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PoliticsInThisUnitDoyouwanttolearnthevariousaspectsofAmericanpolitics?First,youwillreadanarticleaboutpovertyinAmericansociety.Then,youwillreadarticlesaboutpresidentialelectionConnectingtotheTopicUnit1Politics大学英语阅读教程21.Arepovertyandpoliticslinked?2.WhatisthelifeofpoorpeopleinAmericalike?3.IsitpossibleforaChineseAmericantobecomePresidentoftheUnitedStates?4.SearchinformationaboutelectionprocedureintheUSAandsharewithyourclassmates.StrategyUnit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2UnderstandingaPronounReferencePronounsrefertonounsthatprecedetheminasentenceorparagraph.Thesenounsarecalledantecedents.Toensureaccurateunderstandingofasentenceinanarticle,youhavetolocatethenounwhichthepronounstandsfor.Youwilleasilyfindtheantecedentsbyfollowingthesethreesteps:1.Readcarefullythesentenceinwhichthepronounappearstogetanaccurateunderstandingofthesentence;2.Locatetheantecedenttowhichthepronouninthesentencerefers.Itishighlysuggestedthatyoucheck

whetherthepronounagreeswithitsantecedentinnumber,genderandperson;3.Replacethepronounwiththeantecedent,andthenreadthewholesentencetoseeifthetwo“antecedents”

accordwitheachother.StrategyUnit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2Answer:supervisorsorworkersThepronounreferenceisfaultyherebecausethepronoun“they”

