本書(shū)分上、下兩部分：第一部分是西方新聞學(xué)名著經(jīng)典選；第二部分是西方報(bào)紙選讀。各為八個(gè)單元，每個(gè)單元有主、副課文。這就能保證學(xué)生用一學(xué)期的時(shí)間基本掌握新聞和傳播領(lǐng)域的基本理論和新聞報(bào)道和常見(jiàn)文體，了解新聞和傳播領(lǐng)域的最新研究成果。“新世紀(jì)專(zhuān)業(yè)英語(yǔ)系列教材”自2003年出版以來(lái)在全國(guó)高校使用了6年，受到國(guó)內(nèi)專(zhuān)家學(xué)者及廣大教師和學(xué)生的好評(píng)，其中《工商管理英語(yǔ)教材》被列入教育部“普通高等教育‘十一五’國(guó)家級(jí)規(guī)劃教材”。 為更好地推進(jìn)專(zhuān)業(yè)英語(yǔ)教學(xué)，強(qiáng)化使用效果，編者們遵循教育部《大學(xué)英語(yǔ)課程教學(xué)要求》（以下簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng)《課程要求》），結(jié)合實(shí)際使用中的反饋意見(jiàn)，經(jīng)過(guò)近2年認(rèn)真仔細(xì)地調(diào)整與策劃。對(duì)第1版進(jìn)行了修訂與補(bǔ)充，并在原有基礎(chǔ)上增補(bǔ)了5個(gè)品種，推出“新世紀(jì)專(zhuān)業(yè)英語(yǔ)系列教材”（第2版）（總計(jì)12種）。《新聞?dòng)⒄Z(yǔ)教程（第2版）（附盤(pán)）》為其中的《新聞?dòng)⒄Z(yǔ)教程》分冊(cè)。

Part Ⅰ Selections from Classics of Western Journalism
Unit 1 The Definition and Trends
Text A Journalism： A Definition
Text B Twentieth——Century News Trends
Unit 2 Truth of Iournalism
Text A Separating "Facts" from "Value" 
Text B News， Truth， and a Conclusion
Unit 3 Freedom of Journalism
Text A Key Concepts of First Amendment
Text B A Free Press and a Free Society
Unit 4 Roles of Iournalists
Text A The Role of the Journalist
Text B Journalists——Professionals in a Market Culture
Unit 5 Journalism Education
Text A The Effects of Journalism Education
Text B Limitations of Professionalization
Unit 6 Policies for Public Broadcasters
Text A Options for Public Broadcasters
Text B Thatcher Multiple——Track Media Policies （1979-90）
Unit 7 Dilemmas of Journalism
Text A Some Background about "the Problem" 
Text B Dilemmas of Global TV News
Unit 8 Challenges and Opport Unities
Text A New Media May Be Old Medias Savior
Text B The Challenges of the Informational ARe
Part Ⅱ Selections from Western Newspapers
Unit 9 The New Millennium
Text A Defining Century in America
Text B Heres to the New Millennium
Unit 10 Eyes on China
Text A Between Wary Presidents， Signs of Bonding
Text B The Two Faces of China
Unit 11 American Presidential Election
Text A Bush Is Declared Winner in Florida But Gore Vows to Contest Results
Text B Obama Gets Europes Ear， Pleasing Crowds without Specifics
Unit 12 World War II
Text A The Bombing of 43，000 Civilians and Its Reasons 
Text B The FirstWeeks of War and the Situation in Cologne 
Unit 13 Iraq War
Text A The Truth About the War
Text B ExLeader， Found Hiding in Hole， Is Detained Without a Fight
Unit 14 Anti-Terrorism
Text A In Shock， Loathing， Denial： "This Doesnt Happen Here" 
Text B Awaiting the Aftershocks： Washington and Nation Plungeinto Fight with Enemy Hard to Identify and Punish 
Unit 15 Environmen
Text A Human Intervention Breaks Ancient Rhythm
Text B Fight Climate Change by Turning Roof Green
Unit 16 Oil and Food Crises
Text A Secret Winners in the Oil Crisis
Text B Food Crisis——But Its No Surprise
Appendix Ⅰ Reference Translation of the Main Texts
Appendix Ⅱ Key to the Exercises
Appendix Ⅲ Tapescripts
Appendix Ⅳ Glossary