英语报刊选读课程简介
一、课程教材版本
本课程使用的教材为：清华大学出版社2018年09月由 胡阳编著的 《英语报刊选读教程（第三版）》。
二、课程教材主要内容简介
本课程教材按主题分为8个单元，每单元包括1篇新闻，3篇文章，所选文章渐进地增加阅读长度和难度，其后附上一定的阅读理解和词汇练习，以及适量的写作练习。所选阅读文章均来自近年来原版英文报刊杂志，题材多样。通过课程学习，同学们既可以提高阅读英美主要国家各类报刊的能力和水平，同时也可为参加各类外语考试打下阅读能力的基础。
三、本课程教材目录：
目 录
Unit 1 Education .1
Part A Lead-in .2
News Reading Schoolchildren Fearful about Future since EU
Referendum, Say Heads 2
Part B Reading 4
Reading 1 Will Online Learning Replace the Classroom? . 4
Reading 2 No Grades, No Timetable: Berlin School Turns
Teaching Upside Down . 15
Reading 3 “Hire” Education: A Vocational Model Succeeds . 22
Part C Unit Assignments .28
Unit 2 Science and Technology .29
Part A Lead-in .30
News Reading Go Humans: Lee Sedol Scores First Victory Against
Supercomputer 30
Part B Reading 33
Reading 1 Navigate the Jungle of Tech Ecosystems 33
Reading 2 The Robots Are Coming . 43
Reading 3 The Simple, Free Solution to Asia’s Myopia Epidemic 51
Part C Unit Assignments .57
Unit 3 Disasters .59
Part A Lead-in .60
News Reading Yangtze Basin Hit by Flooding with Storms Spanning
1,000 Miles 60
Part B Reading 62
Reading 1 Different Natural Disasters, Same Risky Human Habits 62
Reading 2 Midwest Floods Leave Red Cross in the Red . 70
Reading 3 Humans Add to Natural Disaster Risk 76
Part C Unit Assignments .82
Unit 4 Sports .83
Part A Lead-in .84
News Reading Li Jianrou Wins 500m Gold 84
Part B Reading 88
Reading 1 Brexit Wins: How Will British Sport Be Affected? 88
Reading 2 Education the Heart of Olympics Says Rogge 99
Reading 3 Grudge Match . 105
Part C Unit Assignments .112
Unit 5 Global Development 113
Part A Lead-in .114
News Reading World Health Organisation Reports Dramatic Fall
in Malaria Deaths 114
Part B Reading 117
Reading 1 Who Owns You? . 117
Reading 2 The Feelgood Factor . 126
Reading 3 Woman Challenges Tradition, Brings Change to
Her Kenyan Village . 132
Part C Unit Assignments 139
Unit 6 Environment 141
Part A Lead-in 142
News Reading Climate Protesters Invade UK’s Largest Opencast
Coalmine . 142
Part B Reading 145
Reading 1 How Do You Junk Your Computer . 145
Reading 2 Climate Change Lights the Touchpaper on Terror—We
Must Fight Them Together 156
Reading 3 A Tree Grows in Kenya . 164
Part C Unit Assignments .170
Unit 7 Politics 171
Part A Lead-in .172
News Reading UK Must Be Involved in EU Anti-terrorism Measures,
Says Keith Vaz 172
Part B Reading 175
Reading 1 Win-win Governance 175
Reading 2 The New Words of War . 184
Reading 3 Progress Against Corruption . 191
Part C Unit Assignments .197
Unit 8 Economics 199
Part A Lead-in .200
News Reading Tax Havens Have No Economic Justifi cation, Say Top
Economists 200
Part B Reading 204
Reading 1 The Problem with Profits 204
Reading 2 Evaluating Good Corporate Citizenship . 215
Reading 3 “Banker” Who Lends to the Poor Wins Nobel Peace
Prize .221
Part C Unit Assignments .226
Key to the Exercises 227
四、课程考核说明：
本课程采用100%在线客观题考核。分四次作业和一次期末测试。请同学们于12月30日前完成作业和考试。
总成绩=网上课程实践（学习网上资料）20%+作业一+作业二+作业三+作业四+期末考试=100分。
同学们通过认真自学教材，完成网上作业和期末测试，作业和期末测试都能取得60分以上成绩即可获得本课程学分。
五、教学互动安排
欢迎同学们参加课程讨论。在学习中遇到问题和困难可以在课程讨论区发帖求助。老师会及时答复，也欢迎能解答的同学加以解答，发扬互帮互助精神，共同学习，共同进步。预祝同学们学习顺利！
