Contents 1
Unit One The Mystery of the Mayas 1
Ⅰ．Background Information 1
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 1
Ⅲ．Language Points 2
Ⅳ．Translation 4
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 6
Unit Two Inflation in South America 9
Ⅰ．Background Information 9
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 9
Ⅲ．Language Points 9
Ⅳ．Translation 12
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 14
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 17
Ⅰ．Background Information 17
Unit Three Can I Live to Be 125? 17
Ⅲ．Language Points 18
Ⅳ．Translation 20
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 22
Unit Four Ambulance Chaser 25
Ⅰ．Background Information 25
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 25
Ⅲ．Language Points 26
Ⅳ．Translation 30
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 31
Unit Five Biting the Bullet 35
Ⅰ．Background Information 35
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 35
Ⅲ．Language Points 36
Ⅳ．Translation 38
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 40
Ⅰ．Background Information 43
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 43
Unit Six A Chair of One's Own 43
Ⅲ．Language Points 44
Ⅳ．Translation 48
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 50
Unit Seven NAFTA and the Beer Market 53
Ⅰ．Background Information 53
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 54
Ⅲ．Language Points 54
Ⅳ．Translation 59
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 60
Unit Eight The Businessman of the Century 64
Ⅰ．Background Information 64
Ⅲ．Language Points 65
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 65
Ⅳ．Translation 71
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 73
Unit Nine Sports Gambling in College 77
Ⅰ．Background Information 77
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 77
Ⅲ．Language Points 77
Ⅳ．Translation 81
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 83
Unit Ten The Search for Profit in the Final Frontier 86
Ⅰ．Background Information 86
Ⅱ．Lead In—Answers to Questions 87
Ⅲ．Language Points 87
Ⅳ．Translation 89
Ⅴ．Key to Exercises 91