenty of Japanese have. Of 230,000 tourists in 1987, most came from Japan. There are many more today: the 16-island archipelago offers the nearest sun-drenched beaches to Tokyo, 1,400 miles to the north.29. The Northern Marianas have had a long colonial history. The Spanish held them for 300 years until Germany took over in 1898 (when Guam was split off to become American). After the first world war the League of Nations entrusted the islands to Japan, which in turn lost them after fierce fighting in the second world war; one of them, Saipan, is home to Suicide Cliff, where thousands of Japanese soldiers and civilians killed themselves in 1945. The islands then became an American trust territory.30. Most of America’s Pacific trust territories have by now gone their own way into independence (under America’s wing, of course). The Northern Marianas, in contrast, asked to join America’s empire, being accepted by Congress as a commonwealth in 1976. They got a good deal. Their covenant grants them various exemptions from American legislation, notably the Jones act and laws on immigration and minimum wages. Washington also gives the islands about $ 33m a year for development, for running the government and so on.31. Just what the island’s status means is less clear. Talk to an American official and he will tell you that they are very much like other American territories. Talk to one of the 21,000 islanders and he will speak of “internal sovereignty”, as if they were all bu independent.32. The gross island product in 1988 was almost $ 450m, more than five times -- inreal terms -- what it was in the late 1970s. Japanese investment is growing; seven of the islands’eight hotels are Japanese-owned. There is also a nascent clothing industry. One potential problem is the reliance on foreign labour; a third of the islands’inhabitants, including most private-sector employees, are from elsewhere.Democracy, DC179033. Beyond the “big five’, America’s empire consists of a variety of sparsely populated outcrops, most of which are military bases. Wake is run by the air force; the Midway Islands and Kingman Reef by the navy; Johnston Atoll by the Defence Nuclear Agency. Palmyra, 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, is privately owned.34. Two other dots on the map deserve mention. Palau, in the Pacific, is the sole remaining trust territory handed to America by the United Nations. It will become independent -- in “free association” with America -- when 75% of its people agree to America’s terms, which, in several votes, they have so far refused to do.35. And then there is the District of Columbia. The home of America’s federal administration and legislature enjoys only slightly greater democratic rights than do Uncle Sam’s other possessions. Its 620,000 residents murder each other with much greater freedom than, say the backward Samoans, and can even vote for the federal president (and pay federal taxes). But they still have only a non-voting delegate in Congress. Whenever the district gets uppity, as over abortion, or has other problems, such as its drug wars, Congress gets imperial and flexes its muscles.The Economist May 6, 1989ExercisesAnalysis of the content1. What the author means by “Sleepy” Samoa is that _____.A. Samoans like to sleepB. Samoans always look as if they want to sleepC. Samoans feel no hurry for changeD. Samoa is a tranquil place2. Which of the following islands has the longest history as a colony?A. Puerto RicoB. GuamC. the Northern MarianasD. American Samoa3. From the article we know that America’s poorest state is _____.A. AlaskaB. MississippiC. LouisianaD. Idaho4. Which of the following islands has the strongest sentiment for independence?A. Puerto RicoB. American SamoaC. GuamD. the Virgin Islands5. The author’s overall attitude towards the US policies concerning the islands is_____.A. highly criticalB. unkownC. rather positiveD. objectiveQuestions on the article1.What rights and benefits do the people on those islands enjoy according to thearticle?2.What difference exists between the US Virgin Islands and American in traffic?3.What kind of economy brings the Virgin Islands the greatest benefit?4.Of the island colonies, which one is the least assimilated?5.Which island is the place where America’s day begins?6.Give a brief account of the colonial history of the Northern Marianas.7.To whom are the Northern Marianas more familiar, Americans or Japanese?Why?8.What additional political rights do the people in the District of Columbia have? Topics for discussion1.Is it beneficial for those islands to remain under American’s control?2.Is America’s empire of islands a democratic one?。
