本教材共编有18个主题单元，广泛涉及当代政治、经济、科技、文化、自然、历史、人物、教育、演讲、体育、健康、食品与养生、环保、娱乐、时尚等主题。每个单元设有5篇课文，每篇课文附有单词表和注释，以帮助学生们对课文内容进行准确理解，另有1篇补充听力材料。本教材围绕每个单元主题，设计了包括视、听、说、读、写在内的5种技能训练题，以便提高学生们使用新闻英语进行口头与笔头交流的能力。此外，本教材在课文的选题和情景的真实性和趣味性方面都作了精心的选择，做到题材和体裁多样化，使学生感到所学的《新闻英语视听说》内容贴近生活，具有现实感和时代感，满足学生多视野、多角度、多途径地获取当今世界层出不穷的新知识和新信息的需求。

本书取材于近年来欧美主要英语国家各大电视媒体的公开放送节目，涉及当代政治、经济、教育、演讲、环保等主题。本教材共18个主题单元，设计了视、听、说、读、写等5种技能训练题，以提高学生使用新闻英语进行口、笔头交流的能力。本教材在课文的选题和情景的真实性和趣味性方面都作了精心的选择，以满足他们多角度、多途径地获取新知识和新信息的需求。

UNIT 1  POLITICS

   Part A: Hillary Clinton in China

   Part B: Obama's First Overseas Trip

   Part C: World Leaders on Global Crisis

   Part D: Obama's Powerful Resource--First Lady

   Part E: UK Plans Migration Crackdown

   Further Listening: Debunking the Myth of the "Third World" 

UNIT 2  ECONOMY

   Part A: Avoiding Investment Scams

   Part B: Dow's 2nd Best Day Ever

   Part C: How Good Are You with Money?

   Part D: Chinese Invest in US Homes

   Part E: How Much Is a Trillion?

   Further Listening: Ten Trillion

UNIT 3  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

   Part A: Hi-tech Family Time

   Part B: Journey out of This World

   Part C: Sony Launches Thinnest LCD TV

   Part D: Dumbest-generation

   Part E: Google Reader

   Further Listening: Growing Up on Line

UNIT 4  CULTURE

   Part A: Spain's Tomato Food Fight

   Part B: Anime Looks to Expand Overseas

   Part C: Casual Friday Gone Too Far?

   Part D: Halloween Makeup for Adults 

   Part E: More People Are Texting Love

   Further Listening: The Merchants of Cool

UNIT 5  NATURE

   Part A: Secret Yellowstone

   Part B: The Birth of the Earth

   Part C: Stonehenge Secrets

   Part D: China's Amazing Flowers

   Part E: Solar Eclipse Dazzles Russia, China

   Further Listening: Wild China

UNIT 6  HISTORY

   Part A: Engineering Egypt

   Part B: QinShiHuang--The First Emperor

   Part C: Pearl Harbor Memorial

   Part D: President's Day Discovery

   Part E: The First Movies

   Further Listening: Victoria

UNIT 7  PEOPLE

   Part A: Where Are Those 8 Gold Medals?

   Part B: Lifesaving, First Aid

   Part C: Apple beyond Steve Jobs

   Part D: Beethoven

   Part E: Edward Kennedy

   Further Listening: Isaac Newton

UNIT 8  EDUCATION

   Part A: Violence in Schools on the Rise

   Part B: Money Matters

   Part C: Black Colleges Struggling

   Part D: Is College Still Worth the Price?

   Part E: Students All Smiles over GCSEs

   Further Listening: Inside the Teenage Brain

UNIT 9  SPORTS

   Part A: Peek inside the "Bird's Nest" 

   Part B: A Block Party, D-Wade Style

   Part C: A Gold Medal Is Worth $100K

   Part D: Crunch Time for Football Finances

   Part E: Basketball Betting Scandal

   Further Listening. Megastructures. Beijing. Olympic. Stadium

UNIT 10 HEALTH

   Part A:"Free Hug, Come On" 

   Part B: Meditation Benefits

   Part C: Rude Awakening

   Part D: A Sensitive Topie--HIV Positive

   Part E: Is Fast Pulsing Something to Worry about?

   Further Listening. Dying to Be Thin

UNIT 11 FOOD AND FITNESS

   Part A: Career Change: Hot Dog Vendor

   Part B: Food Imports Explode

   Part C: The Power of Pomegranates

   Part D: Are Vitamins Necessary?

   Part E: Health Warning for Microwave Food

   Further Listening: Man Bites World 102 Days in a Row

UNIT 12 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

   Part A: Genuine Efforts to Reduce Emissions

   Part B: Greenhouse Gases

   Part C: Eco-friendly City of the Future

   Part D: The Greenest Museum

   Part E: Fossils Alter Warming Predictions?

   Further Listening: Heat

UNIT 13 TERRORISM

   Part A: A Spree Killer in South Carolina

   Part B: Charges against 6 Criminals of 9/11

   Part C: Individuals Can Be Brainwashed

   Part D: US Remembers 9/11 Attacks

   Part E: Arrests Made in Suicide Ring

   Further Listening: Bush's War

UNIT 14 DISASTER

   Part A: China's Economic Worries

   Part B: Close-up of China Destruction

   Part C: Heavy Snow Brings London to a Halt

   Part D: Bangladesh Cyclone

   Part E: Katrina Lessons Applied

   Further Listening: Survival at Sea

UNIT 15 ENTERPRISE

   Part A: Best Performers of 2008

   Part B: Fiat Closes Chrysler Deal

   Part C: BlackBerry Tries to "Storm" iPhone

   Part D: Nike Invades Beijing

   Part E: Wal-Mart Expanding in China

   Further Listening: The Secret of Credit Card

UNIT 16 ENTERTAINMENT

   Part A: Jolie-Pitt Family Affair

   Part B: Girlfriend Gift Guide

   Part C: How Music Reflects Your Personality

   Part D: UK File Pirates to Face the Music

   Part E: Catching Up with the Stars of "Friends" 

   Further Listening: Michael Jackson

UNIT 17 FASHION

   Part A: Tattoo Barbie

   Part B: A Look Back at 1950s Style

   Part C: Fashion at Emmys

   Part D: The House of Chanel

   Part E: Fashion Fights Recession

   Further Listening: Workplace High Heels Debated

UNIT 18 SPEECH

   Part A: Bush Commencement Speech

   Part B: Watch the Queen's Christmas Message

   Part C: Bush's Farewell Address

   Part D: Obama's Inauguration 

   Part E: Yang Lan's Speech

   Further Listening. The Persuaders

Appendix Glossary of New Words in Journalism English

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