☆Unit1 1
TextⅠ Slowly, the Net Begins to Widen慢虽慢，网络仍是逐步拓展 1
TextⅡ Netiquette网上礼仪 6
Reading For Fun What Gender Are Computers?计算机是什么性别？ 12
☆Unit2 13
TextⅠ Brilliant Korea梦寐的南韩 13
TextⅡ To Be of Not to Be, That Is the Question是吃素还是食荤，真是左右为难 19
Reading For Fun Musical Malaprops可笑的谬误 24
☆Unit3 25
TextⅠ The Voice of the American President美国总统如此评说 25
TextⅡ Free As a Bird像鸟一样自由 30
Reading For Fun What s the Speed Limit Here?这里限速多少？ 35
☆Unit4 37
TextⅠ Bring on the Buttered Toast享用免费早餐，健康少年一代 37
TextⅡ Horticulture园艺 43
Reading For Fun Everywhere, Everywhere哪儿哪儿都漂亮 48
☆Unit5 49
TextⅠ Now, It s Threading线拔美容正当时 49
TextⅡ Electric Fish电鱼 55
Reading For Fun Easy Money钱好挣 60
☆Unit6 61
TextⅠ Barbie Her Secret Story“芭比”的秘密 61
TextⅡ The Titanic Riddle泰坦尼克之谜 69
Reading For Fun A Beautiful Girl Likes Diamond Ring漂亮女郎爱钻戒 76
☆Unit7 78
TextⅠ First Dolly, Then Mickey, Who else Now?先前有多莉，后来是米奇，现在该谁了？ 78
TextⅡ Why I Want a Wife女人也想要老婆 85
Reading For Fun Being Both Angry and Hungry饥怒交加 92
☆Unit8 93
TextⅠ Motorola: Dramatic Ups and Downs大起大落的摩托罗拉 93
TextⅡ This Way Leads to MBA迈向工商管理 101
Reading For Fun Who Is More Stupid?究竟谁更蠢？ 108
☆Unit9 109
TextⅠ Forever Hong Kong魅力无穷的香港 109
TextⅡ Gossip Columns Are Always after You花边新闻毁你没商量 116
Reading For Fun Words to Startle语出惊人 123
☆Unit10 124
TextⅠ Time Comes for the Superwatch超级手表的时代 124
TextⅡ Money and Its Functions货币及其功能 131
Reading For Fun But the Answers Have Changed可是答案已经不同了 135
☆Unit11 136
TextⅠ Birds on the Wing飞鸟 136
TextⅡ The Difference Between Plants and Animals植物和动物的区别 143
Reading For Fun The Man Knows the Future这个人能未卜先知 148
☆Unit12 149
TextⅠ So Young, So Addicted这么年轻就如此上瘾 149
TextⅡ The Changing American Family变化中的美国家庭 154
Reading For Fun May I Look at the Book Again?我可以再看看那本书吗？ 158
☆Unit13 159
TextⅠ How the Piano Got to the Top钢琴是怎样成为乐器之王的 159
TextⅡ Why Don t Girls Think like Boys?为什么女孩不像男孩那样思考？ 165
Reading For Fun I Always Have Trouble with My Nose or Ears我的鼻子和耳朵总是难受 170
☆Unit14 171
TextⅠ 50 Things to Do Before I Die我死之前要做的50件事情 171
TextⅡ 10 Cities Seek 2008 Olympic Bid十城市展开2008年奥运会申办竞赛 176
Reading For Fun But I m Not Having My Hair All Cut Off但是我并没有把头发全部剪光呀？ 181
☆Unit15 182
TextⅠ Break Those Bad Habits打破那些坏习惯 182
TextⅡ Marriage in Iran and America: A Study in Contrasts伊朗和美国婚俗的对比研究 190
Reading For Fun The Case Is Not as Easy as I Thought at First此案并非起初那样简单 195
☆Unit16 196
TextⅠ You Are What You Think其思即其人 196
TextⅡ Tasty Foods That Help You Lose Weight美味佳肴更能助你减肥 203
Reading For Fun I Am His Second Wife我就是他的第二位太太 208
☆Unit17 209
TextⅠ How to Relax in a Crowd众人之中如何放松 209
TextⅡ How to Cope with Criticism如何对待批评 217
Reading For Fun You Are Looking for a Television Set你要寻找的是一台电视机 222
☆Unit18 223
TextⅠ Millennium Bug Fears Seen Rising in 1999千年虫恐慌弥漫1999年 223
TextⅡ The Internet Economy因特网经济 230
Reading For Fun Mr. Grey and a Thief格雷先生和小偷 235
参考译文 236
练习答案 293