lesson 1

news in brief: 1. freed american hostage jacobsen

2. reagan's campaign

3. new president in mozambique

news in detail: david jacobsen in west germany

special report: barnstone on mao tsetong's poems

reading: hostage release

lesson 2

news in brief: 1. us secret diplomatic mission to iran

2. waite and hostage negotiation

3. family reunion of the jacobsens

4. us congress election

news in detail: former us national security advisor's visit to

tehran

special report: one fundamentalist religious group on trial

reading: blackmailing the us

lesson 3

news in brief: 1. ibm pulls out of south africa

2. demonstrations in zimbabwe

3. kohl's meeting with reagan

.news in detail: west german chancellor kohl in washington

special report: a college scholarship program in boston

reading: us big business pulls out

lesson 4

news in brief: 1. one more american kidnapped in beirut

2. soviet un employee on spy charges

3. a magazine editor killed in chile

news in detail: unrest in chile

special report: brief history of the ford foundation

reading: pinochet strikes back

lesson 5

news in brief: 1. a new bill to combat illegal drugs

2. a us-soviet cultural exchange faces boycott

3. agreement on the taba border dispute

news in detail: new efforts in resolving drug problems

special report: a center for chinese and american studies

reading: 1. drug fever in washington

2. summit in alexandria

lesson 6

news in brief: 1. senate overrides reagan's veto

2. american food aid threatened

3. white house's denial of misleading the press

news in detail: disififormation campaign against quddafi

special report: tv and teenage suicide rate

reading: 1. shadowboxing with quddafi

2. quddafi: a war of leaks

lesson 7

news in brief: 1. new immigration law

2. abortion case in the supreme court

3. elie wiesel: nobel peace prize winner

news in detail: an immigration reform in us

special report: photographs vs. reality

reading: march of the nobel laureates

lesson 8

news in brief: 1. arrival of cuban prisoners

2. reagan announces new plans against drug

abuse

3. shimon peres in washington

news in detail: israeli prime minister's last visit to us

special report: poetry written by medical students

reading: a souffle summit in egypt

lesson 9

news in brief: 1. assassination attempt against gandhi

2. jess moore and challenger disaster

news in detail: rajiv gandhi escapes an assassination attempt

special report: farmhand program and city dwellers

reading: lndia: gandhi's escape

lesson 10

news in brief: 1. us defense spending bill

2. air raid in beirut

3. south africa and international sanctions

4. reagan vetos a sanctions bill

5. trading on wall street

news in detail: israeli bombs palestinian bases

special report: strike of californian wine workers

reading: ferment in california

lesson 11

news in brief: 1. texas air buys people express airline

2. a rally on wall street

3. "freedom flight" of cuban political prisoners

news in detail: expansion of texas air corporation

special report: nancy griffith and country music

reading: country music

lesson 12

news in brief: 1. american reporter daniloff in west germany

2. disagreement on sanctions against south

africa

news in detail: daniloffis freed in moscow

special report: earthquake and new economic structure in

mexico

reading: 1. a chill in the air

2. trading a cell for a finer hotel

lesson 13

news in brief: 1. impeachment trial of judge claiborne

2. reagan for a drug free america

3. bomb explosion in paris

news in detail: terrorist activities in paris

special report: us counter-intelligence efforts

reading: the bombs of september

lesson 14

news in brief: 1. resignation of bernard kalb

2. us plane crashes in nicaragua

news in detail: bernard kalb and disinformation program

special report: freedom fighters in warsaw during world war ii

reading: bernard kalb's "modest dissent"

