美英报刊阅读教程（中级精选本）
2010-5
北京大学出版社
端木义万 编
145
本书每课共分四个部分： Part A Additional Background Information 这部分是相关的语言文化背景知识，内容丰富，选材考究，可读性强，便于加深对教材原文的理解，具有较高的参考价值。 Part B Additional Notes to the Text 本部分针对课文中结构复杂、容易产生歧义的句子进行分析和注释，以帮助读者更透彻地把握原文的含义。 Part C Outline Of the Article 本部分对文章的篇章结构进行综合分析，给出段落大意，使读者高屋建瓴，全文概要一目了然， 更好地把握文章的中心主题。 Part D Answers to the Questions 本部分针对原教材课后练习给出简洁、明确的答案，帮助读者更好地学习教材文章。
第一单元 社会群体 Lesson 1 Good News about Racial Progress Lesson 2 Who Are America's Hispanics? Lesson 3 Women Leap Off Corporate Ladder Lesson 4 Boomers Won't Go Quietly 第二单元 衣食住行 Lesson 5 Food and Obesity Lesson 6 The Roof That Costs Too Much Lesson 7 Cities and Suburbs Are Trading Places Lesson 8 Our Love Affair with Cars 第三单元 家庭婚姻 Lesson 9 No One Way to Keep Love in Bloom, Experts Say Lesson 10 The New Mommy Track Lesson 11 Why Every Married Couple Should Sign a Contract Lesson 12 Another Thirty Years War in the Making? 第四单元 行为风尚 Lesson 13 NYC Ban Sparks Smoking War Lesson 14 Take Your Planet to Work Lesson 15 More Businesses Cater to Canines Lesson 16 The Price of Beauty 第五单元 心理观念 Lesson 17 Days of Danger and Duct Tape Lesson 18 Those Rugged Individuals Lesson 19 It's a Glad, Sad, Mad World Lesson 20 Abortion Wars, Once Again 第六单元 文教体育 Lesson 21 Reining In the Test of Tests Lesson 22 E-Learning Today Lesson 23 Time to Get Moving Lesson 24 The NBA's Global Game Plan 第七单元 企业经济 Lesson 25 The Success of Wal-Mart Lesson 26 How to Invest in Fastgrowing Companies Lesson 27 U.S. Workers Feel Burn of Long Hours, Less Leisure Lesson 28 Death of a Pushy Salesman 第八单元 社会问题 Lesson 29 Gambling and Its Abuses Invade the Youth Culture Lesson 30 Business Affairs, Bedroom Affairs Lesson 31 In the University of Death Lesson 32 Rags to Rags, Riches to Riches 第九单元 科技军事 Lesson 33 Power Revolution Lesson 34 Out of the Blue Lesson 35 Spamming the World Lesson 36 The Dark Side of Recruiting 第十单元 世界风云 Lesson 37 We Need More Babies! Lesson 38 Tough Terrain Ahead on Road Map Lesson 39 Will There Be War? Lesson 40 Lethal Blast Hits Jakarta Hotel
Lesson 1 Good News about Racial Progress Part A Additional Background Information Racial Discrepancies in Incomes Today in the U.S.，personal incomes vary significantly with racial discre pancies.Over-all Asian Americans enjoy higher median personal incomes than any other racial demograph-ic.The only exception is among the holders of graduate degrees who constitute 899／6 of thepopulation.Among those with a Professional or Doctorate degree，Whites have the highestmedian individual income.While Asian Americans have a median income roughly ten percenthigher than that of Whites，this racial income gap is relatively small.The largest racial gapis between Whites and African Americans with the former earning roughly 22％more than the latter. Thus one can observe a significant discrepancy between the median income of Asians andWhites and that of African Americans and Hispanics.Those identified as Hispanics or Lati-nos have the lowest overall median personal income，earning 28.5 1％1ess than Whires and3 5％less than Asian Amerieans.0verall the race gap between African Americans andWhites has remained roughly the largest over the past decade.In 1996 the median income forWhites was$5，957（319／6）higher than Blacks.In 2006 the gap in median incomes wasnearly identical with the median in come for Whites being$5，929（22％）higher than thatfor African Americans. ……
这本书是《美英报刊阅读教程（中级精选本）的配套书籍，里面提供了每一课的 Additional Background Information , 课本的Additional Notes ，还有习题的答案，做的很专业，也很详尽。未能读完，但是感觉不错。
尼日融很全，有课文的outline、分析等~很喜欢，很好。
在书店买不到的书在当当上买到了，很开心。
教参挺简单的。但是配套的就顺便买了