Part Two WTO Entry

Part One　Press through Internet

1.A Preface forthe Students

Part Four　Free Trade

Contents

Part Five Free Trade

2.Press and Language Learning

3.A Student-Centered Classroom

4.China,U.S.Sign Landmark WTO Deal

5.China Sells WTO Deal to Anxious Public

6.WTO Setback to Farm Trade Hopes

7.WTO Setback to Farm Trade Hopes

8.Seattle Recovers After Traumatic Trade Meeting

9.AmCham Eyes Chin WTO Bid,Compliance

10.China Tries to Allay Fears Over Encryption Rules

11.China Signs WTO Deal with Cuba

12.EU Reports China-WTO Talks Progress

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and exercises:Reference:Techniques for Reading English Newspapers

13.WTO Chief Cheers China's WTO Bid

Part Three WTO Entry

14.China Outlines Concessions on WTO Entry Bid

15.Top Taiwan Negotiator Wants December WTO Talks

16.U.S.Congress May Set Up China Commission After WTO

17.China,EU Discuss Beijing's Entry to World Trade Body

18. EU Bid to Break China Trade Deadlock

19.EU Presses China on Human Rights,Trade

20.China's Accession to the World Trade Organization

21.EU-China Agree Trade Deal

22.Administration Buoyed by China Votes

23.Remarks by the President on Passage of PNTR with China

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises;Reference:China and the WTO

82.Nasdaq Chugs Along Despite Good Employment Stats

24.Activists Protest at Bangkok UN Summit Site

25.Peaceful Protest at UN Trade Meeting

26.Illegal Thai Immigrants Arrested

27.Outgoing IMF Chief Hit with Pie

28.Annan Urges Debate on Free Trade

29.Annan Meets with Thailand Premier

30.Thais Hope to Bridge Trade Gap at UNCTAD Summit

31.Trade Meeting May Bridge Gaps

32.UN Chief Urge

33.Nations Ponder Globalization

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises;Reference:Press Briefiny

34.WTO's Next Boss Optimistic of New Round

35.IMF's Camdessus Calls for G7 Summit Shake Up

36.Consumer Group Asks UN Body to Press Trade Reform

37.Thai Minister Tells NGOs

38.India Slams

39.Market Access for Poor Nations Imperative-WTO

40.New Trade Round Still Seen Far Off

41.UN Undeterred by U.S.Threats

42.APEC Leader Seeks Trade Platform

43.The Auckland Challenge

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises Reference:Development of Expository Writing

Part Six E-Commerce

44.Niche Players Lead in Changing Retail Market

45.Grocery Wars Heat Up

46.BID4VACATIONS.COM Attracts Online Consumers

47.SMARTPAGES.COM Teams with HANDSHAKE.COM to Turn Tables on Online Shopping

48.Interview-GM Says in Broad Talks with Sony

49.Mercata Selected as

50.Global Conference to Review E-Commerce Developments

5 1.E-MEDSOFT.COM's Esparto to Power E Business Websites for Dickies UK Ltd.and Combined Independents-Holdings

52.Focus-MG LME Web Trading System Goes Live

53.PEOPLESUPPORT Connects Toyota Dealers with Car Buyers by Providing Live Interactive Chat Customer Support

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises Reference:Four Maxims

Part Seven Online Stocks

54.Hard Decisions on

55.PS Business Parks Inc,Announces Distributions for the First Quarter of 2000 and Stock Repurchase Authorization

56.Stock Markets:Liquidity to Big Prizes

57.A Nationof Traders

58.National Discount Brokers Edes Past DLJ direct and Newcomer Merrill Lynch to Take Top Spot in Barron's Fifth Annual Online Broker Survey

59.Schwab's Stock Analyzer(TM)Delivers a Single Destination for Stock Research Online Stock Tool Helps Demystify the Stock Evaluation Process for Investors

60.Foreign Exchange Market Taps Web Technology

61.The Bull Market Report Issues Investment Opion

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises:Reference:Learning English NewspaperEffectively

Part Eight Web-Economy

62.Online Toy Site Brings the Best ofBoth Worlds:New-Tech Speed and Old-Time Service;www.ititoys,com Offers Traditional Holiday Shoppers a Pain-Free Entree to the NewE-Economy

63.Business Week and Hewlett-Pard Company Present the Fourth Annual Business Week Conference on the Digital Economy

64.E*Trade Starts Online Trading Operation in UK

65.Digital Commerce Growth Will Be at Expense of Off-line Dollars

66.Will the Web Eat Wall Street?

