Unit One 1
Texts：Foreign Students in the United States and Canada 1
The Powerful Influence of Weather 6
Our Changing Diet 10
Fast Reading：Earthquakes 16
Bay of Fundy Birds 17
Unit Two 20
Texts：“How Can I Get to the Post Office?” 20
Women in the Nuclear Family 25
A Murder Mystery：The Critic in the Storm 30
Fast Reading：Animals in the City 37
Texts：Social Customes：A Dinner Party 39
Unit Three 39
The Secrets of a Very Long Life 44
Television：How It Affects Us 49
Fast Reading：Florida Snakes 55
Whale-Watching 56
Unit Four 59
Texts：Dear Abby 59
They No Longer Move：Mobile Homes 64
My Father’s Tears 71
Fast Reading：World Travelers 78
Unit Five 81
Texts：Aquaculture：New Hope for Food 81
The World Cup 85
The Farmer from Rota 92
Fast Reading：Whoosh! 100
Unit Six 102
Texts：Methods of Education：East versus West 102
Adjusting to a New Culture 107
The Olympic Games 111
Fast Reading：A Case Study 118
A Russian Visitor 120
Unit Seven 122
Texts：The Indian Land Claim 122
Inventions and Inventors 126
The Solar System 134
Fast Reading：California Beacon 141
Texts：Marriage：American Style 144
Unit Eight 144
The Bridge the Roeblings Built 150
Welcoming the New Year 157
Fast Reading：Measuring Earthquakes 165
Unit Nine 167
Texts：The National Theater of the Deaf 167
This Prophecy Was Fulfilled 172
Women’s Business 180
Fast Reading：Women in Space 189
Key to Exercises 191
Chinese Equivalents for Some New Words 197
Appendix 200