Newly Edited US-UK Newspaper and Magazine Reading Course (Popular Edition) (Popular Edition)

Author: Du Mu Yiwan
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: The author, Du Mu Yiwan, is a senior professor and doctoral supervisor at Nanjing Institute of International Relations, with nearly 40 years of experience in teaching and researching English foreign publications. His main representative works include Research on Media English (China Social Sciences Press, 2000), American Media Culture (Peking University Press, 2003), Perspectives on American Society and Culture (Peking University Press, 2000), Reading Materials of American and British Newspapers and Magazines (Nanjing University Press, 1994, now in its 15th printing), Advanced Reading Materials of American and British Newspapers and Magazines (Peking University Press, 2002, now in its 8th printing), Newly Edited Reading Materials of American and British Newspapers and Magazines (Intermediate Level) (China Social Sciences Press, 1999, now in its 5th printing), and College English Reading Materials of Foreign Newspapers and Magazines (Peking University Press, 2003, now in its 5th printing). This book selects 30 articles from American and British newspapers and magazines, presenting a kaleidoscope of contemporary American popular culture—both dazzling and diverse, with both good and bad elements. Each lesson includes cultural introductions and language summaries, and after each article, there are word lists, notes on difficult points, reading comprehension questions, and reflective exercises, designed to help readers understand Western culture and achieve a natural and effortless level of reading foreign publications.