英语新闻与文化阅读

作者简介

王华斌，中山大学国际翻译学院副教授、香港城市大学英文系博士，其研究方向为批评话语研究、公共关系和新闻传播。出版专著1部，学术论文5篇，教材4部。主讲英语专业本科听说读等必修课三门，连续五年评教全校前1%。随后前往香港城市大学英文系就读博士学位，于2016-2020年期间主讲学术用途英语课程一门。博士毕业后，重返中山大学从事博士后(2020-202年)及专职研究员(2023年至今)工作，期间完成媒体话语分析、功能语言学和学术用途英语等课程授课任务。

内容简介

Unit 1 第 1 单元
How do Indigenous Australians contribute to the Australian society?
原住民对澳大利亚社会有何贡献？
Learning goals
At the end of this unit, you will be able to:
1) locate the basic news information about Aboriginal people;
2) identify the current status of Aboriginal people in Australia;
3) learn about their contributions to social development.

PartⅠ Vocabulary building
Task 1 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the word or phrase given in the box.
alternative (n.) something you can choose to do or use instead of something else
breach (n.) an action that breaks a law, rule, or agreement
custody (n.) the state of being kept in prison until people go to court
defendant (n.) the person in a court of law who has been accused of doing something illegal
discretion (n.) the ability and right to decide exactly what should be done in a particular situation
exacerbate (v.) to make a bad situation worse
execute (v.) to do something that has been carefully planned
protocol (n.)? a system of rules about the correct way to behave on an official occasion
warrant (n.) a legal document signed by a judge, allowing the police to take a particular action
1) A man from that village is being held in police （ ） in connection with the murder.
2) A new （ ） that purports to fix that convention is the latest example of gesture diplomacy.
3) The committee has the absolute （ ） to refuse applications.
4) They issued （ ） a for his arrest, and that same night we took off for Colorado.
5) Financial problems have been （ ） by declining enrollment.
6) They sued the company for （ ） of contract.
7) The job involves drawing up and （ ） a plan of nursing care.
8) The police officer said the （ ） had resisted arrest.

Part? Ⅱ
News learning
Task 1 Read the news and choose the best answers to the questions that follow.
Inquest into fatal shooting of Indigenous man recommends changes to execution of warrants
An inquest into the death of an Aboriginal man who was shot dead by the police in Sydney’s north west has recommended reforming the way officers execute warrants on Indigenous people.
Gomeroi man Stanley Russell was shot dead by the police at his aunt’s Seven Hills home in November 2021, after four officers attended the property to execute an arrest warrant.
The court was told that during a search of the house, the 45-year-old was found in the garage wielding an axe and knife, before he was shot by the police.
Deputy NSW Coroner Carmel Forbes said that officers fired their guns in response to “their reasonable perception of an immediate risk to their lives.”
He suffered with depression, anxiety and substance abuse issues which were exacerbated after the death in custody of his brother, who died by suicide in Long Bay jail in 1999.
Ms. Forbes said he believed officers hung his brother, despite there being no proof, and this contributed to his fear of going into custody. “Mr. Russell had said he would rather die than go back to custody, six months earlier,” she said.
Ms. Forbes said none of the officers considered that Mr. Russell was an Aboriginal person when executing the warrant. “The officers may not understand the historical context of the relationship between the police and Aboriginal people, and why in that context Aboriginal people might have a particular fear or distrust towards the police,” she said.