CONTENTS 前言 Chapter 1 Trends of New Media and Network Society 1 Passage 1 Samsung Unveils New Galaxy of Smartphone 2 Passage 2 Americans Don’t Live in Information Cocoons 6 Passage 3 Apps Spearhead Google’s Battle with Apple 8 Passage 4 A Self-Driving Uber Car Hit and Killed a Woman in the First-Known Autonomous-Vehicle Death 12 Passage 5 Disinformation Campaigns Are Distorting Global News 17 Chapter 2 Interview and Public Speaking in English 21 Passage 1 Tips forBroadcast Interviews 22 Passage 2 Becoming a Good Public Speaker 25 Chapter 3 Culture, Sports and Society 43 Passage 1 Our Armageddon 44 Passage 2 2018 Olympics Open 46 Passage 3 A Yearin a Word: Populism 52 Passage 4 Spring Festival 59 Passage 5 MyMobile, the Parasite 63 Chapter 4 Economics and Politics 67 Passage 1 Uber Losing More Than $1 Billion a Year in China 68 Passage 2 Facebook’s Future:A NewYahoo? 70 Passage 3 Regular Press Conference on May 17th, 2019 74 Passage 4 US, UK and France Discuss the Gas Response 79 Passage 5 MuhtarKent: Bottling Coca-Cola’sSecrets forSuccess 83 Chapter 5 Reading Classics 87 Passage 1 Mass Communication Theory 88 Passage 2 Lies Spread Faster Than the Truth 103