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Unit One 1

Texts：Foreign Students in the United States and Canada 1

The Powerful Influence of Weather 6

Our Changing Diet 10

Fast Reading：Earthquakes 16

Bay of Fundy Birds 17

Unit Two 20

Texts：“How Can I Get to the Post Office?” 20

Women in the Nuclear Family 25

A Murder Mystery：The Critic in the Storm 30

Fast Reading：Animals in the City 37

Texts：Social Customes：A Dinner Party 39

Unit Three 39

The Secrets of a Very Long Life 44

Television：How It Affects Us 49

Fast Reading：Florida Snakes 55

Whale-Watching 56

Unit Four 59

Texts：Dear Abby 59

They No Longer Move：Mobile Homes 64

My Father’s Tears 71

Fast Reading：World Travelers 78

Unit Five 81

Texts：Aquaculture：New Hope for Food 81

The World Cup 85

The Farmer from Rota 92

Fast Reading：Whoosh! 100

Unit Six 102

Texts：Methods of Education：East versus West 102

Adjusting to a New Culture 107

The Olympic Games 111

Fast Reading：A Case Study 118

A Russian Visitor 120

Unit Seven 122

Texts：The Indian Land Claim 122

Inventions and Inventors 126

The Solar System 134

Fast Reading：California Beacon 141

Texts：Marriage：American Style 144

Unit Eight 144

The Bridge the Roeblings Built 150

Welcoming the New Year 157

Fast Reading：Measuring Earthquakes 165

Unit Nine 167

Texts：The National Theater of the Deaf 167

This Prophecy Was Fulfilled 172

Women’s Business 180

Fast Reading：Women in Space 189

Key to Exercises 191

Chinese Equivalents for Some New Words 197

Appendix 200