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Lesson One Pains 1

Introduction 1

Learning Objectives 1

Warm-Up Exercises 2

Reading Power:Families Grieve Loss of Loved Onesin Crash 4

New Words and Expressions 6

Notes 7

Final Check 9

Data File 10

Supplementary Reading:Making History:A Soldier's Tale—World War Ⅱ Will Soon be Secondhand 12

Lesson Two Catastrophe 14

Introduction 14

Learning Objectives 14

Warm-Up Exercises 15

Reading Power:Editorial:Tsunami 16

New Words and Expressions 18

Notes 21

Final Check 24

Data File 25

Supplementary Reading:The 12-Step Tsunami Trauma Survival Guide 26

Lesson Three International Relations 30

Introduction 30

Learning Objectives 31

Warm-Up Exercises 32

Reading Power:US Spies'Dead Wrong'on Iraq WMD 33

New Words and Expressions 35

Notes 37

Final Check 40

Data File 41

Supplementary Reading:US Relied on'Drunken Liar'to Justify War'Crazy'Iraqi spy was full of misinformation,says report 42

Lesson Four Law 44

Introduction 44

Learning Objectives 44

Warm-Up Exercises 45

Reading Power:Wisconsin Shooter was Upset over Sermon 47

New Words and Expressions 49

Notes 50

Final Check 52

Data File 53

Supplementary Reading:Ratzmann Shootings:A Theory of Mot ive 53

Lesson Five Sports 57

Introduction 57

Learning Objectives 58

Warm-Up Exercises 58

Reading Power:2006 Australian Open 60

New Words and Expressions 62

Notes 64

Final Check 68

Data File 68

Supplementary Reading:Serena Williams 71

Lesson Six Travel 75

Introduction 75

Learning Objectives 76

Warm-Up Exercises 76

Reading Power:The Road to Shangri-La 78

New Words and Expressions 80

Notes 82

Final Check 87

Data File 87

Supplementary Reading:12 Tips for Bridging the Cultural Divide 89

Lesson Seven Disease 92

Introduction 92

Learning Objectives 93

Warm-Up Exercises 93

Reading Power:Vietnam is Seeking International Assistance to Fight Bird Flu 95

New Words and Expressions 97

Notes 100

Final Check 102

Data File 103

Supplementary Reading:A Medical Mystery Man Bounces back from A-vian Flu 104

Lesson Eight Management 107

Introduction 107

Learning Objectives 107

Warm-Up Exercises 108

Reading Power:Disney Picks Iger to Replace Eisner as CEO　 110

New Words and Expressions 113

Notes 115

Final Check 118

Data File 119

Supplementary Reading:Eisner's Post-Disney Life Hard to Picture 120

Lesson Nine Environmental Protection 123

Introduction 123

Learning Objectives 124

Warm-Up Exercises 125

Reading Power:Feted and Hated,Kyoto Enters Into Force 126

New Words and Expressions 129

Notes 131

Final Check 133

Data File 134

Supplementary Reading:Kyoto Treaty Takes Effect at Midnight 135

Lesson Ten Language 138

Introduction 138

Learning Objectives 139

Warm-Up Exercises 140

Reading Power:Don't Speak the Language?Live With the Locals 141

New Words and Expressions 143

Notes 146

Final Check 147

Data File 148

Supplementary ReadingExpert:New'must learn'language likely to be Mandarin;share of people who are na tive English speakers de-clining 150

Lesson Eleven Statesman 153

Introduction 153

Learning Objectives 154

Warm-Up Exercises 155

Reading Power:Profile:Rafik Hariri 156

New Words and Expressions 159

Notes 161

Final Check 167

Data File 167

Supplementary Reading:Mourning of Lebanese Leader,Cries for His Vision 169

Lesson Twelve Commerce 171

Introduction 171

Learning Objectives 172

Warm-Up Exercises 173

Reading Power:Is Online Retailing a Victim of its Own Success? 174

New Words and Expressions 176

Notes 178

Final Check 182

Data File 183

Supplementary Reading:Amazon.com Earnings Disappoint Investors 184

Lesson Thirteen Myth 187

Introduction 187

Learning Objectives 187

Warm-Up Exercises 188

Reading Power:"Signs"Directs More People to Look into Crop-circle Mystery 190

New Words and Expressions 192

Notes 194

Final Check 196

Data File 197

Supplementary Reading:Mystery of Feral Children 198

Lesson Fourteen Automobiles 202

Introduction 202

Learning Objectives 202

Warm-Up Exercises 203

Reading Power:Big,Boring is Better 205

New Words and Expressions 209

Notes 210

Final Check 213

Data File 214

Supplementary Reading:Cameras or Not,Safe Driving isn't Child's Play 215

Lesson Fifteen Education 218

Introduction 218

Learning Objectives 218

Warm-Up Exercises 219

Reading Power:"It's Lowly at the Top:What Became of the Great College Presidents?" 221

New Words and Expressions 223

Notes 226

Final Check 234

Data File 234

Supplementary Reading:The Man in the Ivory Tower;Harvard's Law-rence Summers is a Study in Controversy 236

Lesson Sixteen Animal 241

Introduction 241

Learning Objectives 242

Warm-Up Exercises 242

Reading Power:Depictions of Wolves in History:A Cautionary Tale 244

New Words and Expressions 246

Notes 249

Final Check 255

Data File 256

Supplementary Reading:Communication 258

Lesson Seventeen Movies 263

Introduction 263

Learning Objectives 264

Warm-Up Exercises 265

Reading Power:"Million Dollar Baby"Dominates Oscars 266

New Words and Expressions 269

Notes 271

Final Check 276

Data File 277

Supplementary Reading:Ang Lee Seen as Front-runner in Oscar Race 278

Lesson Eighteen Morality 281

Introduction 281

Learning Objectives 282

Warm-Up Exercises 282

Reading Power:Schiavo's Feeding Tube is Removed—Congressional Leaders'Legal Maneuvering Fails to Stop Judge's Order 284

New Words and Expressions 287

Notes 289

Final Check 293

Data File 294

Supplementary Reading:World Divided on Ethics of Terri Schiavo Case 295

Lesson Nineteen Fam ily 299

Introduction 299

Learning Objectives 299

Warm-Up Exercises 300

Reading Power:Now YouAsk Me? 302

New Words and Expressions 305

Notes 307

Final Check 313

Data File 314

Supplementary Reading:Girls Take Strain of Parents'Split 316

Lesson Twenty Religion 318

Introduction 318

Learning Objectives 319

Warm-Up Exercises 319

Reading Power:All-Embracing Man of Action for a New Era of Papacy 321

New Words and Expressions 323

Notes 327

Final Check 331

Data File 332

Supplementary Reading:Cardinals Elect Ratzinger Pope 335

Key 338