Unit 1百姓生活
Thanksgiving, but US Turkey Farmers Aren’t
Celebrating感恩节，美国火鸡饲养者们却没有庆祝
Cambodians Get Lessons in Skateboarding, Life柬埔寨年轻人在滑板中学会人生
Corn Maze Craze玉米迷宫热潮
Microsoft Competes Against Apple With New
Tablet微软发布两款平板电脑对抗苹果
Saving Money for College积攒大学费用
Touring Colleges, Without Ever Leaving Home足不出户参观美国院校
What is the Relationship Between Age and Happiness年龄和幸福度之间的联系
How much does a college education cost in the United
States美国大学教育花费是多少
Unit 2各国动态
Defense Department Investigates Top American Commander in
Afghanistan国防部调查驻阿富汗美军最高指挥官
Burma Places Hopes for Development in Foreign
Investment缅甸寄希望发展外国投资
Ethiopia’s Meles Goes on Sick Leave埃塞俄比亚总理梅莱斯因病休假
First Presidential Debate Centers on Economic
Concerns首次总统候选人辩论以经济问题为中心
Rio + 20 Brings Attention to Sustainable
Development里约+20峰会关注可持续发展
Russian Prime Minister Calls for Ban on Smoking in
Public俄罗斯总理呼吁公共场合禁烟
Health Care Law Upheld, but Republicans Plan
Fight医保法案受支持，共和党筹划新一轮斗争
US Postal Service Wants Congress to Make Changes to Its Business
Model美国邮政寄望国会改变其业务模式
Tobacco Forces Still Strong烟草势力仍然强大
Unit 3国际关系
Report of Plot to Kill Saudi Raises US-Iran
Tensions暗杀报道加剧美伊紧张局势
Will UN Peace Plan Work in Syria联合国和平计划在叙利亚能否生效
Palestinians Apply to UN巴勒斯坦申请入联
A Former American Treasury Secretary Talks About US-China Economic
Ties美国前财政部长谈及中美贸易关系
American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Will Meet with Egypt’s
New President美国国务卿克林顿将访问埃及
Clashes Intensify on Turkish-Syrian Border土耳其和叙利亚边境冲突加剧
High-Level Delegations Meet for Talks on Mali
Crisis高级别代表团会面讨论马里危机
What World Leaders Said at the UN世界各国领导人在联大发言
Unit 4经济热点
Ethiopia Permits Mobile Banking and Money
Services埃塞俄比亚批准移动银行和移动支付
Nobel Prize in Economics Recognizes “Market
Designer”2012年诺贝尔经济学奖认可“市场设计”领域
The Business of Learning Mandarin老外学汉语的那些事
Uneven Signs of Growth in the Transport Industry运输行业出现不均衡增长现象
Meeting Highlights Economic “Dynamism”of Southeast
Asia世界经济论坛东亚会议强调东南亚经济活力
Pressure in Europe Builds for Banking Reform欧洲银行业改革压力累积
The IMF Details Concerns About Zimbabwe’s
Debt国际货币基金组织将讨论津巴布韦债务问题
Vietnam Opens its Securities Companies to Foreign
Investors越南证券公司对外企开放
Unit 5社会万象
China’s Mo Yan Wins Nobel in Literature中国作家莫言获2012诺贝尔文学奖
Connecting Employers with Jobs Seekers in Today’s
Economy新技术连接招聘者和求职者
Growing Girls Who Code“编程女生”组织发展壮大
Roma Culturein New York纽约吉卜赛文化
Some Websites Judge You by the Kind of Computer You
Use根据你电脑类型变化的网站
The Global Problem of Preterm Births早产这一全球性问题
The Risks of Language for Health Translators卫生翻译人员的翻译风险
Unit 6教育改革
Helping Women Continue Their Education After Prison帮助出狱女性继续教育
Number of International Students Attending American Colleges and
Universities Continues Rising在美学习国际留学生数量持续增长
IB Program Aims to Form “Students of the World”
IB课程旨在塑造“世界学生”
More Universities Offer Free Online Courses更多高校提供免费网络课程
United Nations Report Urges “Putting Education to
Work”联合国报告督促通过教育途径促进青年就业
Using Art to Make Summer School More Interesting用艺术让暑期学校更有趣
Best Way to Learn a Language学习语言的最好方法
How an Allowance Helps Children Learn About
Money儿童通过处理零花钱学会理财
How a Small Change in Teaching May Create Better
Readers小改变提高儿童阅读能力
Unit 7健康人生
Rethinking “Good” Cholesterol有益胆固醇受到质疑
Diesel Fuel Exhaust Causes Cancer内燃机废气导致癌症
For Smokers, Never Too Late to Quit; Diesel and Cancer戒烟永远不迟
How Much Exercise Do You Really Need你真正需要多少运动
Medical Experts Debate Value of Alcohol Use医学专家就饮酒作用展开讨论
New Medical Tape Reduces Pain for Newborns, Older
Adults新型医用胶布减少新生儿及老年患者痛苦
Rethinking PSA重新思考PSA
Scientists Dispute Study of Genetically Modified
Corn科学家对转基因玉米导致肿瘤提出异议
Unit 8环境能源
Could Waste Plastic Reduce Our Need for Oil塑料制油技术能否减少美国的石油需求
UN Says Family Planning Pays Big for Developing