67.A Thinkers'Guide to internet Economics

68.Planet Web:Nasdaq Falls and the Whole World Hears the Thud

69.Firms Riding Net's Coattails

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises Reference:Rhetoric

Part Nine Finance

70.IMF Raises World Economic Growth Forecast

71.World Growth Strong,No Need for ECB Hike-IMF

72.APEC Vows Recovery Will Not Derail Reform

73.Shoring Up the House

74.Deutsche,Dresdner Banks to Merge

75.Bank Merger Helps Insurance Giant

76.Old Battle;New Strategy

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises Reference:Analysis of an Issue

Part Ten Interest Rates

77.Why Did Fed Raise Interest Rates

78.Fed Holds Line on Rates;Dow Reacts Negatively Panel Warns Further Tightening Possible

79.Europe Waits on U.S.Rates

80.Fed Raises Rates,Warms of More to Come

81.Nasdaq Builds Steam,Shrugs Off Rate Worries

83.Stocks Head Low in Copy Trading

84.U.S.Rates May need to Go Higher-Greenspan

85.Greenspan Q A-Part 5:Margin Debt,hedge Funds

86.Greenspan Signals U.S.Rates Need to Rise

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises Reference:Syllogism

Part Eleven Old and New Economies

87.World Growth Strong,No Need for Hike-IMF

88.Be Prepared for Some Down Days

89.Greenspan:Don't Spend Surplus Yet

90.Greenspan:Inflation Still a Danger

91.Untangling the World Economy

92.Fed Policy Bid to Slow Growth-Meyer

93.The Future of Economics-in the Long Run,Is the Subject Dead?

94.Economy:Bright Future Disguises Regional Imbalances

95.The Slow Death of Boeing Man

96.The Revolutionary Spirit

97.Lock and Key

98.Logistix Becomes iLogistix

99.Robust Mexican Economy to Drive Q1 Company Profits

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises Reference:Analysis of an Argument

Part Twelve Hi-Tech,Management

100.China Flies Spacecraft Capable of Manned Trip

101.China Joins Space Club

102.Intriguing Details of Chinese Space Plans

103.Irish Teen Hailed as Crypto Genius

104.Gates Confident of Microsoft's Survival

105.On Home Turf,Microsoft Is Viewed as a Victim

106.Neukom Says that Microsoft Will Win in the End

107.U.S.Proposes Splitting Microsoft

108.Company Bets Appeals Court Will Overturn Jackson Ruling

109.Viewlocity's B2B Integration Solutions

110.A Match Made in Heaven:RadioShak's SuccessfulDot-Com

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises Reference:US District Court for Columbia:Conclusions of Law and Order

Part Thirteen China

111.Main Points of Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's Government Work Report

112.The Soul and Driving Force for the Development of the Hi-Tech Park

113.Report:China Unicom to Offer CDMA by mid-2000

114.SSMC Won GSM Prepaid Business of China Unicom

115.China Unicom Recommends Call Out Mobile Phone

116.China Celebrates 50th Anniversary

117.Communist China Turns 50 in Pomp,Pageantry

118.New-Look China Banknotes Depict Mao but Not Deng

119.10,000 Enjoy Stadium Spectacle in Final handover Celebration

120.Gore,Zhu Announce Environmental Agreements

121.Clinton's Remarks on Environment to Guilin People

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises Reference:Non-fiction Narration

122.Introduction

Part Fourteen 21 Ideas for the 21st Century

123.Nanoteck:Molecular Macbines Aren't Fantasy,Just Ask the Pentagon

124.Artificial Intelligence:Machines Will Be Smarter Than We Are

125.Internet:The Earth Will don an Electronic Skin

126.Money:In the New financial Cosmos,It Will Be saferto Take a Dare

127.Quantum Computers:Problems Will Be solved with a Roll of the Dice

Notes,Style,Teamwork,and Exercises Reference:Exposition

Glossary

Bibliography