Unit 1 1
Part A Books 1
Part B 10
Ⅰ On Buying Books 10
Ⅱ How to Find Time to Read? 15
Ⅲ The Reading Disorder 23
Part C Introduction to Effective Reading 30
Unit 2 34
Part A The Green Banana 34
Part B 44
Ⅰ Thanksgiving Day 44
Ⅱ Family Values in America 50
Ⅲ Culture Shock on Returning to America 56
Part C Skimming and Scanning 64
Unit 3 69
Part A School and Life 69
Ⅰ The Emerging Global University 78
Part B 78
Ⅱ Job Prospects for Graduates in Britain 85
Ⅲ Making Transitions 91
Part C Skimming to Identify the Topic 96
Unit 4 102
Part A A Scientist:“I Am the Enemy” 102
Part B 113
Ⅰ “I've Never Been Able to Bargain,Even with an Armenian Rug Dealer” 113
Ⅱ A Pound of Butter 120
Ⅲ Working Women—East and West 126
Part C Skimming to Identify Main Ideas 132
Unit 5 139
Part A The American Ideal of a Great Leader 139
Part B 150
Ⅰ Lessons from Jefferson 150
Ⅱ Edmond Halley 156
Ⅲ The Hero of Lime Rock Lighthouse 163
Part C Skimming to Identify Major Points 170
Part A The Handsome and Deformed Leg 174
Unit 6 174
Part B 183
Ⅰ Neat People vs.Sloppy People 183
Ⅱ Never Trust Appearances 189
Ⅲ Have All the Heroes Died? 195
Part C Skimming to Identify the Author's Point of View and Style 201
Unit 7 208
Part A How Can the Government Help People Protect Their Health? 208
Ⅰ Health and Fitness 218
Part B 218
Ⅱ Smoking and Cancer 225
Ⅲ Isaac Asimov's Future World:Medicine—Computers Will Diagnose Illness 231
Part C Skimming to Identify Details 237
Unit 8 244
Part A Mercedes Goes to Motown 244
Part B 256
Ⅰ Economy and Language 256
Ⅱ Europe Is the Global Springboard 263
Ⅲ The Service Imperative 271
Part C Drawing Logical Inferences 275
Unit 9 279
Part A Electronic Newspapers 279
Part B 287
Ⅰ Maglev:A New Generation in Railroad Technology 287
Ⅱ Shutter Bugs 292
Ⅲ The Scientist and the Sensitive Snake 297
Part C Making Predictions 303
Part A The Interview 309
Unit 10 309
Part B 320
Ⅰ Black Is Beautiful 320
Ⅱ Let'S Tell the Story of All America's Cultures 325
Ⅲ Story of an Hour 332
Part C Drawing Logical Conclusions 338
Vocabulary 342
Phrases 364