Unit One 1
Text A:The Nature of Mathematics 1
Contents 1
Text B:A Short Story about a Schoolboy in Babylonian Times 9
Unit Two 12
Text A:Cloning Good Science or Bad Idea 12
Text B:Gene Rustlers 21
Unit Three 25
Text A:How to Change Your Point of View 25
Text B:Two Truths to Live By—Hold Fast and Let Go 32
Unit Four 36
Text A:Management Skills 36
Text B:The Definition of Management 42
Text A:Aging World,New Wrinkles 45
Unit Five 45
Text B:Are the Sexes Reaching Parity in Longevity 54
Unit Six 58
Text A:Fiscal and Monetary Policy 58
Text B:Banks and Banking 64
Unit Seven 67
Text A:Freud and Dreams 67
Text B:Origins of the Mind 75
Unit Eight 79
Text A:Education forTonorrow 79
Text B:Schooling and Education 87
Unit Nine 89
Text A:Facing Risks 89
Text B:Secrets of Success 94
Text A:Bill Gates Speech to Tsinghua University 98
Unit Ten 98
Text B:Brief Highlights in the History of Electric Power 106
Unit Eleven 111
Text A:Ozone Crisis 111
Text B:Uncle Sam's Next Environmental Target:Farms 119
Unit Twelve 123
Text A:Logic of Charging Tuition Fees 123
Text B:Research Reports for Business and Technical Writing 131
Unit Thirteen 135
Text A:Who's Crazy 135
Text B:Control Units 142
Unit Fourteen 146
Text A:Physics and Society 146
Text B:The Idea of Time 155
Text A:Information Handling and Processing 158
Unit Fifteen 158
Text B:Analog Computers and Digital Computers 167
Unit Sixteen 171
Text A:Job Interviews 171
Text B:Letters of Application 178
Unit Seventeen 182
Text A:Message to the Unknown 182
Text B:Are There Strangers in Space? 189
Unit Eighteen 192
Text A:Earth in the Balance 192
Text B:Ships in the Desert 198
Test Yourself: 201
Paper One 201
Paper Two 211
后记 213