《Step by Step輕松突破新聞?dòng)⒄Z聽力》以“顛覆傳統(tǒng)、逆向思維,聽練結(jié)合,輕松高效練聽力”為編寫理念,匯集了VOA、BBC、CNN、NPR等各大知名新聞媒體的新聞素材,新聞內(nèi)容涉及日常生活、娛樂、經(jīng)濟(jì)、體育、災(zāi)難、科技、環(huán)境、文化教育等與民眾生活息息相關(guān)的各個(gè)方面。每節(jié)設(shè)置有譯知半解、核心詞匯及短語、題解原文、詳細(xì)解析等板塊,幫助讀者循序漸進(jìn)聽懂新聞?dòng)⒄Z?!禨tep by Step輕松突破新聞?dòng)⒄Z聽力》的適用對(duì)象廣泛,包括:準(zhǔn)備應(yīng)對(duì)各種英語考試,想要在聽力理解部分獲得高分的人群;從事外事交流及英文口譯、筆譯的工作人員;想要迅速提高英語聽力水平的在職人員;想積累豐富的談資和老外暢談天下的人群。
Unit 1 日常生活 舌尖上的安全:食品安全出路何在 Food safety dilemma 拖延癥的“兄弟” Chronic lateness 怎樣防止面包變質(zhì) How to keep bread from going stale 加拿大女性掌握家庭財(cái)政大權(quán) Women control family purse strings in Canada 離婚后“女養(yǎng)男”在美呈上升趨勢 Divorce courts mirror society as more women pay alimony 名人崇拜綜合癥 Celebrity worship syndrome 恐笑癥 Being afraid laughed at 相親招數(shù)求職用:會(huì)相親就會(huì)找好工作 Dating and job hunting both have their ups and downs 手機(jī)“偽裝來電”助你脫身尷尬約會(huì) New app rescues people from bad dates 夏季,你跟上潮流了嗎 Have you followed the trends and styles for summer 28歲時(shí)女人覺得自己最性感 Why women feel sexiest when they are 夫妻上下班同路有助婚姻美滿 For a good marriage, travel the same way to work 老年夫婦戴耳機(jī)看電視不知家中失竊 Elderly couple watch TV without knowing brazen burglar broke into their home 女人比男人聰明 Women overtake men in IQ tests for the first time in 100 years 美國多數(shù)老人不愿與成年子女同住 Many seniors say “no, thanks” to living with their adult kids Unit 2 休閑娛樂 《痞子英雄》:臺(tái)灣的“好萊塢制造” Black & White:Taiwan goes Hollywood 阿湯嫂面臨撫養(yǎng)權(quán)爭奪戰(zhàn) Holmes faces custody battle for daughter Suri 插隊(duì)買咖啡 英首相遭訓(xùn)斥 David Cameron told off for queue jumping during trip to coffee shop 古堡驚現(xiàn)500年前女性內(nèi)衣褲 The scraps of lace that show lingerie was all the rage 500 years ago 63歲婚紗女王戀上27歲型男 Vera Wang, Evan Lysacek an item just a week after divorce announcement 3歲男童吃母乳照登《時(shí)代》封面 母親被指性騷擾 Time cover shows mom breastfeeding 3-year-old son 劍橋女生評(píng)選“年度美臀”惹爭議 Cambridge students in “Rear of the Year” competition 英女王御用替身曝光 工作24年分文不取 The woman who's stood in for the Queen for 24 years 英政府公開機(jī)密文檔:外星人可能造訪地球 The UFO files: aliens might come here for holidays 英神秘富翁每天1000英鎊發(fā)路人 Meet the businessman who hands out £1,000 to complete strangers Unit 3 經(jīng)濟(jì)資訊 谷歌為何收購摩托羅拉移動(dòng) Why Google acquired Motorola Mobility 美國人擔(dān)心二次衰退 Americans are worried that the United States is poised for another recession 意大利解凍利比亞5億美元資產(chǎn) Italian banks are to unfreeze Libyan assets worth more than $500 million 歐美經(jīng)濟(jì)信心下滑 US consumer confidence and European economic sentiment added to the volatility in global markets 歐洲力圖遏制債務(wù)危機(jī) Contain Europe's deepening financial crisis 意大利經(jīng)濟(jì)困境引發(fā)大規(guī)??棺h Discontent runs high in Italy among the population due to the country's economic difficulties 黃金價(jià)格暴漲 巴黎商人大賺 The euro's troubles have made a good year for Parisians who deal in gold 歐元?jiǎng)?chuàng)始人:歐元區(qū)有可能瓦解 Euro founder admits some nations may be forced to leave Zara老板取代巴菲特成世界第三首富 Zara clothing chain owner overtakes Warren Buffett on world's rich list 中國中產(chǎn)階級(jí)為何不喜歡使用信用卡 China's middle class credit card conundrum 澳大利亞經(jīng)濟(jì)今年面臨挑戰(zhàn) Australia's resources-powered economy is facing a year of challenges Unit 4 聚焦奧運(yùn) 奧運(yùn)會(huì)開幕式志愿者變賣表演道具惹眾怒 Anger as volunteers “cash in” on opening ceremony 奧運(yùn)選手們吃什么 Food secrets of Olympic athletes 菲爾普斯:游泳選手泳池小便是常事 Michael Phelps admits: we do pee in the pool 倫敦奧運(yùn)閉幕式辣妹重組掀高潮 Spice Girls wow with an energetic routine at the Olympics closing ceremony 英男子因看奧運(yùn)面無表情被警方逮捕 Parkinson's disease sufferer held by police at Olympic cycling road race 倫敦奧運(yùn)花樣游泳門票多售出1萬張 Four synchronised swimming sessions are oversold by 10,000 tickets 德國人諷倫敦奧運(yùn)將成“奧運(yùn)災(zāi)難” Germans laugh at “Olympic disaster” Unit 5 災(zāi)難來襲 新艾滋席卷美洲 