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Contents 1

UNIT ONE 1

Part A Why Business Needs Scientists 1

Part B 1．R．I．P．：The Good Corporation 8

2．Do It My Way 13

UNIT TWO 18

Part A Life Insurance 18

Part B 1．The Nature and Elements of Insurance 26

2．Types of Policies of Private Health Insurance 30

UNIT THREE 35

Part A Teach Yourself Almost Anything 35

Part B 1．End of the Paper Chase 43

2．Sharing the Experience 48

UNIT FOUR 53

Part A Global Change 53

Part B 1．Recovery of Damaged Ecosystems and Species ( 60

2．Prevention and Control 64

Part A Foreign Direct Investment 69

UNIT FIVE 69

Part B 1．International Taxation 77

2．Foreign Exchange 81

UNIT SIX 85

Part A Why Do Thinges Become More Complex？ 85

Part B 1．Traffic Signals in Cars Save Fuel 93

2．A Growing Controversy 96

UMT SEVEN 100

Part A Growing Up is Hard to Do 100

Part B 1．Coming of Age 107

2．A Simpie Act of Love 111

UNIT EIGHT 116

Part A The Doubting American 116

Part B 1．The New—Collar Class 124

2．Social Class and Conflicting Values 129

UNIT NINE 133

Part A Help Wanted：America's Federal Lands Need Fixing 133

Part B 1．Our Place in Nature 140

2．Recycling Become a Big Business 144

Part A Counting Your Blessings 150

UNIT TEN 150

Part B 1．A？risoner's Tale 156

2．My Son，My Teacher 161

UNIT ELEVEN 165

Part A Old Order and New Order in Science and Technology 165

Part B 1．Culture 173

2．Science and Truth 176

Part A Should We Implant Life on Mars？ 182

UNIT TWELVE 182

Part B 1．Confirming a Comet's Belated Return 191

2．Theories of Star Birth 194

UNIT THIRTEEN 198

Part A AIDS and the Next Pandemic 198

Part B 1．Gen Therapy：Hopes and Fears 206

2．Twins offer Key to Genetics of Smoking 210

UNIT FOURTEEN 214

Part A What is Social Ecology？ 214

Part B 1．Disposal of Plastic Litter 221

2．Manipulation of Hydrological Cycles 224

UNIT FIFTEEN 229

Part A Growth of the Post as a Government Monopoly 229

Part B 1．Development of Airmail 236

2．Postal Services in Developing Countries 239

UNIT SIXTEEN 245

Part A The Life of a Black Scientist 245

Part B 1．Against the Great Divide 252

2．Old Deadeye Bean 256

UNIT SEVENTEEN ( 260

Part A The Young and the Gifted 260

Part B 1．What I Can Do for My Country 269

2．The Trouble With Teen—Agers 273

UNIT EIGHTEEN 278

Part A Living in a Virtual World 278

Part B 1．Virtual Reality 286

2．The Virtual Kitchen and More 290

KEY TO EXERCISES 294