hastwoantecedents.Thepronounreferenceisunclear:Whowillgetthebonus,thesupervisorsortheworkers?“They”couldrefertoeithergroup.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2PovertyinAmericaPovertyexistsbecauseoursocietyisanunequalone,andthereareoverwhelmingpoliticalpressurestokeepitthatway.AnyattempttoredistributewealthandincomeintheUnitedStateswillinevitablybeopposedbypowerfulmiddle-classandupper-classinterests.Peoplecanberelativelyrichonlyifothersarerelativelypoor,andsincepowerisconcentratedinthehandsoftherich,publicpolicieswillcontinuetoreflecttheirinterestsratherthanthoseofthepoor.AsHerbertGans(1973)haspointedout,povertyisactuallyfunctionalfromthepointofviewofthenonpoor.Povertyensuresthat“dirty”workgetsdone.Iftherewerenopoorpeopletoscrubfloorsandemptywaste,thesejobswouldhavetoberewardedwithhighincomesbeforeanyonewouldtouchthem.Povertycreatesjobsformanyofthenonpoor,suchaspoliceofficers,welfareworkers,pawnbrokers,andgovernmentbureaucrats.Povertymakeslifeeasierfortherichbyprovidingthemwithcooks,gardeners,andotherworkerstoperformbasicchoreswhiletheiremployersenjoymorepleasurableactivities.Povertylegitimizes(使合法化)middle-classvalues.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2Povertyprovidesamarketforinferiorgoodsandservices,suchasday-oldbread,rundownautomobiles,ortheadviceofincompetentphysiciansandlawyers.Tothemiddleclass,thefateofthepoor—whoaresupposedtolackthevirtuesofthrift,honesty,andatasteforhardwork—onlyconfirmsthedesirabilityofqualitiesthepoorarethoughttolack.Povertyalsoprovidesagroupthatcanbemadetoabsorbthecostsofchange.Forexample,thepoorbearthebrunt(首当其冲)ofunemploymentcausedbyautomation,anditistheirhomes,notthoseofthewealthy,thataredemolishedwhenaroutehastobefoundforanewhighway.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2Ioncereadabookforpeopleinpoverty,writtenbysomeoneinthemiddleclass,containingreal-lifetipsforsavingpenniesandsuch.It’sallfantasticadvice:buyinbulk,buyalotwhenthere’sasaleon,hand-washeverythingyoucan,andmakesureyoukeepuponvehicleandindoorfiltermaintenance.Ofcourse,verylittleofitwasactuallypracticable.Bulkbuyingingeneralischeaper,butyouhavetohavealotofmoneytospendonstuffyoudon’tactuallyneedyet.Hand-washingsavesontheutilities,butnobodyactuallyhastimeforthat.IfIcouldaffordtoreplacestuffbeforeitwaswornout,vehiclemaintenancewouldn’tbemuchofanissue,butyoureallycan’trinsethecheapfiltersandagain—qualitycostsmoneyupfront.Inthelongterm,itmakesmoresensetobuyagoodtoaster.However,ifthegoodtoasteris30bucksrightnow,andthecrappiesttoasterofthemallis10,itdoesn’tmatterhowmanytimesIhavetoreplaceit.Tenbucksitis,becauseIdon’thaveanyextratens.Itactuallycostsmoneytosavemoney.Itisimpossibletobegoodwithmoneywhenyoudon’thaveany.Fullstop.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2Thereisnodeliberate,conscious“conspiracy”(合谋)ofthewealthytokeepthepoorinpoverty.ItisjustthatpovertyisaninevitableoutcomeoftheAmericaneconomicsystem,whichthepoorarepoliticallypowerlesstoinfluenceorchange.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程21.ThenonpoorbenefitalotfrompovertyexistinginAmericansociety.(T/F)2.Middle-classAmericansassumethatthepoorlacksuchqualitiesasthrift,honestyanddiligence.(T/F)3.Thepoorhavenopoliticalpowertoinfluenceorchangetheirmiserablelivingconditions.(T/F)Afterreadingthearticle,tellthesestatementsaretrueorfalse.Correctthefalseones.TTFThepoorhavenopoliticalpowertoinfluenceorchangetheAmericaneconomicsystem.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2UnderstandingaPronounReference“Therich”isapluralgenderlessthirdpersonantecedent,sothepluralgenderlessthirdpersonpronoun“their”isused.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2UnderstandingaPronounReferenceUnit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2Accordingtoyourunderstandingofthearticle,trytosupplytherelevantinformationinthechartbelowtocheckyourgeneralunderstandingofthearticleorganization.Workingroupsandshareyourinformationwithyourgroupmembersafteryouhavefinisheddoingit.StructureMapUnit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2StructureMapPartIIntroducingthetopic:(Para._______）_____________________________________________1Americansocietyoperatesonthesacrificeofthepoor.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2StructureMapPartIIIllustratingtheideaswithevidences:(Para._____Para._______)23Thepoorget“dirty”workdone.Middle-classandupper-classbenefit.Thepoorsacrifice.1.________________________________________________2.________________________________________________3.________________________________________________1.________________________________________________2.________________________________________________3.________________________________________________Thepoorcreatejobsformanyofthenonpoor.Thepoormakelifeeasierfortherich.Thepoorprovideamarketforinferiorgoodsandservices.Thepoorbearthebruntofunemployment.Thepoordemolishtheirhomeswhenrequired.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2StructureMapPartIIIDrawingtheconclusion:(Para._______Para.______)_____________________________________________45PovertyservesasaninevitableoutcomeoftheAmericaneconomicsystem.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninthewordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Youmaynotuseanyoft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1byTridentPressinOctober,1969,describesthemarketingofRichardNixonduringthe19682campaign.Ithasbeendescribedas“aclassicofpoliticaljournalism”anda“classicofcampaignreportingthatfirst3manyreaderstothestage-managedworldof4theater.”Itwas5in1988underthetitleTheSellingofthePresident.McGinnissbecameanovernight6whenthebook,hisfirst,landedonTheNewYorkTimesbest-sellerlist.Hewas26yearsold,makinghimtheyoungestlivingwriterwiththat

