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《英语考试权威题源》系列丛书选材广泛,文章均精选自近一年来30余种国外知名报刊杂志,不但包括读者所熟知的世界知名报刊,如《经济学人》《卫报》《新闻周刊》等,还包括如《美国新闻与世界报道》《芝加哥论坛报》《今日美国》等针对性较强的有影响力的报刊。本套丛书内容按难度和主题相结合的方法分类,分为“积累篇”和“提升篇”,文章均设置“导读”“报刊原文”“参考译文”“知识点注释”“学习回顾”等部分。积累篇文章较短,生词较少,文章后练习较简单,比较适合四级或以下英语水平的读者;提升篇文章较长,生词及背景知识注释多,文章较难,适合中、高级英语水平的读者,比如备考英语六级、考研英语、专四、专八、雅思、托福,以及各翻译类考试的读者。本套丛书一共包含四册:《英语考试权威题源·社会热点》《英语考试权威题源·财经科技》《英语考试权威题源·人文时尚》《英语考试权威题源·时事政治》。
作者介绍
王萍,博士,硕士生导师,现任解放军国际关系学院军事外交系副教授,主要从事专业英语教学,研究方向为英美文化,科研成果丰富,除专著及专业论文外、主编、参编多部专业英语/大学英语教材及教辅用书。 路玮丽,1995年毕业于解放军国际关系学院,2003年获南京大学英美语言与文学专业硕士学位。现任解放军国际关系学院军事外交系副教授,教学经验丰富,科研成果丰硕。主要研究方向:语言学、翻译、教学法。
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积累篇 Unit 1 经济动态 False Summit 西班牙银行艰难前行:峰顶还在更高处 Ocean Ahoy! 喂!大海 Weekly Jobless Claims at Lowest Level in over 3 Years 一周申领失业救济人数降至3年来最低 Irish Real Estate Tycoon Declares Bankruptcy in Belfast 爱尔兰房地产大亨在贝尔法斯特宣布破产 China to the Rescue of Tourism 中国拯救澳大利亚旅游业 Go East, Young Man 年轻人,到东方去!到中国去! For All the Coffee in China 中国咖啡出云南 Why Fuel Prices Won’t Rise Any Time Soon 油价近期不会上涨之谜 Unit 2 经济政策 The Terror—The 75% Tax and Other Alarming Campaign Promises 恐慌弥漫:征税率75%,法国政客为竞选争许惊人诺言 Post Office Hour Reductions, Called a“Win-Win”, Feel More like a“Lose- Lose” 美国邮局削减工时:看似“双赢”,实则“双输” India Bans Cotton Exports — Confusing Everyone, Including Its Government 让所有人迷惑不解的举措:印度禁止棉花出口 Bank of England’s Paul Fisher Says No to QE Unless Crisis Hits 英格兰银行的保罗?费舍尔:对量化宽松说“不”,除非危机来袭 Singapore Bans More Locals from Casinos 新加坡禁止更多当地人参赌 BOJ Stands Pat on Easing Measures 日本央行坚持货币宽松政策 Warning by Big Business to David Cameron 商业巨头警告卡梅隆 India Eases Limits on Investment 印度放宽投资限制 Unit 3 企业管理 Carrefour Checks Itself Out of Greece 家乐福退出希腊 Top Two Leaders at Esprit Resign 思捷环球两高管相继辞职 Coke and Pepsi Change Recipe to Avoid Cancer Warning 可口可乐和百事可乐改变配方,避免致癌风险 The Arrest of Kim Dotcom Has Rocked the World of Cyberlockers “百万上传”掌门人被捕,文件分享网站遇寒冬 How UK Insurance Giant Aviva Is Slimming Down to Ride Out the Downturn “瘦身”行动:看英国保险业巨头英杰华如何走出低迷 GameStop Pre-Selling Nexus 7, Offers Discounts with Trade-Ins GameStop预售平板Nexus7,提供以旧换新折价优惠 Sheryl Sandberg Becomes Facebook Board’s First Female Member 雪莉?桑德伯格成为脸谱首位女董事 Unit 4 市场竞争 Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $37 Million in Bidding Case 富国银行花钱消灾 Overhauling the Post Office for the 21st Century 美国邮政重整,应对21世纪 Competing with Amazon on Amazon 在亚马逊上和亚马逊竞争 Boeing Rips Airbus U.S. Plan 空客美国梦被波音击碎 The Battle for China’s Low-End Smartphone Market 中国低端智能手机市场硝烟四起 Why Indian Americans Dominate the U.S. Motel Industry 美籍印裔称霸全美汽车旅馆业之谜 Apple Wins Bid to Block Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales 苹果赢得三星平板电脑禁售令 Unit 5 投资理财 Operating Profit Falls at Royal Bank of Scotland 苏格兰皇家银行经营利润下降 Micex Index Falls for Second Day as Growth Concern Offsets Oil 俄罗斯股指持续下跌:油价上涨拉动无效 US Stock Market Ends the Year Where It Started 美国股市2011年整体持平 Why Annuities Are the Answer (But Such a Tough Sell) 美国人养老的艰难抉择:养老“保险箱”何以遭销售困境 Apple Is the Heavyweight in Many Fund Portfolios 苹果成基金投资宠儿 RBS Admits Some Ulster Bank Accounts Won’t Be Up and Running Until 16 July RBS确认部分阿尔斯特银行账户7月16日才能恢复正常 Treasurys Fall on Positive News from EU Summit Yields Rise for First Month in Three 欧盟峰会传佳音,美国债收益率3个月来首次上涨 Unit 6 新产品新技术 How to Find Out Who Google Thinks You Are from Your Web History 谷歌是如何通过网络访问历史界定用户的? Smart