Unit One News 时事聚焦 1
Passage 1 China's Joining WTO and Globalization 1
Passage 2 China's Olympics（Ⅰ） 7
Passage 3 China's Olympics（Ⅱ） 11
Passage 4 SARS Is New and It Kills,but How Dangerous Is It? 15
Unit Two Economy 经济视野 20
Passage 1 A Brave New World 20
Passage 2 China's Booming Economy:Do the Risks Outweigh the Opportunities? 25
Passage 3 Sales Force 29
Passage 4 Be Your Own Boss 35
Unit Three Foreign Culture 异域风情 41
Passage 1 Christmas in New Zealand 41
Passage 2 New York's Chinatown 45
Passage 3 The Dolphin That Came to Stay 50
Passage 4 The Oldest City on Earth 55
Unit Four Entertainment 娱乐休闲 61
Passage 1 Girls Just Wanna Have Guns 61
Passage 2 His Way 66
Passage 3 Linkin Park Steps Out 71
Passage 4 The Biggest Summer 75
Unit Five Literature 文学欣赏 81
Passage 1 A Farewell to Arms 81
Passage 2 Review on A Farewell to Arms 86
Passage 3 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 89
Passage 4 Review on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 93
Unit Six Education 教育天地 97
Passage 1 Private School under Siege 97
Passage 2 Head Start 101
Passage 3 Test Drive 106
Passage 4 Class Warfare 111
Unit Seven People 风云人物 117
Passage 1 The Making of a First Lady 117
Passage 2 Little Sister of the Poor 123
Passage 3 Dr.Carl G.Jung:Pioneer in Analytic Psychology 129
Passage 4 Hamilton Smith's Second Chance 134
Unit Eight Science 科技长廊 141
Passage 1 The Sleep Cure 141
Passage 2 Here,Kitty,Kitty 147
Passage 3 Meet the Chipsons 151
Passage 4 Channel Surfing 156
Unit Nine Media 传媒管窥 161
Passage 1 A Tabloid Shocker 161
Passage 2 Alcohol's TV Flirtation More than a Threat 167
Passage 3 You Talkin'to Me 172
Passage 4 The Special War 176
Unit Ten Society 社会掠影 183
Passage 1 Soccer Gets Sexy 183
Passage 2 Bringing Up Adolescents 188
Passage 3 The“Thrill”of Theft 193
Passage 4 The Keyboard Kids 197
Keys to Exercises 练习答案 202