出版時(shí)間:2010-5 出版社:北京大學(xué)出版社 作者:端木義萬 編 頁數(shù):145
內(nèi)容概要
本書每課共分四個(gè)部分: Part A Additional Background Information 這部分是相關(guān)的語言文化背景知識,內(nèi)容豐富,選材考究,可讀性強(qiáng),便于加深對教材原文的理解,具有較高的參考價(jià)值?! art B Additional Notes to the Text 本部分針對課文中結(jié)構(gòu)復(fù)雜、容易產(chǎn)生歧義的句子進(jìn)行分析和注釋,以幫助讀者更透徹地把握原文的含義?! art C Outline Of the Article 本部分對文章的篇章結(jié)構(gòu)進(jìn)行綜合分析,給出段落大意,使讀者高屋建瓴,全文概要一目了然, 更好地把握文章的中心主題。 Part D Answers to the Questions 本部分針對原教材課后練習(xí)給出簡潔、明確的答案,幫助讀者更好地學(xué)習(xí)教材文章。
書籍目錄
第一單元 社會(huì)群體 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 第二單元 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 第三單元 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? 第四單元 行為風(fēng)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 第五單元 心理觀念 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 第六單元 文教體育 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 第七單元 企業(yè)經(jīng)濟(jì) 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 第八單元 社會(huì)問題 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 第九單元 科技軍事 Lesson 33 Power Revolution Lesson 34 Out of the Blue Lesson 35 Spamming the World Lesson 36 The Dark Side of Recruiting 第十單元 世界風(fēng)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
章節(jié)摘錄
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. ……
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