大学英语报刊选读教案
教学目标：1. 培养学生阅读英文报刊的兴趣和习惯。
2. 提高学生阅读英文报刊的能力，包括理解、分析和总结。
3. 增强学生的英语听说读写综合运用能力。
教学重点：1. 指导学生正确阅读英文报刊的方法和技巧。
2. 培养学生关注时事、拓宽视野的能力。
教学难点：1. 如何提高学生阅读英文报刊的兴趣。
2. 如何引导学生深入理解英文报刊中的复杂内容。
教学过程：一、导入1. 教师简要介绍英文报刊的特点和作用。
2. 引导学生思考：为什么阅读英文报刊对英语学习很重要？二、课堂讲解1. 教师讲解阅读英文报刊的基本步骤：浏览、阅读、总结、思考。
2. 教师介绍一些常用的阅读技巧，如扫读、略读、精读等。
3. 教师举例说明如何分析英文报刊中的复杂内容。
三、课堂实践1. 学生自主选择一篇英文报刊，进行阅读练习。
2. 学生分组讨论，分享阅读心得，总结文章主题和观点。
3. 教师选取一篇具有代表性的英文报刊文章，进行讲解和分析。
四、课堂总结1. 教师总结本节课的主要内容，强调阅读英文报刊的重要性。
2. 学生分享自己的阅读体会，提出疑问。
五、课后作业1. 学生阅读一篇英文报刊，并完成以下任务：a. 概括文章主题。
b. 分析作者的观点和论据。
c. 谈谈自己的看法。
2. 学生将阅读心得写成一篇短文，字数不少于300字。
教学反思：1. 本节课通过讲解和实践活动，使学生掌握了阅读英文报刊的基本方法和技巧。
2. 学生在课堂实践环节表现积极，能够主动参与讨论和分享。
3. 部分学生在阅读英文报刊时存在困难，需要教师给予更多指导和帮助。
4. 在今后的教学中，可以适当增加阅读英文报刊的难度，以提高学生的阅读能力。
浅谈大学生报刊英语阅读的技巧
浅谈大学生报刊英语阅读的技巧英语报刊阅读者应具备一定的英语基础知识，至少要达到四级水平以上，才能基本上能读懂报刊的内容，因为英语报纸传播的内容和形式是针对于本族说英语的人，报刊里面的俚语，修语及一些习惯语的运用，要有一定的技巧和方法才能读懂。
这就要求英语报刊阅读者平时要积累一定的词汇量，掌握构词法，及词汇里面蕴含的文化特征。
标签：英语报刊；阅读；技巧一、报刊英语的特征英语报刊时事性强，与当代生活联系紧密，主要是围绕热点话题，聚焦国内外的大事，以图片，趣味性特别强的语言快速传递给读者信息，直观明了，便于理解和吸收。
二、英语报刊的组成英文报刊的主题包括运动，娱乐，国内，国际新闻，当地新闻和批评栏。
每篇新闻包括标题，导语，主体，结尾。
三、英语报刊的阅读技巧阅读报刊，首先找出关键词和每一段话的主题句，对文章的框架和主要内容可以提炼，同时筛选有价值的信息，扩大浏览量，这样可以汲取更多的信息。
阅读报刊时，热点词汇，和时事新闻对学生的冲击特别深刻，容易记住。
所以在阅读时紧跟时事，密切关注热点词汇，提高阅读的速度，提升课外的阅读量，有利于学生积累词汇量，同时对于时事新闻的表达方法掌握牢固。
（一）英语单词的前后缀报刊中出现的英语单词的前后缀，还有一些特殊词汇，如合成词等。
掌握这些单词的特殊的构成方式和规律，在阅读过程中可以猜测出新单词的意义。
（二）找关键词法阅读报刊中一篇关于手机发信息提高生活效率的文章，里面有一句阅读报刊中一篇关于手机发信息提高生活效率的文章，里面有一句“Using texting to boost efficieney is not rocket science，but big savings can be achieved”。
其中的单词“rocket science”的本意是“火箭科学”，在这里引申为“困难的事情”。
全句翻译为：使用短信提高效率并不困难，却可以节省大笔资金。
另一篇关于对汤姆性格描述的文章里的一句话“Tom played hardball by walking out of the meeting”。
报刊阅读英语试题及答案
报刊阅读英语试题及答案一、阅读理解（共20分，每题4分）阅读下面的文章，回答1-5题。
文章文章摘要：The rapid development of technology has revolutionized the way we learn and teach. This article explores how technology has transformed the educational landscape, from online learning platforms to virtual classrooms.1. What is the main topic of the article?A. The history of educationB. The influence of technology on educationC. The future of technologyD. The challenges of online learning2. According to the article, which of the following is NOT a benefit of using technology in education?A. Increased accessibility to education.B. Enhanced student engagement.C. Reduced costs for students.D. Limited personal interaction.3. What does the article suggest about the future of education?A. It will become more traditional.B. It will be entirely online.C. It will integrate technology more deeply.D. It will focus on in-person classes.4. Which of the following is an example of a technological tool mentioned in the article?A. A textbook.B. A virtual classroom.C. A chalkboard.D. A library card.5. What can be inferred from the article about the author's view on technology in education?A. The author is skeptical about its effectiveness.B. The author believes it has had a negative impact.C. The author sees it as a positive development.D. The author has no clear opinion.答案：1. B2. D3. C4. B5. C二、词汇理解（共10分，每题2分）根据文章内容，选择最合适的词汇填空。
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Steve Jobs’ magic in product
Class 7 于晓滢Unit 2
Steve Jobs, a myth in technological product, spent his life packaging that magic into elegantly designed, easy to use products.
Steve Jobs experienced a wayward youth. After dropping out of college, he traveled to India, then became Buddhist, and experienced psychedelic drugs. But as he said. “A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences, so they don’t have enough dots to connect and they end up with very linear solutions”. So he was grateful for those wrong he did because they help him to grow up and become stronger.
In retrospect, Mr Jobs was a man ahead of his time during his first stint at Apple and his emphasis on design and ease of use gave him the edge later on although computing was dominated by technique in early years. He thought that technology alone is not enough and it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with humanities, that yields the results that make our hearts sing.
Challenging the magic of computing into products that reshaped music, telecom and media, Mr Jobs put a ding in the universe as he said when he was young.。