文档介绍：NEWS READING March, 2010 Lesson 3 China Finds Western Ways Bring New Woes ? Questions on Page 42-43 ? Pictures on Page 381 ? Useful expressions and language points ? Words to know ?世界博览会? World ’ s fair/ World expo ?不知不觉地陷入衰败? slide into the eclipse ? authoritarian political systerm ?独裁主义的政治体系?环境恶化? environmental degradation ?路上挤满了私家车。? private sedans throng roads. ?小康社会? a xiaokang / moderately well-off society 卫生保健 health care 预期寿命 life expectancy 进行以市场为导向的改革 launched market-oriented reforms 长期供应不足 in chronic short supply 中国沿海四个经济特区 four special economic zones along china ’ s coast 生产线上的工作 jobs on assembly lines ?以…换取…, 交换…? trade … for …/ swap … for …?省力产品? labor-saving products ?富含维他命和纤维的谷类食品? vitamin-and fiber-rich cereals ?相形见拙;显得逊色? pale parison with …?史无前例的变化? a change without precedent ?饮食及生活方式的变化? dietary and lifestyle changes ?在…的后面(后部) ? in the rear of (at the rear/ in the rear) ? rear-end (v.) ? rear-view mirror ?突然出现? spring up ?世界卫生组织?对酒精中毒病人的医疗照顾? alcoholism care ?增长, increasing, go up, rise ? be on the rise ?步入正轨? be on track for ?人均饮酒量? per-capita consumption of alcohol ? moderate in consumption of alcohol ?速效减肥方法? quick-acting diet plan ?减肥(去掉多余脂肪) ? strip away excess fat, lose weight Words to know ? affluence, alcoholic, alcoholism ? Bedevil, brewery, Boddington ’s (ale), Budweiser ? Clout, doctrinaire, duplicate, Glenfiddich Scotch, Grand Marnier Cognac, Heineken, ? intoxicating, obese, ? per-capita, proliferate, pudgy, quadruple ? sedentary, upheaval, venerable ? waistline, woe, World ’ s Fair Lesson 5 The Evolution Wars ? Questions on Page 76-77 ? Useful expressions and language points ? Words to know ?W hat are the three different explanations of the origin of life?