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Unit 1 1

Passage A Telecommuters 1

Passage B The Difference between a Brain and a Computer 6

Passage C Robots and Supertelevision 9

Unit 2 13

Passage A What Women Do Better 13

Passage B Women and Men 18

Passage C The Family/Career Priority Problem 21

Unit 3 24

Passage A The Challenge of a Global Economy 24

Passage B Will China Catch the "Asian Flu" 28

Passage C Pros and Cons of ISO 9000 33

Unit 4 37

Passage A Risk of E-education 37

Passage B Glimpses of Academy 41

Passage C The Value of a College Education 44

Unit 5 48

Passage A Blood,Toil,Sweat and Tears 48

Passage B John F.Kennedy's Inaugural Address(An Excerpt) 50

Passage C Speech at the Graveside of Karl Marx 53

Unit 6 56

Passage A The Search for New Drugs 56

Passage B The Shape of Things to Come:the New Doctor 60

Passage C The Heart Laid Open:Open-Heart Surgery 64

Unit 7 67

Passage A Drive-in Cinemas 67

Passage B Broadway 70

Passage C Hollywood 73

Unit 8 76

Passage A Street Foods Safety 76

Passage B The Facts about Vitamin C 79

Passage C Centuries of Medical Interaction(East Heals West) 83

Unit 9 87

Passage A Choose Optimism 87

Passage B Two Truths to Live by 91

Passage C Work and Play 95

Unit 10 99

Passage A A Theory of the Panic 99

Passage B The Credit Card Economy 104

Passage C Efficient Market—No Free Lunch 108

Unit 11 112

Passage A Money—Boon or Bane? 112

Passage B Champagne 117

Passage C The Interneted Economy Explodes 122

Unit 12 126

Passage A Sexual Harassment by Women in Power 126

Passage B The Rise of the Losing Class 130

Passage C The Promise of Stockholm 134

Unit 13 138

Passage A Microsoft Climbs Down 138

Passage B Moving Forward 143

Passage C Paraplaning 148

Unit 14 153

Passage A The Information Superhighway:From Expectation to Realization 153

Passage B Safe Sex for Your Computer 157

Passage C "The Kids Put us Out of Action" 161

Unit 15 165

Passage A Our Picture of the Universe 165

Passage B Why Is It Important? 169

Passage C Comets 172

Unit 16 176

Passage A Education and Training 176

Passage B The British Educational System 180

Passage C Sorry Lessons from Oxford 183

Unit 17 187

Passage A In America the Only Shame Is in Never Trying 187

Passage B The English Character 191

Passage C A Simple Truth about Happiness 194

Unit 18 198

Passage A La Fiesta Brava as Art 198

Passage B Drug Testing in the World of Sport 202

Passage C Principles of the Special Olympics 206

Unit 19 209

Passage A AIDS:Is Anyone Safe 209

Passage B Daydreaming is Good for You 214

Passage C How to Avoid a Stroke 218

Unit 20 222

Passage A To Make Love Grow 222

Passage B Laws of Lasting Love 225

Passage C The Family 229

Key to Exercises 232