Step by Step輕鬆突破新聞英語聽力(附光碟)（簡體書）

VOA新聞英語暢銷書作者通過總結豐富的教學經驗和方法專為在英語聽力學習中感到困惑的廣大學習者精心打造了此書。全書以“顛覆傳統、逆向思維，聽練結合，輕鬆高效練聽力”為編寫理念，彙集了VOA、BBC、CNN、NPR等各大知名新聞媒體的新聞素材，新聞內容涉及日常生活、娛樂、經濟、體育、災難、科技、環境、文化教育等與民眾生活息息相關的各個方面。與同類書相比，本書在內容上具有以下優勢。
“譯”知半解，顛覆傳統聽力學習模式。以一種逆向學習思維出發，開篇呈現譯文，讓讀者快速瞭解新聞大意，在大腦中形成一種反射和啟發，促使其急於知道與中文對應的英文表達方式。這樣帶著明確目的去聽原文，可以迅速對中英信息進行匹配，有效理解原文。
聽譯原文，以譯促聽。這一環節可有效幫助學習者主動把聽力和翻譯訓練結合起來，以聽帶譯，以譯促聽。
題解原文，直擊四六級考試聽力題型。針對每篇新聞為讀者設計了練習題目。練習的設計突出多樣性與技巧性，並提供詳盡的解析為讀者答疑解惑。
聽著音樂練聽力，盡享語言的魅力。
提供“慢速+標準”兩種語速音頻文件，全方位幫助學習者突破聽力難關。隨書附贈視聽學習軟件，集便利性與實用性為一體。該視聽學習軟件不僅適用于應用iOS、Android和Windows操作系統的各種智能手機，還支持所有平板電腦、臺式電腦和MP4播放，不用看書，您也可以隨時隨地輕鬆練聽力。

劉倩，畢業於北京第二外國語學院，碩士，北京醫藥職工大學講師。先後在瀋陽藥科大學成人教育學院北京分院、北京廣播電視大學、北京醫藥職工大學任教。曾參與翻譯《保護和促進文化多樣性公約》文稿，編寫過的英語輔助學習類教材有：《我是活字典：人文社會》，《旅遊英語口語》，以及VOA新聞英語暢銷書系列《輕鬆聽懂美國標準新聞英語•聽力+詞匯雙突破(中級)》。

Unit 1日常生活
舌尖上的安全：食品安全出路何在
Food safety dilemma
拖延症的“兄弟”
Chronic lateness
怎樣防止麵包變質
How to keep bread from going stale
加拿大女性掌握家庭財政大權
Women control family purse strings in Canada
離婚後“女養男”在美呈上升趨勢
Divorce courts mirror society as more women pay alimony
名人崇拜綜合症
Celebrity worship syndrome
恐笑症
Being afraid laughed at
相親招數求職用：會相親就會找好工作
Dating and job hunting both have their ups and downs
手機“偽裝來電”助你脫身尷尬約會
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
美國多數老人不願與成年子女同住
Many seniors say “no, thanks” to living with their adult kids
Unit 2 休閒娛樂
《痞子英雄》：臺灣的“好萊塢製造”
Black & White:Taiwan goes Hollywood
阿湯嫂面臨撫養權爭奪戰
Holmes faces custody battle for daughter Suri
插隊買咖啡 英首相遭訓斥
David Cameron told off for queue jumping during trip to coffee shop
古堡驚現500年前女性內衣褲
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《時代》封面 母親被指性騷擾
Time cover shows mom breastfeeding 3-year-old son
劍橋女生評選“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英鎊發路人
Meet the businessman who hands out ?1,000 to complete strangers
Unit 3 經濟資訊
穀歌為何收購摩托羅拉移動
Why Google acquired Motorola Mobility
美國人擔心二次衰退
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
Italian banks are to unfreeze Libyan assets worth more than $500 million
歐美經濟信心下滑
US consumer confidence and European economic sentiment added to the
volatility in global markets
歐洲力圖遏制債務危機
Contain Europe’s deepening financial crisis
意大利經濟困境引發大規模抗議
Discontent runs high in Italy among the population due to the country’s
economic difficulties
黃金價格暴漲 巴黎商人大賺
The euro's troubles have made a good year for Parisians who deal in gold
歐元創始人：歐元區有可能瓦解
Euro founder admits some nations may be forced to leave
Zara老闆取代巴菲特成世界第三首富
Zara clothing chain owner overtakes Warren Buffett on world’s rich list
中國中產階級為何不喜歡使用信用卡
China’s middle class credit card conundrum
澳大利亞經濟今年面臨挑戰
Australia’s resources-powered economy is facing a year of challenges
Unit 4 聚焦奧運
奧運會開幕式志願者變賣表演道具惹眾怒
Anger as volunteers “cash in” on opening ceremony
奧運選手們吃什麼
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
德國人諷倫敦奧運將成“奧運災難”
Germans laugh at “Olympic disaster”
Unit 5 災難來襲
新艾滋席捲美洲
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
亞太地區不斷受災 損失加大
Asia Pacific region faces rising costs from storms and disasters
日本2011核危機恐將持續多年
Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster may last for years
海嘯後數月日本漁港仍舊百廢待興
Fishing towns after the massive tsunami need recovering
災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和承諾
