Lesson One Pains 1
Introduction 1
Learning Objectives 1
Warm-Up Exercises 2
Reading Power:Families Grieve Loss of Loved Onesin Crash 4
New Words and Expressions 6
Notes 7
Final Check 9
Data File 10
Supplementary Reading:Making History:A Soldier's Tale—World War Ⅱ Will Soon be Secondhand 12
Lesson Two Catastrophe 14
Introduction 14
Learning Objectives 14
Warm-Up Exercises 15
Reading Power:Editorial:Tsunami 16
New Words and Expressions 18
Notes 21
Final Check 24
Data File 25
Supplementary Reading:The 12-Step Tsunami Trauma Survival Guide 26
Lesson Three International Relations 30
Introduction 30
Learning Objectives 31
Warm-Up Exercises 32
Reading Power:US Spies'Dead Wrong'on Iraq WMD 33
New Words and Expressions 35
Notes 37
Final Check 40
Data File 41
Supplementary Reading:US Relied on'Drunken Liar'to Justify War'Crazy'Iraqi spy was full of misinformation,says report 42
Lesson Four Law 44
Introduction 44
Learning Objectives 44
Warm-Up Exercises 45
Reading Power:Wisconsin Shooter was Upset over Sermon 47
New Words and Expressions 49
Notes 50
Final Check 52
Data File 53
Supplementary Reading:Ratzmann Shootings:A Theory of Mot ive 53
Lesson Five Sports 57
Introduction 57
Learning Objectives 58
Warm-Up Exercises 58
Reading Power:2006 Australian Open 60
New Words and Expressions 62
Notes 64
Final Check 68
Data File 68
Supplementary Reading:Serena Williams 71
Lesson Six Travel 75
Introduction 75
Learning Objectives 76
Warm-Up Exercises 76
Reading Power:The Road to Shangri-La 78
New Words and Expressions 80
Notes 82
Final Check 87
Data File 87
Supplementary Reading:12 Tips for Bridging the Cultural Divide 89
Lesson Seven Disease 92
Introduction 92
Learning Objectives 93
Warm-Up Exercises 93
Reading Power:Vietnam is Seeking International Assistance to Fight Bird Flu 95
New Words and Expressions 97
Notes 100
Final Check 102
Data File 103
Supplementary Reading:A Medical Mystery Man Bounces back from A-vian Flu 104
Lesson Eight Management 107
Introduction 107
Learning Objectives 107
Warm-Up Exercises 108
Reading Power:Disney Picks Iger to Replace Eisner as CEO 110
New Words and Expressions 113
Notes 115
Final Check 118
Data File 119
Supplementary Reading:Eisner's Post-Disney Life Hard to Picture 120
Lesson Nine Environmental Protection 123
Introduction 123
Learning Objectives 124
Warm-Up Exercises 125
Reading Power:Feted and Hated,Kyoto Enters Into Force 126
New Words and Expressions 129
Notes 131
Final Check 133
Data File 134
Supplementary Reading:Kyoto Treaty Takes Effect at Midnight 135
Lesson Ten Language 138
Introduction 138
Learning Objectives 139
Warm-Up Exercises 140
Reading Power:Don't Speak the Language?Live With the Locals 141
New Words and Expressions 143
Notes 146
Final Check 147
Data File 148
Supplementary ReadingExpert:New'must learn'language likely to be Mandarin;share of people who are na tive English speakers de-clining 150
Lesson Eleven Statesman 153
Introduction 153
Learning Objectives 154
Warm-Up Exercises 155
Reading Power:Profile:Rafik Hariri 156
New Words and Expressions 159
Notes 161
Final Check 167
Data File 167
Supplementary Reading:Mourning of Lebanese Leader,Cries for His Vision 169
Lesson Twelve Commerce 171
Introduction 171
Learning Objectives 172
Warm-Up Exercises 173
Reading Power:Is Online Retailing a Victim of its Own Success? 174
New Words and Expressions 176
Notes 178
Final Check 182
Data File 183
Supplementary Reading:Amazon.com Earnings Disappoint Investors 184
Lesson Thirteen Myth 187
Introduction 187
Learning Objectives 187
Warm-Up Exercises 188
Reading Power:"Signs"Directs More People to Look into Crop-circle Mystery 190
New Words and Expressions 192
Notes 194
Final Check 196
Data File 197
Supplementary Reading:Mystery of Feral Children 198
Lesson Fourteen Automobiles 202
Introduction 202
Learning Objectives 202
Warm-Up Exercises 203
Reading Power:Big,Boring is Better 205
New Words and Expressions 209
Notes 210
Final Check 213
Data File 214
Supplementary Reading:Cameras or Not,Safe Driving isn't Child's Play 215
Lesson Fifteen Education 218
Introduction 218
Learning Objectives 218
Warm-Up Exercises 219
Reading Power:"It's Lowly at the Top:What Became of the Great College Presidents?" 221
New Words and Expressions 223
Notes 226
Final Check 234
Data File 234
Supplementary Reading:The Man in the Ivory Tower;Harvard's Law-rence Summers is a Study in Controversy 236
Lesson Sixteen Animal 241
Introduction 241
Learning Objectives 242
Warm-Up Exercises 242
Reading Power:Depictions of Wolves in History:A Cautionary Tale 244
New Words and Expressions 246
Notes 249
Final Check 255
Data File 256
Supplementary Reading:Communication 258
Lesson Seventeen Movies 263
Introduction 263
Learning Objectives 264
Warm-Up Exercises 265
Reading Power:"Million Dollar Baby"Dominates Oscars 266
New Words and Expressions 269
Notes 271
Final Check 276
Data File 277
Supplementary Reading:Ang Lee Seen as Front-runner in Oscar Race 278
Lesson Eighteen Morality 281
Introduction 281
Learning Objectives 282
Warm-Up Exercises 282
Reading Power:Schiavo's Feeding Tube is Removed—Congressional Leaders'Legal Maneuvering Fails to Stop Judge's Order 284
New Words and Expressions 287
Notes 289
Final Check 293
Data File 294
Supplementary Reading:World Divided on Ethics of Terri Schiavo Case 295
Lesson Nineteen Fam ily 299
Introduction 299
Learning Objectives 299
Warm-Up Exercises 300
Reading Power:Now YouAsk Me? 302
New Words and Expressions 305
Notes 307
Final Check 313
Data File 314
Supplementary Reading:Girls Take Strain of Parents'Split 316
Lesson Twenty Religion 318
Introduction 318
Learning Objectives 319
Warm-Up Exercises 319
Reading Power:All-Embracing Man of Action for a New Era of Papacy 321
New Words and Expressions 323
Notes 327
Final Check 331
Data File 332
Supplementary Reading:Cardinals Elect Ratzinger Pope 335
Key 338