lesson 15

news in brief: 1. release of daniloff and iceland meeting

2. vatican's denouncement against homosexua-

lity

3. drug-related death of a basketball star

news in detail: a warm welcome for freed daniloff

special report: power struggle in cbs

reading: the showdown at cbs

lesson 16

news in brief: 1. announcement of us-soviet iceland meeting

2. yuri orlov, soviet dissident

news in detail: forthcoming iceland meeting

special report: maternity leave and job guarantee

reading: yuri orlov: the end of an ordeal

lesson 17

news in brief: 1. american hostages appeal in videotape

2. us expectations for the iceland meeting

news in detail: hostages accuse us government of inaction

special report: controversy about the management in unesco

reading: summit hopes

lesson 18

news in brief: 1. flooding in midwest

2. a french hostage freed

3. carter's presidential library

news in detail: flooding in illinois and wisconsin

special report: fast food and nutrition

reading: high water, low spirits

lesson 19

news in brief: 1. soviet troops pull out of afghanistan

2. new plans for space shuttle mission

3. geraldine ferarro's husband indicted

news in detail: nasals new plans for space shuttle launches

special report: forbes's list of 400 wealthiest in america

reading: 1. blast off for profits

2. the family ties that bind

lesson 20

news in brief: 1. pentagon's comment on soviet withdrawal

2. strike of black miners in south africa

3. king fahd fires saudi arabia's oil minister

news in detail: sheik yamani, former oil minister of saudi

arabia

special report: american military bases in the philippines

reading: a wild goodbye to mr. oil

lesson 21

news in brief: 1. aids

2. french photographer kidnapped

3. retired auto worker identified as nazi officer

news in detail: more funding for aids research and education

special report: hard choices and film festival

reading: call to battle

lesson 22

news in brief: 1. us savings bonds

2. death of mozambique president in plane crash

3. new us ambassador to south africa

news in detail: nomination of a black ambassador to south

africa

special report: beryl markham, a pioneer in aviation

reading: foreign service

lesson 23

news in brief: 1. sinking of a nuclear sub

2. french hostages on videotape

3. flooding in oklahoma

news in detail: a crippled soviet nuclear sub sinks

special report: new discovery in columbus' landing spot

reading: a scary accident at sea

lesson 24

news in brief: 1. explosion in abortion clinic

2. american trade deficit

3. new details about waldheim's war crimes

news indetail: waldheim's involvement in german army during

ww ii

special report: airline mergers

reading: flying among the merger clouds

lesson 25

news in brief: 1. us plane downed in nicaragua

2. waldheim's confession

3. south africa comments on the plane crash

news in detail: us denies connection with downed plane

special report: halloween

reading: the contras' proxy war

lesson 26

news in brief: 1. raid on larouche headquarters

2. new term of the supreme court

3. us-japanese trade

news in detail: the beginning of 1986 - 1987 term of the supreme

court

special report: new cancer treatment

reading: 1. card tricks

2. the court reassembled

3. new weapon in the cancer war?

lesson 27

news in brief: 1. defection of american cancer researcher

2. budget debate

3. flooding in missouri

news in detail: congressional restraints on reagan before

iceland

special report: alaska performing arts for peace

reading: a deadlock on us sanctions

lesson 28

news in brief： 1. reagan on the iceland meeting

2. aftermath of an earthquake in san salvador

3. disaster damage in alaska

news in detail: us-soviet iceland meeting

special report: presidential debate: bush vs. dukakis

reading: death in e1 salvador

lesson 29

news in brief: 1. reaction to iceland meeting

2. flood water recedes in alaska

3. students' protest in south africa

news in detail: rescue efforts in flood-stricken alaska

special report: psychological struggle between arab and jew

reading: deadlock in iceland

lesson 30

news in brief： 1. israeli's raid on southern lebanon

2. nobel prize for literature

3. emergency funding bill

news in detail: israeli's reaction to plo's attack in jerusalem

special report: wole soyinka, winner of nobel prize for litera-

ture

reading: nobel prize for literature

lesson 31

news in brief： 1. death of mozambique president

2. gm sells its business in south africa

3. us reaction to soviet expulsion of diplomats

news in detail: cause and effects of the death of machel

special report: new york film festival

reading: anger over a plane crash

lesson 32

news in brief: 1. us intends to end the diplomatic war

2. reagan's campaign trip

3. a plea for captured us pilot

news in detail: us-soviet diplomatic war

special report: philosopher on "reality"

reading: 1. bang! bang! you're out!

2. in moscow, help wanted

lesson 33

news in brief: 1. us reaction to international terrorism

2. prisoner swap proposal

3. former air force man charged with spying

news in detail: britain urges sanctions against syria

special report: trial of a syria-backed terrorist

reading: syria--guilty as charged

lesson 34

news in brief: 1. sex education in schools

2. crackdown on the pornography industry

3. us economic situation

news indetail: surgeon general proposes sex education in

schools

special report: the art of thinking--the working of the mind

reading: 1. the toughest virus of all

2. a most explicit report

lesson 35

news in brief： 1. us senate's impeachment trial

2. report on the cause of challenger disaster

news in detail: impeachment trial of federal judge

special report: transportation of nuclear weapons in the us

reading: painful duty

lesson 36

news in brief: 1. random drug tests for nfl players

2. nasa's efforts to remodel space shuttle

3. gathering of world religious leaders

news in detail: world's religious leaders gather to pray for peace

special report: "american century" vs. "american crisis"

reading: a summit for peace in assisi