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Unit1 1

TextI The Frontiersmen 拓疆者 1

Text II The Impact of the American Frontier美国边疆的“冲击” 6

Reading For Fun The West Coast 西海岸 9

Unit2 10

Text I My First Day at School 上学第一天 10

Text II Against PCs Why I m Not Going to Buy a Computer 拒绝电脑--我为什么不买计算机 15

Reading For Fun New York Finds Typical Family Being Redefined 什么是纽约的“典型”家庭？ 19

Unit3 20

Text I The Language Barrier 产品跨国销售中的语言障碍 20

Text II Biker Culture 摩托车迷文化 26

Reading For Fun LAME DUCK瘸鸭 30

Unit4 31

Text I The Information Highway信息高速公路 31

Text II The Future Gets under Your Skin 未来的通讯 36

Reading For Fun The Mail Must Go Through 邮件必须到达 40

Unit5 41

Text I The Brave Little Parrot勇敢的小鹦鹉 41

Text II Steps to the Future走向未来 46

Reading For Fun AFFLUENCE AND EFFLUENCE富裕与污染 50

Unit6 51

Text I Kissing the Books Goodbye吻别书本 51

Text II Deep Springs春晖 56

Reading For Fun What Goes Around Comes Around善有善报 60

Unit7 61

Text I Las Vegas拉斯韦加斯 61

Text II Ancient Pyramid Excavated再掘金字塔 65

Reading For Fun The Concrete Pyramids“混凝土”金字塔 68

Unit8 69

Text I Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking创造性思考与批判性思考 69

Text II Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking 创造性思考与批判性思考 74

Reading For Fun To Achieve You Dreams,Remember Your ABCs实现梦想的秘诀 79

Unit 9 80

Text I How the Internet Works:All You Need to Know因特网的运作：你需要知道的方方面面 80

Text II Online Game Lets You Play God游戏网络人生 85

Reading For Fun The Internet因特网 90

Unit 10 92

Text I THE Story of jazz爵士乐 92

Text II Life in Their Hands电子宠物 96

Reading For Fun E-mail Joke“电子邮件”的笑话 100

Unit 11 101

Text I Ballad of the Bottom Dollar最后一美元的故事 101

Text II Appearances Count穿着打扮也重要 106

Reading For Fun The Carter s Light车夫的灯 110

Unit 12 111

Text I Nothing about 21st Century Offspring Will Be Infantile21世纪的婴儿不受疾病困扰 111

Text II Japan Gets a Taste of Cloned Beef克隆牛肉，日本人先尝为快 115

Reading For Fun Australian Joke澳大利亚笑话 118

Unit 13 119

Text I How could it be so different?竟然如此大相径庭 119

Text II The Groovy Lifestyle of New Millennium新千年，新生活 123

Reading For Fun The Best College Application Essay We ve Ever Read 无可挑剔的大学入学申请 127

Unit 14 128

Text I The Future has been Writlen 你的未来我知道 128

Text II How to Build a Body Part？如何制造人体器官 132

Reading For Fun In Biology Iab在生物实验室 135

Unit 15 136

Text I “I Am a Blessed Person”“我是一个幸运儿” 136

Text II The Eight Best Presidents--and why Harry S.Truman 美国著名八位总统及其成功之道 141

Reading For Fun Mother母亲 146

Unit 16 147

Text I China prepares for WTO Membership中国准备加入世贸组织 147

Text II The Role of Women in the United States 美国妇女在国家中的地位 151

Reading For Fun Money to Burn被烧毁的钱币 155

Unit 17 156

Text I Losing Weight减肥 156

Text II Retirement 退休 162

Reading For Fun HEAVEN 天堂 166

Unit18 167

Text I Keepers of the Dream追求梦想的人 167

Text II Qinghua Students Win Global Design Awards清华学生获全球建筑设计奖 172

Reading For Fun Husband and wife丈夫与妻子 177

参考译文 178

练习答案 213