课程简介
课程教学目标：
1）拓宽学习者的国际视野，熟悉如疫情与职场、自拍文化、物联网、新型旅游、气候变化、健康理念、自然探索、城市规划、市场营销等共计12个当代话题；
2）了解英美国家主流报刊的选题及写作风格，提高新闻类文本阅读理解能力；
3）掌握新闻报道中篇章结构、修辞手法、遣词造句的特点；
4）培养对多模态信息（照片、图表、视频等）的分析能力。
课程特点：
1）全英文授课，并要求在预习基础上听讲，营造高质量语言输入的同时，培养学习自主性；
2）课程讲解及考核强调语言基本功，注重词汇、语句、文本的解读和翻译。
课程大纲
Deep Impact (深海探测）
1.1 LF the submersible
1.2 The dive
1.3 The ocean floor
1.4 The private model
The New Travellers (新新游客）
2.1 GenZ
2.2 A craving for community
2.3 The rise of vegantravel
2.4 Using tech to connect with locals
2.5 The blurring of work and play
The Last-Mile Revolution (配送末段的革新）
3.1 The news lead
3.2 The last mile
3.3 Route of the problem
3.4 Return to the sender
Death of the calorie (卡路里之死)
4.1 Camancho's story
4.2 Root of flaws
4.3 Calorie counts
4.4 The other factors
4.5 The way out
Chips with everything （无所不在的芯片）
5.1 A three-act play
5.2 From computers to chips
5.3 Building a smart home
5.4 A fragmented market
Selfie Reliant (自拍依赖症）
6.1 The gap between me and them
6.2 The gender imbalance
6.3 'That's where the money is'
6.4 My Instagran reincarntation
London Rising (伦敦复兴）
7.1 The ”honeypot”
7.2 Transformation and resilience
7.3 The big magnet
7.4 Challenges of the rising skyline
Home Sweet Office （宅家办公）
8.1 The unexpected rise
8.2 The new normal
8.3 The change brought about by working from home
8.4 The shift to online meetings
8.5 The strain of video conferencing
8.6 The challenges and solutions
8.7 Innovation and return to office
Battle of The Bubbles (气泡大战）
9.1 An increasingly competitive market
9.2 A success story
9.3 A lucrative market lures vendors
9.4 The troubles and the way out
What It's Like Being A Cop Now (今日美国警察）
10.1 Decoding the front page
10.2 The altered fraught dynamic
10.3 District 19 in Philadelphia
10.4 Community policing
Can The World Kick Its Oil Habit? (世界可否戒掉石油？）
11.1 The oil addiction
11.2 A hard shift
11.3 Challenges ahead
Before The Flood (洪水当前）
12.1 The poldermodel
12.2 Potential application worldwide
12.3 The case of the US
12.4 The uncertain future
1.1 LF the submersible
1.2 The dive
1.3 The ocean floor
1.4 The private model
The New Travellers (新新游客）
2.1 GenZ
2.2 A craving for community
2.3 The rise of vegantravel
2.4 Using tech to connect with locals
2.5 The blurring of work and play
The Last-Mile Revolution (配送末段的革新）
3.1 The news lead
3.2 The last mile
3.3 Route of the problem
3.4 Return to the sender
Death of the calorie (卡路里之死)
4.1 Camancho's story
4.2 Root of flaws
4.3 Calorie counts
4.4 The other factors
4.5 The way out
Chips with everything （无所不在的芯片）
5.1 A three-act play
5.2 From computers to chips
5.3 Building a smart home
5.4 A fragmented market
Selfie Reliant (自拍依赖症）
6.1 The gap between me and them
6.2 The gender imbalance
6.3 'That's where the money is'
6.4 My Instagran reincarntation
London Rising (伦敦复兴）
7.1 The ”honeypot”
7.2 Transformation and resilience
7.3 The big magnet
7.4 Challenges of the rising skyline
Home Sweet Office （宅家办公）
8.1 The unexpected rise
8.2 The new normal
8.3 The change brought about by working from home
8.4 The shift to online meetings
8.5 The strain of video conferencing
8.6 The challenges and solutions
8.7 Innovation and return to office
Battle of The Bubbles (气泡大战）
9.1 An increasingly competitive market
9.2 A success story
9.3 A lucrative market lures vendors
9.4 The troubles and the way out
What It's Like Being A Cop Now (今日美国警察）
10.1 Decoding the front page
10.2 The altered fraught dynamic
10.3 District 19 in Philadelphia
10.4 Community policing
Can The World Kick Its Oil Habit? (世界可否戒掉石油？）
11.1 The oil addiction
11.2 A hard shift
11.3 Challenges ahead
Before The Flood (洪水当前）
12.1 The poldermodel
12.2 Potential application worldwide
12.3 The case of the US
12.4 The uncertain future