Experts have dubbed it the “new AIDS of the Americas” 為提早下班美油漆工火燒核潛艇 Nuclear sub worker set fire so he could leave early 亞太地區(qū)不斷受災(zāi) 損失加大 Asia Pacific region faces rising costs from storms and disasters 日本2011核危機(jī)恐將持續(xù)多年 Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster may last for years 海嘯后數(shù)月日本漁港仍舊百廢待興 Fishing towns after the massive tsunami need recovering 災(zāi)難性地震襲擊意大利 Fatal quake batters crisis-hit Italy 不明疾病橫行柬埔寨 Virus found in Cambodia outbreak 奧巴馬為抗擊艾滋病制定新的目標(biāo)和承諾 President Barack Obama set new goals and new commitments in the fight against AIDS 司機(jī)偷瞄行人 每年釀百萬撞車事故 Drivers ogling pedestrians cause one million crashes a year 墨西哥發(fā)生7.6級(jí)地震 Big quake hits Mexico Unit 6 新興科技 為何星星會(huì)閃爍 Why do stars twinkle 眼神可以“控制電腦”你相信嗎 Eyes control a computer 可待機(jī)15年的手機(jī)問世了 Mobile with a battery that lasts for 15 years 安卓推出智能“手表電話” Android makes watch-phone available 印度太陽能因成本降低而顯著發(fā)展 India solar energy is making it a viable alternative to power generated by fossil fuels 諾基亞推出新智能機(jī) Nokia today unveiled a new crop of smartphones 荷蘭發(fā)明計(jì)算機(jī)牛仔褲 New jeans have built-in keyboard, mouse and speakers 性格測試真的可靠嗎 Are personality tests reliable 吃胡蘿卜真能提高視力 Carrots would improve eyesight 40歲以后生育的小孩身體更好 智商更高 Children of mothers over 40 are healthier and more intelligent 俄羅斯向國際空間站發(fā)射進(jìn)步號(hào)貨運(yùn)飛船 Russia launches Progress M-16M freighter to ISS 中國人首次入住太空之家 Chinese enter space orbiter for first time 喋喋不休的黑猩猩 Chattering chimps 科技引領(lǐng)殘奧 Improvements in technology help Paralympic athletes 駕駛時(shí)使用GPS導(dǎo)航的問題 Problems of global positioning systems in driving Unit 7 生態(tài)環(huán)境 摩天大樓與環(huán)境 Skyscrapers and environment 氣候戰(zhàn)爭 Climate wars 聯(lián)合國秘書長世界環(huán)境日致辭 UN secretary-general's message on World Environment Day 聯(lián)合國會(huì)議關(guān)注可持續(xù)發(fā)展 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 歐洲干旱影響小麥產(chǎn)量 Driest weather in decades threatens Europe's key crops 北冰洋冰層大面積融化70%系人為造成 Loss of Arctic sea ice “70% man-made” 全球每天有10億人在挨餓 Nearly one billion people were hungry 馬爾代夫“天堂島”變垃圾場 The beautiful island in the Maldives that's been reduced to a pile of rubbish 氣候變化幫上忙 Climate change may help 婦女得權(quán) 環(huán)境獲益 Power given women helps environment too 防止戰(zhàn)爭和武裝沖突破壞環(huán)境 Preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict 全球究竟在變暖還是變冷 Sorry global warming alarmists, the Earth is cooling 全球變暖將使人類變矮 Global warming could make us shorter 艾滋病緊急救援計(jì)劃 Emergency plan for AIDS relief Unit 8 文化教育 《饑餓游戲》與“反烏托邦”情結(jié) Flood of fiction which paints a grim future 解讀“屌絲文化” Self-mockery just goes viral 韓國式漢堡包試圖在美國扎根 Korea hamburger franchise is setting up in the United States 為啥現(xiàn)代人多愛聽老歌 Why do people nowadays like old melodies 恭維:悅?cè)说乃囆g(shù) Flattery: the art of offering pleasing compliments 中國龍 VS 西方龍 Chinese dragon vs. Western dragon 美國各地奇怪的跨年方式 Worldwide weird: odd ways to ring in the New Year 美國大學(xué)古怪課程 Many colleges and universities is to offer courses that are slightly off the beaten track 留美學(xué)生的“社交女王”蛻變記 Broken the cocoon and emerged as a social butterfly among foreign peers 美州立大學(xué)被曝造假 Foreign students were awarded degrees without completing coursework 巴黎獲評(píng)最佳大學(xué)城市 London “second to Paris in best student cities” 加州大學(xué)或要求申請者寫明性取向 University of California mulls asking incoming students their sexual orientation 全球高校名氣榜出爐 World “reputation” rankings: US universities in lead 英3/4大學(xué)將被迫縮減招生規(guī)模 Three-quarters of universities to cut student places 英網(wǎng)站公布?xì)g樂答題 Funniest exam answers become internet sensation 韓國高學(xué)歷剩女很難嫁 Korean, educated and female are hard to find a matchmaker 莫言:“意外”的諾貝爾獎(jiǎng) Mo Yan: Prize “outside expectation” ……