大一大学英语时文阅读8单元 unit 8

CurrentNewsReadingCOURSESFORSECONDCREDITSTUDENTSContents8ScienceandTechnology315101214Chapter8123MajorwebsiteUnderstandHeadlinesWiththeBackgroundKnowledgePractice1Majorwebsite//usnews/home.htm

美国新闻洛杉矶时报美联社华尔街日报评论今日美国巴尔的摩太阳报华盛顿邮报纽约邮报基督教科学箴言报纽约时报新闻周刊华盛顿每日新闻

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读者文摘http://www.thetimes.co.uk泰晤士报/home/asia金融时报http://www.dailymail.co.uk每日邮报1Majorwebsitehttp://www.bbc.co.ukhttp://www.observer.co.ukhttp://www.mirror.co.ukhttp://www.guardian.co.ukhttp://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk

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英国广播公司BBC英国观察家报每日镜报卫报英国每日电讯英国经济学家旁观者福布斯2UnderstandingHeadlinesWiththeBackgroundKnowledgeAgoodknowledgeoftheheadlinelanguagefeaturescangiveusalotofhelpinunderstandingnewspaperheadlines.Sometimes,however,alackofrelevantbackgroundknowledgemaybecomeanobstacletoourunderstanding.Oneeffectivewaytogainbackgroundknowledgeoncurrentaffairsistokeepuptodateonworldandlocalnews：JPMorganreaffirmsitsinterest(JPMorganisoneoftheworld'sleadinginvestmentbanks.)AknowledgeofBritishandAmericanhistoryandcultureisalsoimportant：Ofriceandmen

OfMiceandMenbyJohnSteinbackGonewiththeCash

GonewiththeWindOfMiceandMenisanovellawrittenbyNobelPrize-winningauthorJohnSteinbeck.Publishedin1937,ittellsthestoryofGeorgeMiltonandLennieSmall,twodisplacedmigrantranchworkers,whomovefromplacetoplaceinsearchofnewjobopportunitiesduringtheGreatDepressioninCalifornia,UnitedStates.BasedonSteinbeck'sownexperiencesasabindlestiffinthe1920s(beforethearrivaloftheOkieshewouldvividlydescribeinTheGrapesofWrath),thetitleistakenfromRobertBurns'poem"ToaMouse",whichread:"Thebestlaidschemeso'micean'men/Gangaftagley."(Thebestlaidschemesofmiceandmen/Oftengoawry.)Requiredreadinginmanyschools,OfMiceandMenhasbeenafrequenttargetofcensorsforvulgarityandwhatsomeconsideroffensiveandracistlanguage;consequently,itappearsontheAmericanLibraryAssociation'slistoftheMostChallengedBooksof21stC