《STEP BY STEP听透BBC词汇突破(附光盘初级全新升级版)》由黄静、黄蔚、刘倩编译，选择了最新的BBC原版听力材料，内容丰富有趣，题材广泛新颖，包括时事、经济、文化、环境、科技、娱乐等社会生活的各个方面，尽可能地提高读者的学习兴趣。

本书是专为听力水平较低的读者而设计的。“词解新闻意”部分根据新闻材料内容抓取最能概括新闻大意的一个核心关键词，以问答的方式吸引读者的注意力，从而有效掌握这个核心关键词的发音及释义。同时，短小精悍的“充电小站”内容对新闻背景进行了有效解读。“轻松听新闻”部分在新闻中注明了核心词汇，并在“核心词汇连连记”中给出了词性及中文释义，便于读者查阅记忆词汇，扫除词汇障碍。“开心译分钟”是对新闻内容的完整翻译，并添加了“实用短语对对碰”学习栏目，中英对照，可有效帮助读者学习积累日常用语的实用表达方式。“词汇练习”部分设计了词汇听写以及词汇发音辨析和词义辨析多项选择两大题型，可帮助读者有效学习记忆词汇。

此外，本书超值附赠慢速和标准两种语速的音频文件，您可以利用慢速音频进行精听，利用标准语速的音频进行泛听及理解练习。

Chapter 1 百姓关注

 01　Custody of the Japanese Macaque Regained

重获日本猕猴的监护权 / 2

 02　CO2 Levels Reaching a Symbolic High

二氧化碳水平创新高 / 5

 03　Stop Killing One-horned Rhinoceros

停止猎杀独角犀牛 / 8

 04　UNICEF Warns Syria of Losing a Generation of Children

联合国儿童基金会警告叙利亚将失去一代儿童 / 11

 05　New York Police Was Charged for “Stop and Frisk”

纽约警方“拦截搜身”被指控 / 14

 06　Air France Was Found Guilty of Racial Discrimination

法航被判犯有种族歧视罪 / 18

 07　Horsemeat Incident

马肉事件 / 21

 08　PIP Was Charged with Supplying Faulty Breast Implants

PIP公司被指控提供劣质隆胸材料 / 24

 09　Boeing Will Modify the Battery System for Its 787 Dreamliner

波音公司将改进其787梦想客机电池系统 / 28

 10　A Couple Were Jailed for Life for Murdering Their 4-Year-Old Son

一对夫妇因谋杀4岁儿子被判终身监禁 / 32

Chapter 2 法律法治

 01　Police Brutality in South Africa

南非警察暴力执法事件 / 36

 02　Italian Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Getting into Trouble with the Law

意大利前总理西尔维奥?贝卢斯科尼吃官司 / 39

 03　The Widely Concerned Family Breakup of the Former British Cabinet Minister

英国前内阁大臣备受关注的离婚事件 / 42

 04　One of the Suspects in India Bus Gang Rape Has Died in Prison

印度公交轮奸案嫌犯之一在狱中死亡 / 46

 05　The Congolese War Crime Suspect Handed Himself In

刚果战争罪嫌疑人自首 / 49

 06　A South African Police Officer Reported the Crimes of His Colleague

一名南非警官举报其同事罪行 / 53

 07　Lawyers Argue for Overturning the Ban on Same Sex Marriage in California

加州律师要求推翻同性婚姻的禁令 / 56

 08　Two Senior Bosnian Serbs Were Convicted

2名波黑塞族高级官员被定罪 / 60

 09　Eight Police Officers Were Arrested for Not Stopping Drug Violence

8名警察因未能制止毒品暴力而被捕 / 63

 10　Death Penalty Will Be Sought for a Criminal in America

美国1名罪犯将被要求执行死刑 / 66

Chapter 3 国际关系

 01　Syrian Soldiers Were Ambushed in Iraq

叙利亚士兵在伊拉克遭遇伏击 / 72

 02　New Sanctions on North Korea

对朝鲜的新制裁 / 76

 03　The Wide-ranging Sanctions on Syrian Rebels Is Over

对叙利亚叛军的大规模制裁已结束 / 80

 04　North Korea Will Launch a Possible Attack on U.S. Bases

朝鲜可能会向美军基地发动袭击 / 84

 05　The UN Will Shutter Relief Agencies

联合国将关闭援助机构 / 87

 06　South Sudan Pumps Oil Again

南苏丹再次抽出石油 / 91

 07　The E.U. Pushes to Mend the Kosovars-Serbian Relations