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CUnit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionAUnit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBA)Backin1960,whentherolesofadvertisingandpublicrelationsinpoliticsfirstbecameapparent,Lifemagazinequotedonecampaignstrategistassaying,“Icanelectanypersontoofficeifhehas$60,000,anIQofatleast120,andcankeephismouthshut.”Sincethe1896campaign,theelectionofaPresidenthasbeendeterminedlargelybytheabilityofinformationspecialiststogeneratefavorablepublicity.Inrecentyearsthatpublicityhasbeensupplanted(代替)byheavyspotbuyingonelectronicmedia.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBB)SomanyfactorsareinvolvedinchoosingaPresidentthatitishardtosaywithanyrealempiricalconfidencehowimportantanysinglemediumis.Themosttalked-aboutmediuminAmericanpoliticsistelevision.Highlypublicizeddebatesbetweencandidatesin1960,1976,and1980appearedtohaveaffectedtheoutcomes.RichardNixon(theearlyfavorite)wouldprobablynothavelosttoKennedyifitwerenotforhispoorshowingonTV.Similarly,the1976debatesprobablyclinchedJimmyCarter’snarrowvictoryoverGeraldFord,andRonaldReaganappearedtobethevictorinthe1980debates.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBC)Yettherewereotherelectionswhere,accordingtopoliticalanalystEdwardChester,noamountofTVexposurecouldhavechangedtheoutcome.GoldwaterversusJohnsonin1964andNixonversusMcGovernin1972,bothcasescontainedoverwhelmingwinning.Televisioncommercialsseemtoworkbestincloseelectionsorinthosewheretherearealargeamountofundecidedvoters.AccordingtotheAssociatedPress,Ford’sTVspotsduringthe1976campaignprobablyswungover100,000undecidedvotersadayduringthelastfewmonthsofthecampaign.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBD)Whateffectdoestelevisionhaveonthecandidatesthemselves?Itestablishesordersofimportancethataredifferentfromthoseofanearlierday.Thephysicalappearanceofthecandidateisincreasinglyimportant.Doesheorshelookfit,well-rested,secure?LosingcandidateslikeAdlaiStevenson,HubertHumphrey,andRichardNixonallseemedtolook“bad”onTV.Nixonovercamethisproblemin1972withadsthatfeaturedlongershotsofhimbeing“presidential”—flyingofftoChina.Close-upswereavoided.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBE)BothJohnF.KennedyandJimmyCarterseemedmoreathomewiththemedium,perhapsbecausebothwereyouthful,informal,andphysicallyactiveoutdoortypes.DwightEisenhowerandLyndonJohnsonseemedtohaveapaternal,fatherlyimageonthesmallscreen.AlloftherecentPresidentshavelearnedhowtousethemediumtotheiradvantage,to“stage”eventssoastoreceivemaximumfavorablecoverage.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBF)Televisionhaschangedtheimportanceofissues.Itcanbearguedthatsincethe1960presidentialdebateswehaveelectedpeople,notplatforms.Thisisamajordeparturefromearlieryears.FranklinRoosevelt’sradiocharmcannotbedenied,buthecametopowerwithgreatsuccessbyoneissue—theGreatDepression.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBG)Alltheprintinformationwenowreceiveissimplerandmorecondensedthaneverbefore.Issuesandprintgotogether.Televisionisimages,notissues.Wedevelopamorepersonal,emotionalfeelingaboutthecandidates.JimmyCarter’sspectacularrisetopowerwasatestamenttothisnewimageorientation.Noonereallyknewwhathewasgoingtodowhenhetookoffice,sincehisentirecampaignhadbeengearedtowarddevelopingarelationshipoftrustwiththeelectorate,“Trustme,”hesaid,“I’llneverlietoyou.”Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBH)AnotherexamplewastheelectionofReaganin1980.Forsomethisrepresentedtheultimatetelevisionvictory.Afterall,whatothercountrycanclaimthatithasactuallyelectedanactorPresident?ItcanbearguedthatAmericansweretiredofCarterandthatReagansimplyofferedanalternative.Yetthroughoutthecampaignheofferedusamedia“vision”ofa“shiningcityonahill”.AndwhatabouthisconstantreferencestoJohnWayne,oneofthe“lastgreatAmericans”?Myfather,along-timepoliticianinSouthernCalifornia,hasafavoritesaying—“Theworstthingacandidatecandoisgettingboggeddownintheissues”.Thistrendhasalarmedcountlessmediacritics,politicians,newscasters,andotherswhohavestoodinlinetodenounceit.Theyassertthattheimportantthingiswhatcandidatesstandfor,notthecandidatesthemselves.AlmosteveryoneseemstoagreethattelevisionhasbeendetrimentaltoAmericanpolitics:ithascloudedtheissuesandconfusedtheelectorate.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBI)MediaresearchersThomasE.PartersonandRobertD.McCluresaythepowerofTVhasbeenoverratedandthat“viewersofthenightlynetworknewscasterslearnalmostnothingofimportanceaboutapresidentialelection,”and“peoplearenottakeninbyadvertisingexaggeratedandcreatedinmind.Exposuretotelevisedadshasnoeffectonvoters’imagesofthecandidates.”Idisagreeonbothaccounts.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBJ)IftheWatergatemessprovedanything,itwasthatweneedapresidentwearecomfortablewith,onewefeelweknowandcantrust.Printaffordedusnoopportunitytogeta“feel”fortheperson.Wecouldstudytheissues,readthespeeches,yes—buthowwouldwe“know”thecandidateaswemightknowaneighbororcasualacquaintance?Television(andtelevisionadvertising)providesanaudiovisualrecordofthecandidateunderallsortsofcircumstances.Itiswiththatknowledgethatwecanchoosesomeoneofintegrity,leastsomeonewithhonorableintentions.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBK)Ofcourse,TVcannotguaranteehonestcandidates,butwerejectedRichardNixonin1960andwemighthaveagainhadhenotsosuccessfullyavoidedanyinformalcoverage.OncehewasPresident,itwastheintimatenatureofthemediumthathelpedbringhimdown.Evenhiswell-rehearsedWatergatedenialswouldn’twork.Hewouldsitthere,surroundedbyflagsandpilesoftranscripts,andswearhewasinnocent.Yettheprofusesweatonhisbrowandthelookinhiseyesseemedtoconfirmhisguilt.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionBL)Issuescomeandgo,butweelectpeopletothepresidency.Inthisfast-movinginformationenvironment,today’sburningissueistomorrow’shistoricalfootnote.It’sfarmoreimportanttodevelopasenseofwhatkindofpersonweareelectingtothenation’shighestoffice.Televisionaffordsusthatopportunityinawaynoothermediumcan.Unit1Politics大学英语阅读教程2SectionB()1.Intheviewsofsomemediaresearchers,thepowerofTVhasbeenoverestimated.()2.TelevisionisthemostpopularizedmediuminAmericanpolitics.()3.HowthecandidatelooksonTVisbecomingmoreandmoreimportant.()4.TelevisionisthebestmediumforpeopletoelecttherightpersontobePresident.()5.ItiswidelyagreedthatAmericanpoliticsarespoiledbytelevision.()6.FranklinRooseveltwontheelectionduetohispoliciesandmeasurestakentocopewiththeGreatDepression.

