《跨文化英语报刊选读》选材广泛、主题多样，内容体现了前瞻性、思想性和实用性。每个单元由两篇文章构成，共同探讨同一个主题；两篇文章分别从不同视角展开论述。本书尝试通过阅读同一主题下关于中西方的两篇文章，让学生对中西方加以对比和反思，从而更好地了解我们自己的文化、社会和制度，学会辨证地看问题，提升思辨能力。本书不仅是大学本科生拓展课“英语报刊阅读”的教材，也可以作为英语专业学生和广大英语爱好者提高阅读水平的参考书。

Unit 1 Education
Text A The Difference between Chinese and American College Life
Text B China Vs. America? Learning Strategies in the 21st Century
Unit 2 Medical Care and Insurance
Text A China Fights COVID-19 with People-first Approach
Text B Medical Bills Prompt More than 60 Percent of U.S. Bankruptcies
Unit 3 Saving Habits
Text A The Chinese Can't Kick Their Saving Habit
Text B Why Don't Americans Save More Money?
Unit 4 Urbanization
Text A More than 100 Chinese Cities Now above 1 Million People
Text B The Commuting Principle that Shaped Urban History
Unit 5 Technology and City
Text A Getting to Know China's New Infrastructure Projects
Text B What Makes a City Great? An American Perspective
Unit 6 Aging and Health
Text A Population Aging in China:A Mixed Blessing
Text B The American Perspective on Aging and Health
Unit 7 Teaching and Learning
Text A Guest-Teaching Chinese, and Learning America
Text B What It's Like Teaching English to University Students in China
Unit 8 Material and Spiritual
Text A The History behind China's Obsession with Hot Water?
Text B Why Americans Are Devoted to ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul'
Unit 9 Hugging
Text A Why Chinese Have Been Slow to Embrace Hugging
Text B Chinese Embrace Hugging, but Americans Are Wary of the‘Awkward Embrace'
Unit 10 Critical Thinking
Text A Study Finds Chinese Students Excel in Critical Thinking
Text B College Students Lack Critical Thinking Skills, But Who's To Blame?
Unit 11 Sport Stars
Text A
1 Background Information:Yao Ming
2 Yao Has Grown into One of NBA's Biggest Stars
Text B
1 Background Information:Award-winning Olympian Swimmer Michael
Phelps Retires to Scottsdale, Arizona
2 Michael Phelps, Top Olympian and Greatest Swimmer of All Time