Contents 1
Unit 1 Warming Up 1
Unit 2 Warming Up 10
Unit 3 Text:An Interview with a Tourist 16
Unit 4 Text:English and Business Success 29
Unit 5 Text:The Developing and the Developed 41
Unit 6 Text:”Correct Craft”:A Story of Success 54
Unit 7 Text:The Age of Information 66
Unit 8 Text:The Measure of Human Progress 79
Unit 9 Text:Cultural Analysis 91
Unit 10 Text:The Story of Money 102
Unit 11 Text:Commercials on Television 115
Unit 12 Text:The American Cultural Heritage 127
Unit 13 Text:More Products,More Confusion? 140
Unit 14 Text:The Spiritual Root of Japan 's Economic System 152
Unit 15 Text:New York:A City Beyond Comparison 165
Unit 16 Text:Consumerism:A Burden or A Chance 178
Glossary 191