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Unit 1 EthicsPassage A When Kids Say"I hate you" 1

Passage B Study Finds Factors for Overcoming Isolation 5

Passage C Why Mothers Are Girls'Best Friends 11

Passage D Husband and Wife Heart Transplant 15

Unit 2 TaboosPassage A Food Taboos：lt's All a Matter of Taste 19

Passage B Wisdom from the Sea：3 L ife Lessons from the Ocean 25

Passage C Tattoos No Longer Taboo 31

Passage D Do Food Taboos Change and Disappear? 35

Unit 3 SocietyPassage A Become a Chief Executive Officer 39

Passage B First Rule of Good Management：Treat Shipmates Respectfully 43

Passage C Recession Can Change a Way of Life 47

Passage D How the Brain Benefits with Aging 51

Unit 4 OccupationPassage A Too Shy to Hunt Job? 57

Passage B Life at Sea in the Age of Sail 61

Passage C No Reply to Your Resume?Here's Why 67

Passage D Finding a Summer Job or Internship 71

Unit 5 EnvironmentPassage A Our Addiction to Oil Is Draining Every Last Drop 77

Passage B Noise Pollution Rising at Sea 81

Passage C Consumers Are Recycl ing and Buying"Green" 85

Passage D Fight over Lead Pollution 89

Unit 6 FuturePassage A Future Tense 93

Passage B A Little Oil Goes a Long Way 97

Passage C The Future Is Urban 101

Passage D Time Is Money 105

Unit 7 SciencePassage A Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery 109

Passage B Why do Whales Beach Themselves? 115

Passage C How Freud Changed What People Thought About the Mind 119

Passage D On the Left Hand,There Are No Easy Answers 125

Unit 8 LiteraturePassage A Oliver Twist(Excerpt) 131

Passage B Durhan—The Galveston Voyage(Excerpt) 137

Passage C The Birthmark 141

Passage D The Open Window 147

Key to the Exercises 153