欧盟推动改善科索沃与塞尔维亚的关系 / 94

 08　Temporary Asylum for the PRISM’s Whistle Blower Triggered a Crisis in U.S.-Russian Relations

对棱镜计划泄密者的临时庇护引发了美俄关系危机 / 97

Chapter 4 经济危机

 01　Government Spending Reduction Is About to Take Effect

政府减支方案即将生效 / 102

 02　Greece Taking Measures to Receive International Economic Assistance

希腊采取措施为获国际经济援助 / 106

 03　Restricting the Salaries of Top Managers in Switzerland

瑞士将限制高管薪水 / 110

 04　The Sovereign Debt Rating of Greece Has Been Raised

希腊主权债务等级被提高 / 114

 05　Financial Crisis and Salvation in Cyprus

塞浦路斯金融危机与救助 / 118

 06　Banks Forgave Loans of Millions of Euros in Cyprus

塞浦路斯的银行取消数百万欧元贷款 / 122

 07　Portugal’s Highest Court Judged the Austerity Budget

葡萄牙最高法院判定紧缩预算 / 126

 08　Obama: Budget Proposal for 2014 Helps Stimulate U.S. Economy

奥巴马：2014预算提议将刺激美国经济发展 / 129

 09　The European Central Bank Unveiled a New Rescue Program

欧洲央行推出新的解困方案 / 132

Chapter 5 科技发现

 01　Probing into the Primitive Life on Mars

探秘火星上的原始生命 / 138

 02　The Ancient Sunstone Was Found by French Scientists

法国科学家发现了古代的太阳石 / 141

 03　The World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Has Been Inaugurated

世界上最大的射电望远镜投入使用 / 145

 04　The Newly Developed Machine Can Keep the Liver Alive at BodyTemperature

新装置可使肝脏在体温环境下存活 / 149

 05　Yahoo Bought an App Created by a British Teenager

雅虎购买了一个英国少年发明的应用程序 / 153

 06　A New Cancer Study Has Identified Many Genetic Markers

一项新的癌症研究识别出多个遗传标记 / 156

 07　Obama Has Unveiled Details of a Human Brain Project

奥巴马公布脑研究计划细节 / 159

 08　New Findings About Dark Matter

暗物质的新发现 / 162

 09　A New Piece of Software Released by Facebook

脸谱发布一款新软件 / 166

Chapter 6 风云人物

 01　John Kerry Was Nominated as the Next Secretary of State

约翰?克里被任命为下任美国国务卿 / 172

 02　Nelson Mandela in a Serious but Stable Condition

纳尔逊?曼德拉病情严重但稳定 / 175

 03　Susan Rice as the New National Security Adviser

苏珊?赖斯任美国新国家安全顾问 / 178

 04　British Queen Elizabeth in Bad Health

英国女王伊丽莎白身体抱恙 / 182

 05　Venezuelans Bidding Farewell to Hugo Chavez

委内瑞拉人民向乌戈?查韦斯告别 / 185

 06　The World War II Secret Agent Nancy Wake Died

二战特工南希?韦克去世 / 189

 07　The Injured Pakistani Girl Going Back to School

受伤的巴基斯坦少女返回校园 / 192

 08　The Exiled Russian Businessman Died in Britain

俄罗斯流亡大亨于英国去世 / 196

 09　Tiger Woods Has Reclaimed the World No.1 Ranking

泰格?伍兹重获世界第一的排名 / 200

 10　The Economic Legacy of Baroness Thatcher

撒切尔夫人的经济遗产 / 204

Chapter 7 文艺体育

 01　David Moyes Will Succeed Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United

戴维?莫耶斯将接替曼联主帅亚历克斯?弗格森 / 210

