Selected Readings from British and American Press

unit one information superhighway

text a the future is already here

texe b welcome to the wired world

research reading

1. computer:a rising household necessity

2. are you on line?

3.how the web works

4.internet has hidden flaws

5.you can touch cyberspace


unit two cable news network and telecommunication

text a history as it happens

text b wiring the world

research reading

1.turner’$ 1billion gift starts giving

2.far ahead of the pack

3.more froggy than the french

4.ma everything

5.how the phone company became a cable company


.unit three business

text a in search of the real bill gates

text b hey,let’sput on a show!

research reading

1. bill gates denies bully-boy tactics

2.peace in browser gate war

3.gates blinks in monopoly showdown

4.gates accused of campaign to crush rival

5.out of the pictures


uint four economy

text a war of the worlds

text b wipeout

research reading

1.the gllobal shudders

2.placing their bets

3.global boom and bust


unit five stock market,the barings bank

text a market mania

text b gone for broke

research reading

1.welcome to bull country

2.the concern over derivatives


unit six justice

text a decision and division

text b the siege of l.a.

research reading

1.the inside story of how o.j.lost

2.black and white view of police

3.when cops,not just white ones, kill


unit sevec high technology

text a little lamb, who made thee?

text b wonder weapons

research reading

1.after dolly: the future of cloning

2.scientists report cloning adult mammal

3.to ban or not to ban

4.non-lethal weapons

5.new weapons provide alternative for marines dealing with

non-combatants


unit eight espionage and nazi camp

text a double agent

text b the last days of auschwitz

research reading

1.cleaning up the cia

2.for youe disinformation

3.witnesses to the holocaust

4.efforts continue to recover stolen jewish assets


附录1 世界主界主要国际通讯社简介

附录2 世界其他通讯社译名