《读懂天下事:环球周刊(英汉对照)》内容简介：选材时效性强：文章多选自近两年的英美报刊中的热点话题。紧扣时代脉搏。题材涉面广博：从财经到体育，从生活到文化，从科技到奇谈，可谓包罗万象，承载着丰富的社会信息，并且每个栏目下选取的都是最具代表性和学习性的文章。
文章词汇量丰富：因选材不拘于某时、某地、某类，文章的词汇量很大，满足了大学生四六级考试词汇量记忆的需要。
词汇讲解简练精当：因重于培养广大读者的阅读兴趣。增强理解能力。对于难解、易误解的词汇都给予了简练的批注，可谓“精准而不冗杂。实用而不拖沓”。

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