Unit 1 TRAVEL 4
Lesson 01 The Backpackers 4
Lesson 02 The Big Apple： New York 10
Unit 2 ANIMALS 16
Lesson 03 Christian the Lion 16
Lesson 04 The Crocodile Hunter： Steve Irwin 22
Review1 28
Lesson 05 World’s Most Expensive Cities 28
Lesson 06 World Wide Fund for Nature （WWF） 32
Unit 3 PEOPLE 36
Lesson 07 Behind Hollywood Blockbusters： Steven Spielberg 36
Lesson 08 A Serious Look at Margaret Sanger 42
Unit 4 ARTS ＆ LITERATURE 48
Lesson 09 The Greek Tragedy 48
Lesson 10 Mosaic Art 54
Review2 60
Lesson 11 Anne Frank： A History for Today 60
Lesson 12 The Renaissance 64
Unit 5 SPORTS 68
Lesson 13 Red Sox Curse 68
Lesson 14 Diego Maradona-the Hand of God 74
Unit 6 BUSINESS 80
Lesson 15 Future Technology for Credit Cards 80
Lesson 16 The Fair Trade Movement 86
Review3 92
Lesson 17 The Championships at Wimbledon 92
Lesson 18 How to Avoid Impulse Shopping？ 96
Unit 7 ENTERTAINMENT 100
Lesson 19 3-D Movie Technology 100
Lesson 20 Woodstock 106
Unit 8 SCIENCE ＆ TECHNOLOGY 112
Lesson 2 1 Black Holes 112
Lesson 22 Solar Energy 118
Review4 124
Lesson 23 The Twilight Craze 124
Lesson 24 The Latest Cell Phone Technology 128
Unit 9 CULTURE 132
Lesson 25 Cosplay 132
Lesson 26 Funerals 138
Unit 10 HEALTH 144
Lesson 27 Hypnosis 144
Lesson 28 Phantom Limb Pain （PLP） 150
Review5 156
Lesson 29 Geekculture101.com 156
Lesson 30 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss （NIHL） 160
Unit 11 COMPUTERS＆THE INTERNET 164
Lesson 31 Wireless Technology 164
Lesson 32 Microblogging 170
Unit 12 NATURE 176
Lesson 33 Weather Prediction 176
Lesson 34 Ice Age 182
Review6 188
Lesson 35 Intemet Safety 188
Lesson 36 Volcanoes 192
单词索引 196
附录翻译与答案 199