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EducationInThisUnitDoyouknowhowtotalkaboutAmericaneducationsysteminEnglish?First,YouwillreadanarticleabouttheUSAeducationsystem.Then,youwillreadarticlesaboutstudents.ConnectingtotheTopic1.HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheUSAeducationsystem?Talkaboutit.2.DoyouhaveaplantostudyinAmericainthefuture?Ifsoorifnot,why?3.Compareco-educationwithsinglesexeducation.4.Iftherewereonlyboys/girlsinyourschool,whatwouldhappen?StrategyScanningScanningistousethekeywordsinthequestiontolocatetheanswer.Herearesometipsforyou:1.Decidewhatinformationyouarelookingforandkeepitinmind.2.Inwhatform(numbers,propernouns,etc.)istheinformationlikelytoappear?3.Inwhichpartofatextcanyougettheinformationyouwant?Askimmingmaybenecessary?4.Moveyoureyesasfastaspossibleuntilyoufindtheinformation.5.Readtheentiresentencecarefully.StrategyDTheUSAEducationSystemTheUSAeducationsystemhasprovidedtopnotchresourcesandqualityeducationforavarietyofprogramsthatstudents,educatorsandprofessionalscanpursueforthatextraedge.TheUSAhasthehighestnumberofeducationalinstitutionsprovidinghighereducationthananyothercountry.Therearemorethan3800collegesanduniversitiesimpartingdegreeprograms.ThesizeofU.S.highereducationalinstitutionsvariesgreatly,too,fromcollegesthatenrollfewerthan1,000studentstolargeuniversitiesthatenrollmorethan50,000students.

TheUSAeducationsystemoffersaplethoraofchoicesnotonlyintermsoftypesofcoursesavailableforalmosteverycareerpathbutalsointermsofflexibility.OneofthemostdistinctivefeaturesofU.S.universitiesistheflexibilityinchoiceofcourseswithinacollegeoruniversity.Moreimportantlythereisalsotheoptionforstudentstomovebetweenoneinstitutionandanother.TheUSAEducationSystemCompletingthefirsttwoyearsofadegreeatoneinstitution,usuallyacommunitycollege,andthenmovingtoanother,isverycommon.AllthesehavemadetheUnitedStates,adreamdestination,forthousandsofstudents.