Countries联合国表示计划生育对发展中国家具有积极作用
Condition of Oceans Affects Human Health海洋状态影响人类健康
How Overfishing Threatens Asia’s Wild Fish
Stocks过度渔猎如何导致亚洲野生鱼类存储量下降
Mobile Phones Could Help Efforts to End Malaria手机可以帮助根除疟疾
South Pacific Islands Now Totally Powered by the
Sun托克劳群岛完全由太阳能发电
Turning Industrial Waste-Heat Into Electricity利用工业废热发电
Wreckage from Japanese Tsunami Reaching Western United
States日本海啸残骸抵达美国西海岸
Unit 9粮食农业
China Looks to Ukraine for Food中国转向乌克兰寻求粮食来源
Deadly Maize Disease Threatens Food Supplies in
Kenya致命玉米疾病威胁肯尼亚粮食安全
Demand for Wheat Growing in Sub-Saharan Africa撒哈拉以南非洲对小麦需求增长
Feed the Soil, Feed the Crops营养供给土壤也供给作物
Improving “Feed Efficiency” in Cattle提高牲畜的喂养效率
In Eastern DRC, Ex-Fighters Make a New Life With
Coffee刚果东部前武装分子从咖啡中获得新生
Vietnam’s Big Year for Coffee, Rice Exports越南大米和咖啡出口的重要一年
Worries About Rising Food Prices May Ease粮食价格上涨的担忧可能缓解
Unit 10军事安全
Obama’s Plan for Troop Cuts in Afghanistan奥巴马的阿富汗撤军计划
US, Australia Expand Military Cooperation美国澳大利亚扩大军事合作
Afghanistan Tops Agenda at NATO Summit in
Chicago北约峰会在芝加哥举行，阿富汗成为最重要议题
As Annan Resigns, UN Condemns Violence in
Syria安南辞任叙利亚特使，联合国大会通过决议谴责叙利亚暴力
UN Observers in Syria Visit Massacre Site Near
Hama联合国观察员进入哈马市附近屠杀事件现场
Mali Coup Shows Tensions Over Tuareg Fighters Back From
Libya马里政变局势紧张
Mali Conflict Keeps Children Out of School马里冲突，使儿童失学
Unit 11灾害救援
Power Still Out For Many in New York City纽约多处仍处断电状态
Aid Workers Seek to Build “Resilience” in
Sahel援助组织试图培养萨赫勒地区人们的“韧劲”
Eastern United States Struggles to Recover from Huge
Storm美国东部地区桑迪风暴后艰难恢复
Japan, a Year After the Disaster日本，灾后一年
US Faces Worst Drought in 56 Years美国面临56年以来最为严重的干旱
UN Appeals for Famine Aid for Somalia联合国呼吁救助索马里饥荒难民
A Tragedy in Norway Raises Questions for Europe挪威悲剧引发欧洲诸多问题
Unit 12科技探索
Are Smartphone Apps Encouraging Young Smokers智能手机应用软件引诱青少年吸烟
Can Social Media Improve Voter Turnout社会媒体可以提高投票率
Cancer Drug Finds HIV Hidden in the Body癌症药物可以发现隐藏在身体中的艾滋病毒
Driving With GPS Can Be Difficult to Navigate GPS导航让行车更加困难
Experts Work to Develop Better Tools to Predict Severe
Weather专家开发新型工具预测极端天气
Music Classes in Childhood May Lead to Changes in the
Brain儿童时期参加音乐班也许会改变大脑
New Research Hopes to Speed Development of HIV
Vaccine新研究有望加速HIV疫苗开发
Tomato’s Genetic Secrets Are Peeled Away番茄的基因秘密已被揭开
Unit 13体育娱乐
Remembering Singing Superstar Whitney Houston缅怀超级巨星惠特尼·休斯顿
Austrian Skydiver Breaks Sound Barrier奥地利跳伞运动员打破声障
Disabled Cyclists Prepare For Summer Paralympic
Games残疾自行车手为夏季残奥会做准备
Mike Tyson Takes on Broadway迈克·泰森将登百老汇演自传
Break-Up Songs: The Sound of a Broken Heart分手情歌：心碎的声音
Columbia Records at 125 125周年的哥伦比亚唱片公司
Rihanna Unapologetic蕾哈娜新专辑《毫无悔意》
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees“摇滚名人堂”提名
DC Record Fair华盛顿的唱片集会
Unit 14词汇掌故
Words and Their Stories State Nicknames美国各州昵称
Words and Their Stories: Ace in the Hole底牌
Words and Their Stories: All About Eyes与“眼睛”相关的短语
Words and Their Stories: Down to Earth脚踏实地
Words and Their Stories: Feel The Pinch手头拮据
Words and Their Stories: Hold Your Horses和“马”相关的英语表达
Words and Their Stories: Top Brass老板
Words and Their Stories: Touch All Bases面面俱到
Unit 15传记故事
Maurice Sendak, His Imagination Redefined Children’s
Literature莫里斯·桑达克重新定义儿童文学
Fred Astaire: His acting, singing and dancing changed the American
motion picture musical弗雷德·阿斯泰尔：他的戏剧、歌唱和舞蹈改变了美国歌舞剧
Musical Legend Chuck Berry Still Reeling and Rocking on Stage at
86音乐传奇查克·贝里宝刀不老
Stephen Foster: America’s First Popular
Songwriter斯蒂芬·福斯特：美国首位流行歌作曲家
Who Made Hollywood Into Hollywood是谁缔造了好莱坞
John Wesley Powell: Famous Explorer of the American
West约翰·韦斯利·鲍威尔：著名美国西部探险家
Martha Graham: The Mother of Modern Dance玛莎·葛兰姆：现代舞之母
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