Keyboard Is Highlight of Microsoft’s Surface Tablet 智能键盘:微软Surface平板电脑的亮点 Facebook Lets You Send One Last Video from Beyond the Grave “如果我死了”:脸谱网新应用程序让你往坟墓外发布遗言 Translation App Ready for 2012 Olympics 翻译应用程序预备为2012年奥运会服务 Goodbye Power Cables 无线充电器:和连接线说再见 Google Co-Founder Reveals Google Glass Will Be Available in 2014 谷歌联合创始人透露,谷歌眼镜2014年推向市场 Silicon Valley Reaches for the Sky 硅谷心向太空 “Popchilla”Robot Could Help Autistic Kids “Popchilla”机器人:自闭症儿童的福音 The Facebook Camera that Can Recognise You Every Time You Walk into a Shop 脸谱相机:自动识别顾客身份 提升篇 Unit 1 经济动态 Dutch Austerity Talks Fail as Geithner Prods Europe 盖特纳呼吁欧洲更加积极,荷兰紧缩谈判失败 Nobody Understands Debt 你不知道的债务问题 Trustee Lays Off 1,000 Workers at MF Global 曼氏全球清算,裁员逾千人 Hard Times, Lean Firms How Much Longer Can America Keep Increasing Productivity? 时世艰难,公司瘦身 美国的生产率还能持续提高多久? Do Small-Business Owners Feel Overtaxed and Overregulated? A Survey Says No 小企业主感觉课税过重、监管过繁吗?调查表明并非如此 Commodity Prices Fall on Economic Woes 经济陷入困境,商品价格下滑 Student Debt Is Stifling Home Sales 学生助贷债务阻滞美房产销售 Labor Day Gas Prices Will Set a Record 劳动节汽油价格将创新高 Unit 2 经济政策 How to Stop the Drop in Home Values 房产泡沫破灭,如何救市? Cleaning Up Conflict Minerals 清理冲突矿产,还刚果以和平 Euro Zone Agrees to Follow the Original Rules 欧元区同意遵循原计划 New Law to Shed More Light on State Tax Credit Program 伊州新法律进一步明确税收优惠 Will Australians or Foreign Interests Develop Our North? 究竟是澳大利亚人还是外资发展我们的北方? Europe and China Cut Interest Rates While Bank of England Extends QE 中欧央行下调利率,英央行扩大量化宽松规模 Night’s Big Dispute Hinges on Tax Cuts and Deficit 大选首辨之夜聚焦减税与赤字 Unit 3 企业管理 Apple Appoints New Chairman and Elects Disney’s Chief to Board 后乔布斯时代:苹果迎来新总裁 Best Buy Pays $1.3 Billion for Cellphone Business 百思买支付13亿美元购买手机业务权 5 Reasons Selling Your Business Is like Thanksgiving Dinner 出售企业就像感恩节晚餐的5大理由 Downturn, Start Up 逆市起航 Wal-Mart’s Board to Face Unhappy Shareholders 沃尔玛深陷贿赂门,惹股东不满 Brewer to Buy Remaining Stake in Grupo Modelo 百威啤酒将收购莫德罗集团剩余股份 Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference Keynote Was All About China 苹果全球开发者大会:一片冰心在中国 Unit 4 市场竞争 Carrefour: An Ailing Store Needs Fresh Blood 家乐福经营困难,亟须“换帅” Amazon Denies It Has a Small-Business Problem 亚马逊:价格战硝烟又起,营业税之争且战且退 Ford, Caterpillar, and Johnson Controls Try to Confront and Control a Wave of Data 福特、卡特彼勒和约翰逊控制应对数字浪潮 Microsoft Introduces a Challenger to the iPad 微软推出新产品,挑战iPad CBS, NBC and Fox Head to Court over Dish Ad-Skipping Feature 美3家电视公司起诉特视公司广告屏蔽服务 Competition Needs Protection 竞争需要保护 Unit 5 投资理财 A Great Investing TIP 投资教一招:了不起的通胀保值债券 Brazil Rate Futures Yields Fall on Bet Three-Day Jump Excessive 巴西利率期货收益率持续下跌 The ETF Boom 交易所交易基金掀热潮 ObamaCare Is Constitutional! Now What? 《奥巴马医改计划》合宪!结果如何? Big Foreign Funds Are No Longer a Must for Portfolios 大型外国基金不再是投资组合的必备搭配 Unit 6 新产品新技术 New BlackBerry Will Be Given to Developers in May 新款黑莓手机蓄势待发 Sony’s PlayStation 3D TV: Gorgeous with One Glaring Problem 索尼PlayStation 3D电视评测:性能****,问题明显 Where Would We Be Today Without Social Media? 离开社交媒体,生活寸步难行 Glasses-Free 3D Screens Let You See the Wider Picture 裸眼3D电视机:让你的视野更广阔 App Detects Potholes, Alerts Boston City Officials 波士顿开发探测路面坑洼新应用 Robot Avatar Body Controlled by Thought Alone 机器人化身:仅靠思维控制的机器人 Why Do I Have to Switch Off My Kindle for Takeoff and Landing? Kindle:关还是不关?
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