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Unit one Sports and Beyond 2

Reading Selection 1 Ronaldo's Sweetest Vindication 2

Reading Selection 2 Oliver Kahn Wins Adidas Golden Ball Award for the 2002 FIFA World CupTM 10

Reading Selection 3 When Is It Gamesmanship and When Is It Cheating? 15

Reading Selection 4 Joint Hosts Look for World Cup Silver Lining 21

Reading Selection 5 Women Like Beckham Because He's a Good Husband and Father and Because He's Cool Enough to Pose for Gay Photos……and They Like His God-given Gorgeousness 27

Unit Two Pros and Cons of Advertisements 33

Reading Selection 1 Heinz History of Advertising Heinz Milestones 33

Reading Selection 2 Film Icons Blamed for Teenage Smoking 38

Reading Selection 3 Tobacco Industry Still Advertises in Magazines Read by Youth 42

Reading Selection 4 New"No Boundaries"Ad Campaign 49

Reading Selection 5 Advertisements Built Ford Tough 53

Reading Selection 6 The Myth of Consumerism 58

Unit Three Destruction Inflicted by Human Beings on Nature 67

Reading SeReading Selection 1 Beijing's Desert Storm 67

Reading Selection 2 Deforestation 76

Reading Selection 3 The Importance of Protecting Wildlife 83

Reading Selection 4 World Facing Critical Choices on Environment 92

Unit Four Gap Between Rich and Poor 97

Reading Selection 1 China's Income Disparity Grows 97

Reading Selection 2 How Wide Is the Gap of China's Individual Income? 101

Reading Selection 3 Income Gap Still Widening, Warns Former Clinton Aide 105

Reading Selection 4 Twin Peaks: How the World Is Polarizing Into Rich and Poor 109

Reading Selection 5 Gap Between Rich and Poor（Ⅰ）— General Picture and Facts 114

Reading Selection 6 Gap Between Rich and Poor（Ⅱ）— Reasons and Solutions 123

Unit Five Women and Children 129

Reading Selection 1 The Bitter Taste of Chocolate: Child Labour in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana 129

Reading Selection 2 Golden Lilies 138

Reading Selection 3 Focus on Women Emerging From the Shadow of the Taliban 144

Reading Selection 4 Egyptian Women 150

Unit Six Family Strueture and Family Affairs 156

Reading Selection 1 Divorce Trending to Rise in China 156

Reading Selection 2 Chamges in Family Structure Have Had Dramatic Effects on Measured Income, and Income Inequality 159

Reading Selection 3 Family Size, Environment May Increase Alzheimer's Risk,Study Says 163

Reading Selection 4 Student Performance and the Changing American Family 166

Reading Selection 5 My Life, My Choice 172

Reading Selection 6 Single and Satisfied 179

Unit Seven GM-Foods vs Ethics 188

Reading Selection 1 Britain Is Missing the Biotech Boat, Warns Glaxo Head 188

Reading Selection 2 Sowing the Seeds of a Better Future 192

Reading Selection 3 GM Food Ban Would Undermine British Science, Says Blair 197

Reading Selection 4 New Trade Threat for US Farmers 201

Reading Selection 5 Experts Debate Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods 210

Reading Selection 6 Public Opinion and Genetically Engineered Foods 215

Reading Selection 7 Trade War Fear as Public Resists GM Foods 223

Reading Selection 1 To Clone or Not to Clone Humans 228

Reading Selection 2 Therapeutic Cloning, to Create Human Organs 232

Reading Selection 3 Action Alert: US Senate to Debate Human Cloning 236

Reading Selection 4 Cloning Humans 240

Reading Selection 5 Chinese "First" in World Race on Cloning 244

Reading Selection 6 Consumer Conception 249

Unit Nine Cyberculture 255

Reading Selection 1 The Impact of Cyberculture 255

Reading Selection 2 Interet Addiction 259

Reading Selection 3 Artificial Intelligence 263

Reading Selection 4 E-book and E-mail 267

Reading Selection 5 IT Security 271

Reading Selection 6 E-shopping 275

Unit Ten Body Language 281

Reading Selection 1 Body Language 281

Reading Selection 2 The Body Language of Proxemics 284

Reading Selection 3 The Silent Language 288

Reading Selection 4 Gestures— Nonverbal Communication 292

Reading Selection 5 Body Language in an Interviewing Situation（Ⅰ） 296

Reading Selection 6 Body Language in an Interviewing Situation（Ⅱ） 301

Unit Eleven Cross-cutural Communication 306

Reading Selection 1 Coming Home—Get Set for a Culture Shock 306

Reading Selection 2 Christmas Trditions Around the World 310

Reading Selection 3 Films as a Tool for Learning About Culture 314

Reading Selection 4 Wrap up Your Visit With the Perfect Gift 317

Reading Selection 5 Culture Clash 323

Reading Selection 6 The Unfenced Life, Under the Celestial Mountains 334

Unit Twelve Eastern and Western Culture 341

Reading Selection 1 Culture Difference 341

Reading Selection 2 Culture Clash 345

Reading Selection 3 The Difference Between Eastern and Western Culture, and International Marriage 349

Reading Selection 4 How Various People of the World View Americans 353

Reading Selection 5 Terrorist Attacks 357