 02　Jason Collins Coming Out as Gay

贾森?科林斯出柜 / 214

 03　Liverpool’s Luis Suarez Banned for 10 Matches

利物浦队的路易斯?苏亚雷斯遭禁赛10场 / 218

 04　Two High School Football Players in Ohio Were Sentenced to Juvenile Jail

俄亥俄州2名高中足球员被判入少年所 / 222

 05　Brazil’s Preparations for the 2014 World Cup

巴西的2014年世界杯准备情况 / 225

 06　France’s Chief Rabbi Is Leaving His Post for Plagiarism

法国大拉比因学术剽窃辞职 / 228

 07　Britain: A Trainer of the Godolphin’s Stable Has Been Disqualified for Doping Horses

英国戈多尔芬马场一名驯马师因使用马兴奋剂被吊销资格 / 232

 08　Russia Has Banned the Performance of an American Rock Group

俄罗斯对一支美国摇滚乐队实行禁演 / 236

Chapter 8 灾难事故

 01　A Monster Tornado Rolling Through Oklahoma City

可怕的龙卷风席卷俄克拉荷马市 / 240

 02　A Woman Rescued from the Collapsed Garment Factory

一名妇女从倒塌的制衣厂中被救出 / 244

 03　The Cholera Epidemic in Haiti

海地霍乱 / 247

 04　Three Men Were Charged for Assisting the Suspects in the Boston Marathon Bombings

3名男子被起诉曾协助波士顿马拉松爆炸案嫌疑犯 / 250

 05　The Fire Triggers the Suspicion of Racist Attack in Germany

德国火灾事故引发种族主义袭击的嫌疑 / 254

 06　A Landslide Striking Lhasa China

中国拉萨发生山体滑坡 / 257

 07　The Earthquake in Iran

伊朗地震 / 260

 08　A Huge Explosion at a Fertilizer Plant in Texas

得克萨斯一家化肥厂爆炸 / 263

 09　A Devastating Earthquake Struck Sichuan Province

四川省发生强烈地震 / 266

Chapter 9 政策动向

 01　Curbing Gun Violence

控制枪支暴力 / 270

 02　A Two-year Ban on Some Pesticides

对某些杀虫剂实施2年禁用 / 273

 03　Cameron Presented the Regulating Plans on the Press

卡梅伦提出了新闻行业监管计划 / 276

 04　Paris: Gay Marriage and Adoption’s Legalization Met Objector’s Demonstrations

巴黎：同性婚姻及收养合法化遭遇反对者的抗议游行 / 279

 05　The British Plans to Tighten the Rules on Immigrants

英国计划收紧移民政策 / 283

 06　The UN General Assembly Approves the Arms Trade Treaty

联合国大会通过了《武器贸易公约》 / 286

 07　35 Million-dollars Initiative Against Rape in Wartime

涉资3500万美元反对战时强奸罪的计划 / 290

 08　AL-Qaeda Will Possibly Launch a Wave of Attacks

基地组织将可能发动一轮攻击 / 293

Chapter 10 政坛风云

 01　Kenya’s Presidential Election

肯尼亚总统大选 / 298

 02　Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in His Most Difficult Hours

委内瑞拉总统乌戈?查韦斯病危 / 302

 03　Kenya’s Presidential Election Has Stagnated

肯尼亚总统选举暂停 / 305

 04　An Emergency Manager of Detroit Was Appointed

底特律应急管理人被任命 / 309

 05　The Elected Government Became the First One Completing Its Term in Pakistan

巴基斯坦民选政府首次完成正常任期 / 312

 06　Dhaka: A Two-day General Strike Held by the Opposition

达卡：反对派举行为期2天的大罢工 / 316

 07　Italians Hold Little Hope for Their Coalition Government

意大利民众对联合政府的组建不抱太大希望 / 319

 08　Jordan: New Cabinet to Cut Its Deficit

约旦：新内阁旨在削减赤字 / 322