Unit One Science 2
Text 1 Can We Really Understand Matter? 2
Writing&To the Students 9
Writing·Strategy&Definition 10
Text 2 Physics Awaits New Options as Standard Model Idles 13
Writing·Strategy&Exemplification and Illustration 21
Text 3 Supporting Science 23
Writing·Strategy&Comparison,Contrast,and Analogy 34
Text 4 Why Must Scientists Become More Ethically Sensitive Than They Used to Be? 37
Writing·Strategy&Cause and Effect 47
Text 5 Beauty,Charm,and Strangeness:Science as Metaphor 49
Writing·Strategy&Division and Classification 58
Text 6 Is Science Evil? 62
Writing·Strategy&Generalization and Specification 71
Writing·Strategy&Combination of Writing Strategies 72
Unit Two Engineering 75
Text 7 Engineers'Dream of Practical Star Flight 75
Writing·Rhetoric&Simile and Metaphor 82
Text 8 Blinded by the Flight 85
Writing·Rhetoric&Metonymy and Synecdoche 91
Text 9 Quantum Weirdness 94
Writing·Rhetoric&Hyperbole and Understatement 102
Text 10 Down to the Sea in Robots 104
Writing·Rhetoric&Personification 112
Writing&Rhetoric Epigram 113
Text 11 NANO TECH:Borrowing from Biology to Power the Petite 115
Writing·Rhetoric&Pun and Euphemism 122
Text 12 The Third Culture 126
Writing·Rhetoric&Paradox and Oxymoron 135
Unit Three Language and Culture 138
Text 13 The English Language 138
Writing·Principle&Unity and Coherence 145
Writing·Principle&Economy and Clarity 146
Text 14 Americanism 148
Writing·Principle&Manuscript Form and Style 157
Text 15 The Norse World 161
Writing·Type&Narration 170
Writing·Type&Description 170
Text 16 Mediterranean Heritage 172
Writing·Type&Exposition 179
Writing·Type&Argumentation 181
Text 17 Beethoven 184
Writing·Practical Writing&Application Letter 195
Writing·Practical Writing&Resume 196
Text 18 The Riddle of Postmodernism 200
Writing·Practical Writing&Letter of Introduction 209
Writing·Practical Writing&Letter of Recommendation 209
Unit Four Social Life 212
Text 19 The Disposable American Layoffs and Their Consequences 212
Writing·Practical Writing&Book Review 221
Writing·Practical Writing&Summary 223
Text 20 Domestic Violence in America 227
Writing·Practical Writing&Abstract 237
Writing·Practical Writing&Outline 238
Text 21 African-Americans in the Development of Technology 242
Writing·Research Paper&Writing Process(Ⅰ) 251
Text 22 The Art of Leadership 254
Writing·Research Paper&Writing Process(Ⅱ) 263
Text 23 Intelligence Tests 265
Writing·Research Paper&Format of a Research Paper 273
Text 24 An Old University Hits the High-Tech Roads 278
Writing·Research Paper&Sample Research Paper 286
Writing·Research Paper&Ph.D.Dissertation Format 295
Unit Five Life Science 300
Text 25 The Genetic Revolution 300
Translation&Introduction 309
Text 26 Gene Tomatoes 312
Translation&Literal Translation and Free Translation 319
Text 27 The Perils of Cloning 323
Translation&Diction(Ⅰ) 331
Text 28 A Book Review 337
Translation&Diction(Ⅱ) 344
Text 29 A Book Review 348
Translation&Conversion(Ⅰ) 354
Text 30 Alternative Medicine—The Risks of Untested and Unregulated Remedies 360
Translation&Conversion(Ⅱ) 370
Unit Six Economics 374
Text 31 Riding the Venture Capital Tiger 374
Translation&Amplification(Ⅰ) 380
Text 32 When an Internet Company Goes Public,Will Its Stock Price Dictate Strategy? 383
Translation&Amplification(Ⅱ) 390
Text 33 No Checks.No Cash.No Fuss? 392
Translation&Omission(Ⅰ) 401
Text 34 Jobs in an Age of Insecurity 405
Translation&Omission(Ⅱ) 416
Text 35 Why U.S.Companies Shouldn't Whine About Taxes 418
Translation&Restructuring(Ⅰ) 427
Text 36 Why Are We So Afraid of Growth? 432
Translation&Restructuring(Ⅱ) 447
Unit Seven Management 451
Text 37 Fundamentals of Scientific Management 451
Translation&Affirmative＆Negative(Ⅰ) 459
Text 38 The Management Myth 463
Translation&Affirmative＆Negative(Ⅱ) 471
Text 39 The Foundation and Challenges of Human Resource Management 474
Translation&The Passive Voice(Ⅰ) 484
Text 40 The Nature and Purpose of Proiect Management 489
Translation&The Passive Voice(Ⅱ) 499
Text 41 The Five Stages of Crisis Management 502
Translation&Nominal Clauses 510
Text 42 Do Women Make Better Managers? 514
Translation&Chinese Complex Sentences 524
Unit Eight Law 528
Text 43 The Nature and Significance of Constitutional Theories 528
Translation&Attributive Clauses(Ⅰ) 535
Text 44 Crime,Politics,and the Constitution:The Allocation of Power 539
Translation&Attributive Clauses(Ⅱ) 548
Text 45 Lay's Conviction Is Gone With Him 552
Translation&Adverbial Clauses(Ⅰ) 559
Text 46 States'Power to Protect Ideas:Constitutional Preemption 563
Translation&Adverbial Clauses(Ⅱ) 574
Text 47 Setting the Rules for Stem Cell Donors 577
Translation&Long Sentences(Ⅰ) 584
Text 48 Lawmakers Seek Action after Ruling on Detainees 590
Translation&Long Sentences (Ⅱ) 598