Unit 1 Culture&Science 1
Text A Guide to Historic Attractions in Beijing 1
Text B Let a Thousand Ideas Flower:China Is a New Hotbed of Research 6
Supplementary Reading Test-tube Baby Option 12
小贴士——世界权威科学网站 15
Unit 2 Policies&Laws 16
Text A Circular Economy Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China 16
Text B Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China 21
Supplementary Reading China to Tighten Monetary Policy in 2008 27
小贴士——中国的司法制度 29
Unit 3 Society&People 30
Text A Reaching the Coal 30
Text B New Rules Make China's Bao World's Tallest Again 35
Supplementary Reading Random Access Memory 39
小贴士——中国常用谚语英译 42
Unit 4 Diplomacy&State Visits 43
Text A Shanghai Cooperation Organization Playing Ever Bigger Role 43
Text B FM:Chinese President's Asian Tour of Strategic Significance for Regional Peace,Stability 48
Supplementary Reading Forum Discusses Bilateral Relations 52
小贴士——当今主要的国际组织 54
Unit 5 Education&Employment 56
Text A Parents Pray as 10 Million Chinese Teenagers Sit Make-or-break Exam 56
Text B Graduate Employment:High Hopes,Low Access 61
Supplementary Reading The Right of Citizens to Education 67
小贴士——中国著名大学校训 70
Unit 6 Holidays&Celebrations 71
Text A Holiday Suggestion Sparks Heated Online Debate 71
Text B Tomb Sweeping Day 75
Supplementary Reading Celebrating Festivals According to Customs 80
小贴士——中国主要节日 82
Unit 7 Reform&Development 83
Text A Shenzhen Zen 83
Text B Seen through Small Screen 88
Supplementary Reading New York Film Festival Focusing on China in'09 93
小贴士——公共场所大写英文招牌 94
Unit 8 Hong Kong&Macao 96
Text A "One Country,Two Systems"Works in Hong Kong 96
Text B Chinese Mainland,Macao Deepen Economic Ties with New Agreement 101
Supplementary Reading Southern Economies to Boost Cooperation 104
小贴士——有关香港和澳门的英文词语 107
Unit 9 International Business&Economic Cooperation 109
Text A The Chinese Pharma Challenge 109
Text B U.S.and China Agree to Ease Foreign Investment 115
Supplementary Reading Unlocking the Chinese Internet Market 121
小贴士——重要经济商业类报刊 125
Unit 10 Environmental Protection 127
Text A Water Pollution Trends and Quality 127
Text B Remarks at the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change 133
Supplementary Reading Pollution Victims Start to Fight Back in China 139
小贴士——环境保护组织网站集粹 142
Unit 11 Interests&Tourism in China 144
Text A Mt. Taishan(Tai'an City,Shandong Province) 144
Text B The Old Town of Lijiang 149
Supplementary Reading The Ancient City of Pingyao 154
小贴士——中国著名景点 155
Unit 12 Earthquake in Wenchuan 157
Text A China:Roused by Disaster 157
Text B Sichuan Learns to Help Itself 162
Supplementary Reading The Invisible Resurrection 167
小贴士——中国部分慈善团体的名称及标志 168
Keys 171
References 188