News Brief Study Guide

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We are using News Brief now on a formal basis. To facilitate the learning of vocab and useful expressions, we will read the news items by subject matters. The students, after study, should at least develop a receptive competence in news language, i.e., they should be able to identify and understand news items in both listening and reading on the subjects they have covered.

1. Military

2, 31, 66, 72, 84, 85, 93, 97, 106, 111

2. Finance

3, 4, 8, 13, 26

3. Politics

5, 6, 7, 70, 74, 79, 87, 95, 98, 102, 110

4. S & T

9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 49, 57, 83, 107,

5. Medical

11, 38, 63, 67, 89, 90

6. Legal

12, 23, 44, 51, 92

7. Sports

17, 19, 113,

8. Disasters

18, 68

9. Crime

20, 28, 30, 39, 43, 47, 48, 50, 73, 86, 108, 112

10. Diplomatic

21, 29, 33, 40, 42, 45, 59, 60, 61, 69, 99, 100, 101,

11. Education

22, 94

12. Business

24, 27, 32, 41, 64, 65, 88, 105

13. Art & Literature

25. 36, 37, 53, 54, 62, 82, 104

14. Religion

34

15. Industry

35, 103,

16. Mainland-Taiwan

46

17. Society & Classifieds, etc

52, 55, 56, 58, 75, 76, 77, 80, 91, 109

18. Historical

71, 96

19. Environmental

78, 81