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《周刊精選片段選讀(第2輯):文化·教育》可供各類英語學習者、愛好者、研究者、翻譯工作者和外事工作者等使用。
圖書目錄
文化 Culture
01 The Man and the Moon
人與月亮的故事/2
02 The Chilling Truths behind Patricia McCormick's YA Novels
麥考密克青年小說背後的驚人真相/6
03 Magic Kingdom:Why Live—Action Role Playing Is One of Denmark's Most Popular Pastimes
為何丹麥盛行實景角色扮演?/10
04 New,Darker Portrait of Legendary American
一個美國傳奇人物鮮為人知的另一面/14
05 Is Lunch a Waste of Time—or a Productivity Booster?
吃午餐——費時還是增效?/18
06 White Elephants on Parade:The Unloved New Castles in Spain
大而無用的新建築——西班牙失寵的新城堡/22
07 Comic Relief
連環漫畫式調劑/26
08 Photographs Not Taken:A Chapter by Tim Hetherington
《那些未被拍下的照片》中蒂姆·赫瑟林頓所作章節/30
09 Bully:A Hard Documentary.but Does It Deserve to Be Rated R?
紀錄片《欺凌》該被評為限制級嗎?/34
10 Why the Rich Are Less Ethical:They See Greed as Good
以貪為好,為富不仁之因/38
11 Beyond Good and Awful.Literary Value in the Age of the Amazon Review
超越優劣之爭——亞馬遜網上評論時代的文學價值/42
12 The Secrets of Language Superlearners
語言超級學習者的秘密/46
13 1.000 Places to See before You Die: Traveling to Stay Alive
《1000個必游勝地》——用旅行來保持活力/51
14 In Praise of P.G.Wodehouse
頌揚P.G.伍德豪斯/55
15 Girls,Interrupted
受困擾的女孩/60
16 How Economic Inequality Is(Literally)Making Us Sick
經濟不平等如何正讓我們失去健康?/64
17 Class Warfare:An Insider's Take on Brill's New Book
一個知情者對布里爾新書《階級鬥爭》的看法/69
18 The Math Gender Gap:Nurture Trumps Nature
數學學習中的性別差異:後天培養勝過先天遺傳/73
19 The Interrupters:Stopping the Contagion of Violence
紀錄片《阻斷者》:制止暴力的蔓延/78
20 Viewpoint:Smoke a Joint,Lose Your Child?
觀點:要吸食大麻,還是要你的孩子?/82
21 Bronx Boys:A Digital Monograph by Stephen Shames
《布朗克斯街區的孩子們》——史蒂芬·西姆斯的攝影專著/87
22 Fixing Teacher Tenure without a Pass—Fail Grade
修改教師終身制,不用及格與否評價/91
23 Tucson Tragedy:Is Gun Control a Dead Issue?
圖森慘案:槍枝管制是個逝去的話題嗎?/95
24 No Longer the Perfect Victim?Nafissatou Diallo Defends Herself
飽受質疑的納菲莎杜·迪亞洛為自己辯護/100
25 Has Shanghai Lost Its Artsy Edge?
上海失去其藝術優勢了嗎?/104
26 A Brief History of Anarchism:The European Tradition
無政府主義簡史:歐洲的傳統/l08
教育 Education
27 Why the Online—Education Craze Will Leave Many Students Behind
網路教育熱為何拉大了學生們的學習差距/114
28 Student Loans:Is There Really a Crisis?
學生貸款會壓垮學生嗎?/117
29 Mississippi Learnin9:Why the State's Students Start Behind—and Stay Behind
孩子學習該從娃娃抓起嗎?/121
30 Grading the GOP Candidates on Education
給共和黨總統候選人的教育政策打分/126
31 Seven Things You Need to Know about a School(Before You Enroll Your Kid)
孩子擇校知多少/130
2 Rick Scott's Tea—Friendly Budget Cuts:Too Deep?
州長向茶黨示好是另有所圖D——57/134
3 In Beijing,Students in Limbo After Migrant Schools Closed
誰來關心農民工的下一代?/138
34 Can Oxford and Cambridge Shed Their Elitist Images by Admitting More Poor student
世界名校能否不拘一格選人才?/142
5 Sending Your Child to College?Advice from Dr.Drew
幾招助你選大學/147
36 Can Obama Really Lower the Cost of College?
歐巴馬能把大學開支降下來嗎?/151
37 Teacher.Leave Those Kids Alone
愛孩子就給孩子點自由Ⅱ巴/155
38 Why Every School in America Should Teach Entrepreneurship
美國為什麼要教育學生具有企業家精神?/159
39 Parents,Principals Don't Like School Lunch Rules
政府能管得了學生的午餐嗎?/163
40 Why Is College Enrollment Dropping?
為什麼有的孩子不能上大學?/167
41 Class Warfare:An Insider's Take on Brill's New Book
眾說紛紜話教育——評布里爾新書/172
42 What Has Bloomberg Learned from the Cathie Black Disaster?
外行能管理內行嗎?/176
43 The Next Great Resource Shortage:U.S.Scientists
美國也缺科學家/l80
44 Quiet Riot:Insurgents Take On Teachers'Unions
堡壘還是易從內部攻破/184
45 The Tarnished State of California’S Golden College System
名校也有黯淡時/188
46 Russia Looking to Reverse Brain Drain of Young Scientists
俄羅斯謀求年輕科學家為國服務/192
47 How One Teacher's Angry Blog Sparked a Viral Classroom Debate
教師就不能在部落格發發牢騷嗎?/196
48 School Is a Right,but Will Indian Girls Be Able to Go?
誰能保證印度女孩的受教育權利?/200
49 Looking for Solutions to the Catholic—school Crisis
教會學校能走出困境嗎/204
50 Holding Colleges Accountable:Is Success Measurable?
辦學好壞能否量化?/208