President Barack Obama set new goals and new commitments in the
fight against AIDS
司機偷瞄行人 每年釀百萬撞車事故
Drivers ogling pedestrians cause one million crashes a year
墨西哥發生7.6級地震
Big quake hits Mexico
Unit 6 新興科技
為何星星會閃爍
Why do stars twinkle
眼神可以“控制電腦”你相信嗎
Eyes control a computer
可待機15年的手機問世了
Mobile with a battery that lasts for 15 years
安卓推出智能“手錶電話”
Android makes watch-phone available
印度太陽能因成本降低而顯著發展
India solar energy is making it a viable alternative to power generated
by fossil fuels
諾基亞推出新智能機
Nokia today unveiled a new crop of smartphones
荷蘭發明計算機牛仔褲
New jeans have built-in keyboard, mouse and speakers
性格測試真的可靠嗎
Are personality tests reliable
吃胡蘿蔔真能提高視力
Carrots would improve eyesight
40歲以後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射進步號貨運飛船
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
科技引領殘奧
Improvements in technology help Paralympic athletes
駕駛時使用GPS導航的問題
Problems of global positioning systems in driving
Unit 7 生態環境
摩天大樓與環境
Skyscrapers and environment
氣候戰爭
Climate wars
聯合國秘書長世界環境日致辭
UN secretary-general’s message on World Environment Day
聯合國會議關注可持續發展
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
歐洲乾旱影響小麥產量
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 環境獲益
Power given women helps environment too
防止戰爭和武裝衝突破壞環境
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
艾滋病緊急救援計劃
Emergency plan for AIDS relief
Unit 8 文化教育
《饑餓遊戲》與“反烏托邦”情結
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紮根
Korea hamburger franchise is setting up in the United States
為啥現代人多愛聽老歌
Why do people nowadays like old melodies
恭維：悅人的藝術
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
美國大學古怪課程
Many colleges and universities is to offer courses that are slightly off the
beaten track
留美學生的“社交女王”蛻變記
Broken the cocoon and emerged as a social butterfly among foreign peers
美州立大學被曝造假
Foreign students were awarded degrees without completing coursework
巴黎獲評最佳大學城市
London “second to Paris in best student cities”
加州大學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大學將被迫縮減招生規模
Three-quarters of universities to cut student places
英網站公佈歡樂答題
Funniest exam answers become internet sensation
韓國高學歷剩女很難嫁
Korean, educated and female are hard to find a matchmaker
莫言：“意外”的諾貝爾獎
Mo Yan: Prize “outside expectation”

舌尖上的安全：食品安全出路何在
Food safety dilemma
Step1 譯知半解——邊看邊聽
近日熱播的紀錄片《舌尖上的中國》令中國人胃口大開。中華美食中新鮮的食材，精美的菜式，複雜精細的烹製過程以及飲食傳統的多樣性都令他們為之著迷。然而，一系列食品安全事件卻令中華美食名聲受損。專家表示，長期以來食品安全監管機制存在的缺陷正在摧毀公眾對食品的信心。農業部的統計數據顯示，中國每天消耗200多萬噸的食品，這些食品來自于40多萬家食品生產商，以及323萬家相關企業。為了解決複雜的食品安全問題，2010年我國設立了國務院食品安全委會，由國務院副總理李克強出任主席。然而，現實情況是，在目前的食品安全監管體系下，涉及到六大部委的十幾個部門均參與其中，直接負責監管從田間到餐桌的每一個環節。參與監管的機構越多，就越難有效地解決問題。在食品安全這個問題上，目前還沒有明確的責任劃分, 這使得有效監管很成問題。官員推卸責任的現象時有發生。同時問題也沒有解決。
來自中國農業大學的朱毅副教授指出，設立單獨的政府監管機構可以解決問題。他表示：“在英國和加拿大等國家，在食品安全監管方面實行獨立管理已成為一種趨勢，這樣相關問題便可以得到快速解決。” 來自天津師範大學政治學與公共管理學院的李珊也主張有必要設立單獨機構對整個食品生產鏈進行全面管理。李珊說：“或許，將各個政府部門合併成一個新的‘食品安全部’可以加大食品監管的力度。”
Step2 聽譯原文——邊聽邊譯
A recent documentary A Bite of China whetted the Chinese appetite.They are fascinated by fresh ingredients, delicate presentation, intricate cooking and diverse traditions of Chinese food.However, a series of food safety incidents
has damaged the country’s reputation for fine cuisine. Experts say that an insufficiency of institutional food safety supervision is harming the public’s faith in food.
