跨文化英语报刊选读

Unit 1 Education???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 001
Text A The Difference between Chinese and American College Life ???????????? 002
Text B China Vs． America? Learning Strategies in the 21st Century?????????????? 004
Unit 2 Medical Care and Insurance??????????????????????????????????????????? 017
Text A China Fights COVID-19 with People-first Approach??????????????????????? 018
Text B Medical Bills Prompt More than 60 Percent of U．S． Bankruptcies???????? 021
Unit 3 Saving Habits ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 031
Text A The Chinese Can’t Kick Their Saving Habit ????????????????????????????????? 032
Text B Why Don’t Americans Save More Money? ?????????????????????????????????? 034
Unit 4 Urbanization ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 047
Text A More than 100 Chinese Cities Now above 1 Million People ????????????? 048
Text B The Commuting Principle that Shaped Urban History ???????????????????? 050
Unit 5 Technology and City ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 065
Text A Getting to Know China’s New Infrastructure Projects ??????????????????? 066
Text B What Makes a City Great? An American Perspective?????????????????????? 070
Unit 6 Aging and Health?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 085
Text A Population Aging in China： A Mixed Blessing ???????????????????????????????? 086
Text B The American Perspective on Aging and Health ???????????????????????????? 088
Unit 7 Teaching and Learning?????????????????????????????????????????????????? 099
Text A Guest-Teaching Chinese， and Learning America ???????????????????????????? 100
Text B What It’s Like Teaching English to University Students in China ????????? 103
Unit 8 Material and Spiritual?????????????????????????????????????????????????????113
Text A The History behind China’s Obsession with Hot Water?????????????????? 114
Text B Why Americans Are Devoted to ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’???????????? 117
Unit 9 Hugging ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 127
Text A Why Chinese Have Been Slow to Embrace Hugging ?????????????????????? 128
Text B Chinese Embrace Hugging， but Americans Are Wary of the ‘Awkward
Embrace’?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 131
Unit 10 Critical Thinking??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 141
Text A Study Finds Chinese Students Excel in Critical Thinking ????????????????? 142
Text B College Students Lack Critical Thinking Skills， But Who’s To Blame? ???? 145
Unit 11 Sport Stars ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 155
Text A 1 Background Information： Yao Ming ????????????????????????????????????????? 156
2 Yao Has Grown into One of NBA’s Biggest Stars???????????????????????? 157
Text B 1 Background Information： Award-winning Olympian Swimmer Michael
Phelps Retires to Scottsdale， Arizona ???????????????????????????????????????? 160
2 Michael Phelps， Top Olympian and Greatest Swimmer of All Time ???? 162