侯杰、王立君主编的《时代周刊精选片段选读（第2辑）：文化·教育》精选美国《时代》周刊中的优秀文章，供广大英语专业人士和各类英语学习者阅读欣赏。各篇文章均包括“中文简介”、“英语原文”、“单词和短语注解”和“难句翻译”四部分，语言地道，内容有趣，深入浅出，引人人胜。本书英语书面用语和口语兼备，网罗国计民生中的文化、教育两方面，适合读者各取所需，在享受阅读快乐的同时，更能体会富有现代气息的人生百态。

文化

01 The Man and the Moon

人与月亮的故事／2

02 The Chilling Truths behind Patricia McCormick's YA Novels

麦考密克青年小说背后的惊人真相／6

03 Magic Kingdom：Why Live—Action Role Playing Is One of Denmark's Most Popular

Pastimes

为何丹麦盛行实景角色扮演？／10

04 New，Darker Portrait of Legendary American

一个美国传奇人物鲜为人知的另一面／14

05 Is Lunch a Waste of Time—or a Productivity Booster？

吃午餐——费时还是增效？／18

06 White Elephants on Parade：The Unloved New Castles in Spain

大而无用的新建筑——西班牙失宠的新城堡／22

07 Comic Relief

连环漫画式调剂／26

08 Photographs Not Taken：A Chapter by Tim Hetherington

《那些未被拍下的照片》中蒂姆·赫瑟林顿所作章节／30

09 Bully：A Hard Documentary，but Does It Deserve to Be Rated R？

纪录片《欺凌》该被评为限制级吗？／34

10 Why the Rich Are Less Ethical：They See G reed as Good

以贪为好，为富不仁之因／38

11 Beyond Good and Awful：Literary Value in the Age of the Amazon Review

超越优劣之争——亚马逊网上评论时代的文学价值／42

12 The Secrets of Language Superlearners

语言超级学习者的秘密／46

13 1000 Places to See before You Die：Traveling to Stay Alive

《1000个必游胜地》——用旅行来保持活力／51

14 In Praise of P.G.Wodehouse

颂扬P.G.伍德豪斯／55

15 Girls，Interrupted

受困扰的女孩／60

16 How Economic Inequality Is（Literally）Making Us Sick

经济不平等如何正让我们失去健康？／64

17 Class Warfare：An Insider's Take on Brill's New Book

一个知情者对布里尔新书《阶级斗争》的看法／69

18 The Math Gender Gap：Nurture Trumps Nature

数学学习中的性别差异：后天培养胜过先天遗传／73

19 The Interrupters：Stopping the Contagion of Violence

纪录片《阻断者》：制止暴力的蔓延／78

20 Viewpoint：Smoke a Joint，Lose Your Child？

观点：要吸食大麻，还是要你的孩子？／82

21 Bronx Boys：A Digital Monograph by Stephen Shames

《布朗克斯街区的孩子们》——斯蒂芬·西姆斯的摄影专著／87

22 Fixing Teacher Tenure without a Pass·Fail Grade

修改教师终身制，不用及格与否评价／91

23 Tucson Tragedy：Is Gun Control a Dead Issue？

图森惨案：枪支管制是个逝去的话题吗？／95

24 No Longer the Perfect Victim？Nafissatou Diallo Defends Herself

饱受质疑的纳菲莎杜·迪亚洛为自己辩护／100

25 Has Shanghai Lost Its Artsy Edge？

上海失去其艺术优势了吗？／104

26 A Brief History of Anarchism：The European Tradition

无政府主义简史：欧洲的传统／108

教育

27 Why the Online—Education Craze Will Leave Many Students Behind

网络教育热为何拉大了学生们的学习差距／114

28 Student Loans：Is There Really a Crisis？

学生贷款会压垮学生吗？／117

29 Mississippi Learning：Why the State's Students Start Behind——and Stay Behind

孩子学习该从娃娃抓起吗？／121

30 Grading the GOP Candidates on Education

给共和党总统候选人的教育政策打分／126

31 Seven Things You Need to Know about a School（Befclre You Enroll Your Kid）

孩子择校知多少／130

32 Rick Scott's Tea—Friendly Budget Cuts：Too Deep？

州长向茶党示好是另有所图吗？／134

33 In Beijing Students in Limbo After Migrant Schools CIosed

谁来关心农民工的下一代？／138

34 Can Oxford and Cambridge Shed Their Elitist Images by Admitting More Poor

Students？

世界名校能否不拘一格选人才？／142

35 Sending Your Child to College？Advice frOm Dr.Drew

几招助你选大学／147

36 Can Obama Really Lower the Cost of College？

奥巴马能把大学开支降下来吗？／151

3 7 Teacher，Leave Those Kids Alone

爱孩子就给孩子点自由口巴／155

38 Why Every School in America Should Teach Entrepreneurship

美国为什么要教育学生具有企业家精神？／159

39 Parents，Principals Don't Like School Lunch Rules

政府能管得了学生的午餐吗？／163

40 Why Is College Enrollment Dropping？

为什么有的孩子不能上大学？／167

41 Class Warfare：An Insider's Take on Brill's New Book

众说纷纭话教育——评布里尔新书／1 72

42 What Has Bloomberg Learned frOm the Cathie Black Disaster？

外行能管理内行吗？／176

43 The Next Great Resource Shortage：U.S.Scientists

美国也缺科学家／180

44 Quiet Riot：I nsurgents Take On Teachers'Unions

堡垒还是易从内部攻破／184

45 The Tarnished State of California's Golden College System

名校也有黯淡时／188

46 Russia Looking to Reverse Brain Drain of Young Scientists

俄罗斯谋求年轻科学家为国服务／192

47 How One Teacher's Angry Blog Sparked a Viral Classroom Debate

教师就不能在博客发发牢骚吗？／1 96

48 School Is a Right but Will Indian Gi ris Be Able to GO？

谁能保证印度女孩的受教育权利？／200

49 Looking for Solutions to the Catholic—school Crisis

教会学校能走出困境吗？／204

50 Holding Colleges Accountable：Is Success Measurable？

办学好坏能否量化？／208