内容简介
《英语视听说教程2》（引进改编版）为提高大学生的英语听说能力，使其达到《大学英语课程教学要求（试行）》中规定的较高要求和更高要求，高等教育出版社引进了美国汤姆森学习集团公司2005年-2006年出版的中英语听力教程1～3册，并组织国内高校专家和教师改编出版了这套《英语视听说教程》1～3册。
目录
Unit One The Face of the People 1
Chapter 1 The Population 2
Notetaking Preparation: Number Notation
Rhetorical Cues
Chapter 2 Immigration: Past and Present 10
Notetaking Preparation: Dates: Teens and Tens
Language Conventions:
Countries and Nationalities
Chapter 3 Americans at Work 20
Notetaking Preparation: Abbreviations
Rhetorical Cues
UNIT ONE Quiz Preparation 28
Unit Two The American Character 33
Chapter 4 Family in the United States 34
N.otetaking Preparation: Key Words: Content Words
Rhetorical Cues
Chapter 5 Religion 44
Notetaking Preparation: Commonly Used Symbols
and Abbreviations
Rhetorical Cues
Chapter 6 Passages: Birth， Marriage， and Death 54
Notetaking Preparation: Key Words: Listening
Adverbs as Content Words
UNIT TWO Quiz Preparation 63
Unit Three American Trademarks 67
Chapter 7 Multiculturalism 68
Notetaking Preparation: Key Words: Listening
Rhetorical Cues: Transition Words
Chapter 8 Crime and Violence in the United States 78
Notetaking Preparation: Structuring
Rhetorical Cues
UNIT THREE Quiz Preparation 87
Unit Four Education 89
Chapter 9 Public Education: Philosophy and Funding 90
Notetaking Preparation: Structuring: Outlining
Rhetorical Cues
Chapter 10 Postsecondary Education: Admissions 100
Notetaking Preparation: Structuring: Listening
Acronyms
Chapter 11 Distance Education 109
Notetaking Preparation: Deciphering Notes
Rhetorical Cues
UNIT FOUR Quiz Preparation 118
unit Five The Official Side 121
Chapter 12 The Role of Government in the Economy 122
Notetaking Preparation: Prelecture Reading
Rhetorical Cues
Chapter 13 Government by Constitution: Separation of Powers/
Checks and Balances 133
Notetaking Preparation: Prelecture Reading
Practicing the Language
of Political Science
Chapter 14 Common Law and the Jury System 143
Notetaking Preparation: Prelecture Reading
Courtroom Language
UNIT FIVE Quiz Preparation 154
Glossary: 157
摘要与插图
D．Notetaking Preparation1．Prelecture Reading
Before listening to a rather difficult lecture on the U．S．1egal system，read a related passage dealing with precedents and surrogate mother-hood，and then answer the comprehension questions that follow．Although somewhat difficult，the reading and the questions will prepare you for the lecture you will hear later．
The Baby M Case
The Babv M case became a controversial legal case in the United States in 1988．At issue were Baby M’s custody and the validity of a contract．The contract provided that a woman，the surrogate motherJ would have a baby for an in／ertile couple by artificial insemination of、 the husbands sperm and would receive payment for this service．Cer． tainly,Babv M was not the first baby born to a surrogate mother but in this case。the surrogate motheL Mary Beth Whitehead．Gould， changed her mind after the baby was born and did not want to give the baby up，as she had agreed to do in the contract．The Sterns，the couple who had contracted for the baby,insisted that Ms．Whitehead． Gould fulfill the terms of the contract，and they took her to court． The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that this type of contract was against public policy（the good of the general public）and，therefore， could not be enforced．《However,the court did award custody of the baby to the biological father．The mother,Ms．Whitehead．Gould,was awarded limited visitation rights．）This particular ruling was very important because there had been no previous court decision of this type at the level of a state supreme court．Therefore，this decision establishes a precedent for other states when they have to deal with the issue of surrogacy．
