Unit One Economy

Ⅰ．Background Information

Ⅱ．Text Amid the Global Economic Crisis,China Rises

Ⅲ．Journalistic English

Ⅳ．Home Reading How a Beige Book Could Shed Light on China's Shadow Economy

Unit Two Diplomacy

Ⅰ．Background Information

Ⅱ．Text A New Strategic and Economic Dialogue with China

Ⅲ．The Structure of a News Story

Ⅳ．Home Reading Japan and China:Is the Ice Breaking?

Unit Three Environment

Ⅰ．Background Information

Ⅱ．Text China'Unfairly Seen as Eco-villain'

Ⅲ．Writing Effective News Headlines

Ⅳ．Home Reading China's Achilles'Heel

Unit Four Culture

Ⅰ．Background Information

Ⅱ．Text What Can We Learn from Confucianism？

Ⅲ．Neologism

Ⅳ．Home Reading Learning from China

Unit Five Education

Ⅰ．Background Information

Ⅱ．Text Stressful Times for Chinese Students

Ⅲ．Phonetic and Lexical Features of English News Headlines

Ⅳ．Home Reading Diplomas for Dollars

Unit Six Entertainment

Ⅰ．Background Information

Ⅱ．Text Our Little China Girl

Ⅲ．Figures of Speech in English News Headlines

Ⅳ．Home Reading The U.S.'s$4.4 Billion Surplus with China

Unit Seven Social Life

Ⅰ．Background Information

Ⅱ．Text In China,Stern Treatment for Young Internet'Addicts'

Ⅲ．Omissions in the Headlines

Ⅳ．Home Reading China's Divorce Rule Dubbed'Law that Makes Men Laugh and Women Cry'

Appendices

Ⅰ．Major News Agencies in the World

Ⅱ．Major Broadcasting Corporations in the World

Ⅲ．Major Newspapers in the U.S.and the U.K

Ⅳ．Major News Journals in the U.S.and the U.K

References