Unit 23 Plastics 1
Text One Plastics 1
Text Two Development of Plastics 5
Text Three The Raw Material for Plastics 9
Text Four Making Things from Plastics 12
Unit 24 Space and Man 15
Text One The launching of a Satellite 15
Text Two Earth's Man-made Moons 18
Text Three The Astronaut in Flight 21
Text Four Journey to the Moon 24
Unit 25 Architecture 29
Text One The Art of Architecture 29
Text Two The Art of the Skyscraper 34
Text Three Gothic Architecture 38
Text Four A Symphony in Concrete 42
Unit 26 Biology 46
Text One Biology in Our Century 46
Text Two The Theory of Evolution 49
Text Three Can a Champanzee Become a Human Being 51
Text Four Genes 54
Unit 27 Film 56
Text One The Cinema 56
Text Two Animated Cartoons 60
Text Three Film Awards and Festivals 64
Text Four Charlie Chaplin,the Tramp the Philosopher 67
Unit 28 Human Body 72
Text One Blood 72
Text Two The Living Skeleton 75
Text Three Body Signals 78
Text Four Taste and Smell 83
Unit 29 Stocks and Bonds 87
Text One Stocks and Bonds 87
Text Two The New York Stock Exchange 90
Text Three How the New York Stocks Exchange Works 93
Text Four Special Terms to Remember 97
Unit 30 Weather 100
Text One Weather 100
Text Two Storms 106
Text Three Observing the Weather 109
Text Four Can People Change the Weather? 113
Unit 31 UFOs 116
Text One UFOs in the Early Times 116
Text Two UFOs in This Century 120
Text Three Checking on the Puzzles 123
Text Four From Other Worlds? 126
Unit 32 Computer 129
Text One Computers and Our Lives 129
Text Two Brain and Computer 133
Text Three The Computer Code 136
Text Four The Computer Store 139
Unit 33 American Literature(1) 143
Text One The Scarlet Letter 143
Text Two Moby Dick 147
Text Three Mark Twain,a Master of Humor 151
Text Four The Adventure of Tom Sawyer 156
Unit 34 American Literature(2) 161
Text One Sister Carie 161
Text Two The Great Gatsby 164
Text Three Ernest Hemingway 168
Text Four A Farewell to Arms 171
Unit 35 Motor Car 174
Text One The Electrical System 174
Text Two The Petrol System 177
Text Three The Cooling and Lubricating System 179
Text Four The Steering System and the Brake 182
Unit 36 The Bermuda Triangle 185
Text One Lost at Sea 185
Text Two Other Mysteries 189
Text Three Geographical Explanations for the Mysteries 192
Text Four Possible Factors from Other Planets 195
Unit 37 Television 198
Text One Principles of the Television Camera 198
Text Two The Work of a Microphone 202
Text Three Television Transmission 205
Text Four The Television Studio 208
Unit 38 The Abominable Snowman 211
Text One Mystery of the Abominable Snowman 211
Text Two Snowman Seen by Mountain Climbers 214
TextThree Expeditions 217
Text Four The Last Members of a Family of Apes 220
Unit 39 Locomotive 223
Text One Diesel Engine 223
Text Two The Mystery of Torque 226
Text Three Fueling and Air Supplying 229
Text Four Controlling the Locomotive 232
Unit 40 Believe or Not 235
Text One Eyeless Sight 235
Text Two Telepathy 238
Text Three Uri Geller's Extraordinary Powers 241
Text Four The Great Escape 244
译文 247
词汇 345