Unit 1 社会生活
01 Electronics Among Most Popular Gifts This Year
电子产品名列今年最受欢迎礼物名单中
02 US Poverty Rate Highest Since 1993
美国贫困率创1993年以来新高
03 A Kitchen That Talks
会说话的厨房
04 Internet Group Makes Way for Dot-Anything
网络组织开始接受新通用域名申请
05 Irpectior Open at Apple Manufacture in China
对苹果公司中国生产商展开调查
06 India on Way to Topping US in Internet User
印度互联网用户紧追美国
07 Steve Jobs Remembered
缅怀史蒂夫·乔布斯
08 How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Children
合理控制儿童使用数码设备的时间
Unit 2 时事政治
09 Britain Shaken by Media Phone-Hacking
电话窃听门震惊英国朝野
10 Captain Blamed for Italy’s Costa Concordia Disaster
协和号船长遭致意大利歌诗达-协和号邮轮触礁指控
11 Obama Calls for Economy ‘Where Everyone Gets a Fair Shot’
奥巴马号召建立“让所有人都得到公平机会”的经济
12 American President Appoints Co umer Financial Protection Agency Chief
美总统任命消费者金融保护局局长
13 Obama Seeks Quick Passage of Bill to Create Jobs
奥巴马希望国会尽快通过《美国就业法案》
14 Palestiniar Apply to UN
巴勒斯坦申请入联
15 20 Yea After the Soviet Union, Renewed Calls for Political Reform
苏联解体20年后，政治改革呼声再起
16 Will UN Peace Plan Work in Syria
联合国和平计划在叙利亚是否能生效
Unit 3 财经金融
17 US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts
美国国会超级委员会减赤失败
18 Greece’s Debt Crisis and the Future of Europe
希腊债务危机以及欧洲的未来
19 Protests Agairt Big Business Spread in US
美国“占领华尔街财团运动”蔓延至全国
20 European Ministe Agree to Loan Greece Another 172 Billion
欧洲同意再向希腊提供1720亿美元贷款
21 Who Should Be the Next Chief of the IMF
谁将继任国际货币基金组织总裁
22 US Calls for Fair Exchange Rate at Meeting with China
中美战略经济对话 美国再提人民币升值
23 Obama Presses Congress on Student Loan Interest
奥巴马就助学贷款利率向国会施压
24 A Credit Downgrade for Japan
下调日本国债信用评级
Unit 4 军事外交
25 US Seeks to Ease Te io Between North, South in Sudan
美国寻求缓解苏丹南部与北部的紧张关系
26 Obama’s Plan for Troop Cuts in Afghanistan
奥巴马的阿富汗撤军计划
27 Report of Plot to Kill Saudi Raises US-Iran Te io
暗杀报道加剧美伊紧张局势
28 US, Australia Expand Military Cooperation
美国澳大利亚扩大军事合作
29 Iraq War Ends, an Uncertain Future Begir
伊拉克战争结束，伊拉克前途未卜
30 Obama Sets Plan for ‘Leaner Military’
奥巴马制定“军队瘦身”战略
31 Looking for a Solution to Syria
叙利亚困局求解
32 South Sudan’s Army Promises to Free Child Soldie
南苏丹政府军承诺释放儿童兵
Unit 5 教育改革
33 Education Group Gives $170 Million to 7 Countries
全球教育合作组织向7个国家提供1.7亿美元资助
34 Study-Abroad Programs of US Take Deeper Dive into Local Culture
美国出国留学项目深入当地文化
35 How a Small Change in Teaching May Create Better Reader
略微改造幼儿教学方式 提高儿童阅读能力
36 Helping Women Continue Their Education After Prison
帮助出狱女性继续其教育
37 Another Look at Massive Online Open Cou es
再谈网络公开课程
38 College Students Get into Microfinance Lending
大学生进入小额信贷业
39 Does Physical Activity Lead to Higher Grades
体育活动能够提高学习成绩吗
40 Program Helps Students Express Themselves with Creative Writing
一个帮助学生通过创造性写作表达自我的项目
41 A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartner
缅因州一学区向幼儿园学生发放iPad
Unit 6 粮食农业
42 Farme Learning Limits of Popular Herbicide
农民认识到除草剂的局限性
43 Big Investor, Small Farmer in Africa: Unfair Deal
非洲大投资者和小农户之间的不公平交易
44 The Limits to Organic Farming in Feeding the World
有机农业养活世界的局限性
45 Refugees Bring Flavor of Home to Community Farms
移民美国的难民开设社区农场种植本国农作物
46 Friends with Benefits, in the Plant World
植物世界的互惠互利
47 For Meat Lover, the Challenge of Faking It
仿肉食品的挑战
48 High Food Prices, Revolutior, and the Future
高粮价的影响及未来
49 US, EU to Increase Fight Agai t Illegal Fishing
美欧加强打击非法捕捞
50 Food Shortages a Worry for South Sudan
南苏丹粮食短缺存隐忧
Unit 7 医疗健康
51 Health Risks in a Crowd: Not What You May Think
出乎意料的集会风险
52 Worried That People Are Laughing at You
你是否担心别人在嘲笑你
53 Want to Lose Weight? Try Counting Calories
想减肥吗？试试计算卡路里吧
54 Study Links Smoking to Millior of TB Deaths
有关吸烟与肺结核死亡率的研究
55 Knowing Women’s Risk of Heart Disease
了解女性患心脏病的风险
56 Getting Dirty Can Be Healthy for Children
孩子脏一点，反而更健康
57 New Findings on Sleep in Children, Older Adults
对于儿童及成年人睡眠的新发现
58 Simple Steps Can Save Millior of Newborn Lives
简单几步就可挽救上百万新生儿生命
Unit 8 环境保护
59 Putting Agriculture at the Center of Climate Talks
推动农业成为气候变化谈判的核心
60 Water Problems and the World
水问题对全球影响
61 Experts Defend Way of Life for Herder in East Africa
专家为东非牧民辩护
62 Getting to the Bottom of a Fish Die-Off in Southern California
深入探究南加州海湾死鱼事件成因
63‘Passive’ Homes Save Energy, Money
大幅节约能源和费用的被动式住宅
64 Light Bulbs from Plastic Bottles, Water and Bleach
水、漂白剂和塑料瓶构成的“水灯泡”
65 Experts Meet in Rome to Discuss Cleaner and Greener Information and Communication Technologies
专家齐聚罗马讨论更清洁环保的信息和通信技术
66 Limits on Rare Earth Exports Get China in Trade Dispute
稀土出口限制使得中国陷入贸易纠纷
Unit 9 灾难援助
67 UN Appeals for Famine Aid for Somalia
联合国呼吁给索马里提供援助
68 A Tragedy in Norway Raises Questio for Europe
挪威悲剧引发欧洲诸多问题
69 Japan’s Early Warning System One of the Best in the World
日本拥有全球最先进的地震早期预警系统
70 Hurricane Irene Hits Northeastern United States
飓风艾琳席卷美国东北部
71 Students Compete to Find Tech Solutio for World Problems
学生们以科技解决世界棘手问题
72 Designing a Quake-Resistant Building Starts at the Soil
设计抗震建筑从研究土壤入手
Unit 10 科技研究
73 Taking Medicine, with a Microchip Under the Skin
皮下芯片植入给药
74 Corumer’ Online Petitior Put Pressure on Businesses
消费者网上请愿向商家施压
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Unit 11 体育娱乐
Unit 12 词汇掌故
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