新聞英語 蘇銀娜 9787507856439 【台灣高等教育出版社】

內容簡介
本教材是專門為藝術類院校新聞及播音等專業學生設計編寫的大學英語教材。教材以實用性強的英語新聞材料為基礎，內容涉及政治、經濟、農業、環保、科技等方面，所選的材料注重時效性、趣味性和客觀性，具有實用性強、專業性強、針對性強等特點。

作者簡介
蘇銀娜，河北傳媒學院英語教師，教授。畢業于河北大學英語語言文學專業，碩士研究生。2009年8月至今在自2019年9月起擔任國際傳播學院大學英語教研室副主任。發表核心期刊論文3篇、省級刊物論文30多篇，積極主持和參與省級、校級課題，已結題課題30多項，並獲20多項省級和校級一、二、三等獎及”優秀指導教師”榮譽稱號。

目錄

Unit 1 Environment 001
Unit 2 Sanitation and Health 024
Unit 3 Agriculture 052
Unit 4 Economy 073
Unit 5 Politics 087
Unit 6 Technology 111
Unit 7 Sports 130
Unit 8 Law 150
Appendix Audioscript， Translation and Key to Exercises 172

精彩書摘
“Deluge of Plastic Waste”: US Is World’s Biggest Plastic Polluter
The US is the world’s biggest culprit in generating plastic waste and the country urgently needs a new strategy to curb the vast amount of plastic that ends up in the oceans， a new report submitted to the federal government has found
The advent of cheap， versatile plastics has created “a global scale deluge of plastic waste seemingly everywhere we look”， the report states， with the US a leading contributor of disposable plastics that ends up entangling and choking marine life， harming ecosystems and bringing harmful pollution up through the food chain
Plastic waste has increased sharply in the US since 1960， with the country now generating about 42m metric tons of plastic waste a year， amounting to about 130kg of waste for every person in America This total is more than all European Union member countries combined The overall amount of municipal waste created in the US is also two to eight times greater than comparable countries around the world， the report found
Recycling infrastructure has failed to keep pace with the huge growth in American plastic production Littering， dumping and inefficient waste disposal in landfills has caused up to 2 2m tons of plastic， including everything from plastic bottles and straws to packaging， to “leak” into the environment each year The total waste may be even greater than this due to data gaps in tracking it
Much of this plastic ends up， via rivers and streams， in the world’s oceans
Worldwide， at least 8 8m tons of plastic waste enters the marine environment each year， the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck filled with plastic into the ocean every single minute If current trends continue， scientists have estimated this total could leap to 53m tons annually by 2030， which is roughly half of the weight of all fish caught from the oceans globally each year
“Plastic waste is an environmental and social crisis that the US needs to affirmatively address from source to sea，” said Margaret Spring， chief conservation and science officer at Monterey Bay Aquarium Spring chaired a committee of experts who compiled the congressionally mandated report for the National Academies of Sciences， Engineering， and Medicine
The committee’s report recommends that a new national strategy is required by the end of next year to stem the flow of plastics into the ocean The strategy， the report states， should aim to slash plastic production， particularly for plastics not reusable or recyclable， help promote alternative materials that can be reused and set better standards for waste collection and capture
The US， along with many other developed countries， used to outsource its waste problem by shipping plastics to China but these imports were halted by the Chinese in 2018 This has led to an increase in plastic waste sent to other countries， such as Vietnam and Thailand， as well as “recycled” plastic being burned in domestic landfills unable to cope with the sheer volume of waste
“There is an urgency to the issue because production is increasing， waste generation is increasing and therefore leakage impacts have the potential to increase too，” said Jenna Jambeck， a member of the scientific committee behind the report
Notes to the Text
1 The US is the world’s biggest culprit in generating plastic waste and the country urgently needs a new strategy to curb the vast amount of plastic that ends up in the oceans， a new report submitted to the federal government has found
一份提交給美國聯邦政府的新報告發現，美國是全世界塑料垃圾的最大來源國。報告認為，美國亟須制定新戰略來遏制污染海洋的大量塑料垃圾。
2 The advent of cheap， versatile plastics has created “a global scale deluge of plastic waste seemingly everywhere we look”， the report states， with the US a leading contributor of disposable plastics that ends up entangling and choking marine life， harming ecosystems and bringing harmful pollution up through the food chain
報告指出，廉價且用途廣泛的塑料造成”全球範圍內隨處可見塑料垃圾氾濫的景象”，其中一次性塑料製品會導致海洋生物被纏繞和窒息，危害生態系統，在食物鏈中向上傳遞有害污染，而美國則是”貢獻”一次性塑料製品最多的國家。
3 “Plastic waste is an environmental and social crisis that the US needs to affirmatively address from source to sea，” said Margaret Spring， chief conservation and science officer at Monterey Bay Aquarium Spring chaired a committee of experts who compiled the congressionally mandated report for the National Academies of Sciences， Engineering， and Medicine
蒙特利灣水族館的首席環保科學官瑪格麗特 斯普林說：”塑料垃圾是美國需要積極處理的一個環境和社會危機，涉及從源頭到海洋各環節 。”斯普林是編撰這一國會授權報告的專家委員會的領頭人。該報告是為美國國家科學院、國家工程院和醫學研究院撰寫的。
1 Questions on the Text
1 According to the article， which country is responsible for the world’s largest source country of plastic waste
2 How do the disposable plastic products affect marine life and harm the ecosystems
3 How much plastic waste does the US produce every year now
4 Why does a huge amount of American plastic waste “leak” into the envi