Figures from the Ministry of Agriculture show China consumes over 2 million tons of food every day from over 400,000 food manufacturers, and 3.23 million related businesses. To tackle complicated problems concerning food safety, the State Council Food Safety Commission chaired by Vice-Premier LiKeqiang was set up in 2010. However, under the current framework of food safety supervision, more than a dozen departments are involved with six bureaus and ministries directly responsible for stages from farm to table. The more agencies involved, the less likely the problem will be solved efficiently. There is no clear cut division of responsibility for food safety, which makes effective supervision a problem. It is very common for officials to pass the buck. Meanwhile, the problems don’t go away.
Zhu Yi, associate professor at CAU, suggests a single government agency should tackle the problem: “It is a trend in food safety supervision to have a sole administration, such as in the UK and Canada, so that problems can be fixed swiftly.” Li Shan, of the Politics and Public Administration College of Tianjin Normal University, also advocates the need to have a single department covering the whole food production chain. “Maybe a new ‘ministry of food safety’ that brings various agencies into one administration can help boost the capacity for supervision”, said Li.
?核心詞匯及短語?
documentary 紀錄片
whet 引起，刺激
appetite 胃口，食欲
fascinate 使著迷
ingredient 食材，材料
delicate 精美的，美味的
presentation 菜式，外觀
intricate 精細的，複雜的
diverse 多種多樣的
incident 問題，事件
reputation 名聲，名譽
cuisine 食物，佳餚
insufficiency 缺陷，不足
institutional 機制的，制度上的
supervision 監管，管理
manufacturer 生產商，製造商
tackle 解決，對付
complicated 複雜的
framework 體系，框架
bureau 部委，局
pass the buck 推卸責任
Step3 題解原文——邊聽邊做
According to the passage, can the State Council Food Safety Commission tackle complicated problems concerning food safety effectively?
A. Yes, it can. B. No, it can’t. C. The passage doesn’t tell us.
解 析 B
1 該題目是對文章第二段內容理解的考查，屬�細節題。看到題目首先應從原文中找相關匹配信息。原文中與此對應的信息是 “To tackle complicated problems concerning food safety, the State Council Food Safety Commission chaired by Vice-Premier Li Keqiang was set up in 2010.” （為了解決複雜的食品安全問題，2010年我國設立了國務院食品安全委員會，由國務院副總理李克強出任主席）。
2 在匹配信息的臨近點，尋找突破口。原文“However, under the current framework of food safety supervision, more than a dozen departments are involved with six bureaus and ministries directly responsible for stages from farm to table.”（然而，現實情況是，在目前的食品安全監管體系下，涉及到六大部委的十幾個部門均參與其中，直接負責監管從田間到餐桌的每一個環節）中“However”一詞作為轉折詞，點破了該機構並不能有效處理問題。在聽材料時一定要留意諸如however, but等這類詞。
3 後文中，“It is very common for officials to pass the buck. Meanwhile, the
problems don’t go away.”（官員推卸責任的現象時有發生。同時問題也沒有解決）進一步闡明了問題沒有得到解決。