ThesystemstartswithtwelveyearsofprimaryandsecondaryschooleducationwhichtheAmericanshavetofollow.Asecondaryschool("highschool")diplomaorcertificateisacompulsoryrequirementforthestudenttobeabletoaentercollege,university,vocational,secretarialorotherprofessionalandtechnicalschools.

PrimarySchool:NormallybeginsataroundsixyearsofagefortheU.S.childrenandthetermoftheprimaryschoolingisfivetosixyears.

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SecondarySchool:Thenextstepisthesecondaryschools.Thismayof6or7yearsdurationsconsistingofeithertwothree-yearprograms,orathree-yearandafour-yearprogram.SchoolsatthislevelareknownasMiddleSchoolorJuniorHighSchoolandHighorSeniorHighSchool.

CompletionofthisstageiscalledTwelfthGrade.InternationalstudentsareadvisedtofindoutwhichlevelofeducationintheircountrycorrespondstothetwelfthgradeintheU.S.A.ForyourconveniencewehavecompiledatentativelistofthecorrespondingschoolingsystemsacrossvariouscountrieswhichmatchtheUStwelfthgrade.

HigherEducation:Aftercompletinghighschoolorthetwelfthgrade,studentsareadmittedtocollegeoruniversityforhighereducation.StudyatacollegeoruniversityleadingtotheBachelor'sDegreeisknownas"undergraduate"education.StudybeyondtheBachelor'sDegreeisknownasTheUSAEducationSystem"graduate"school,or"postgraduate"education.Advancedorgraduatedegreesincludelaw,medicine,M.B.A.,andPh.D.(doctorate)etc.

Transfers:Thissystempermitsthestudenttotransfertoanotheruniversityandstillgraduatewithinareasonabletime.Studentscanenrollinanewuniversitybeforefinishingadegreeandthecreditsearnedatthefirstschoolcanbeusedtocompleteadegreeatthenewone.

Academicyear:TheUSschoolcalendarbeginsinAugustorSeptemberandcontinuesthroughMayorJunenormally.TheinternationalstudentsmaybestentertheU.S.institutesinautumn.Manycoursesarealsodesignedinamannersothatstudentscantaketheminsequence,startinginautumnandcontinuingthroughtheyear.

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Theacademicyearatmostoftheschoolscomprisesoftwotermsorsemesters.Somehaveathree-termcalendarknownasthe"trimester"systemwhileothersdividetheyearintothe"quarter"systemoffourterms,includingasummersessionwhichmaybeoptional.RecallingInformationWhilelackingflexibility,theUSAeducationsystemoffersanumberofchoicesintermsoftypesofcoursesavailableforalmosteverycareerpath.(T/F)2.IntermsoftheUSAeducationsystem,studentshavetostudyfor12yearsasmiddleschoolperiod.(T/F)3.Whenastudenttransferstoanewuniversity,thecreditshehasearnedatthefirstschoolcanstillbeusedtocompleteadegree.(T/F)Afterreadingthearticle,tellthesestatementsaretrueorfalse.Correctthefalseones.FTheUSAeducationsystemoffersaplethoraofchoicesnotonlyintermsoftypesofcoursesavailableforalmosteverycareerpathbutalsointermsofflexibility.TFThesystemstartswith12yearsofprimaryandsecondaryschooleducationwhichalltheAmericanshavetofollow.ScanningCScanning大学英语阅读教程2Accordingtoyourunderstandingofthearticle,trytosupplytherelevantinformationinthechartbelowtocheckyourgeneralunderstandingofthearticleorganization.Workingroupsandshareyourinformationwithyourgroupmembersafteryouhavefinisheddoingit.StructureMap大学英语阅读教程2StructureMapPartIAdvantagesoftheUSAeducationsystem

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(Para._______–Para._______)71.Transfers_____________________________________________9__________________________________________________________________________________________2.Academicyears3.SemestersPartIII大学英语阅读教程2SectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninthewordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthewordbankmorethanonce.大学英语阅读教程2SectionAToAmericans,thegoalofparentsistohelpchildrenstandontheirowntwofeet.Frominfancy,eachchildmaygethisorherownroom.Aschildrengrow,they

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