Unit 1 Economy 1
Text A Mining:The Wacky World of Gold 1
Text B Economic Forecasting:A Foggier View than Ever 4
Unit 2 Social Life 8
Text A Lonely Planet:Isolation Increases in U.S 8
Text B Stay-at-home Students:Want MBA,Won't Travel 12
Unit 3 Population 17
Text A How Britain Will Dominate Europe 17
Text B Brazil's Girl Power 20
Unit 4 Festivals 24
Text A Father's Day:Facts,Gifts,More 24
Text B First"Halloween"Costumes:Skins,Skulls,and Skirts? 27
Unit 5 Education 31
Text A Why Language May Shape Our Thoughts 31
Text B Education,Psychology and Technology:Game Lessons 34
Unit 6 Culture 38
Text A Follow the Money 38
Text B Unburying the Aztec 40
Unit 7 People 45
Text A Clancy Martin's"How to Sell":A Jewel of a Novel 45
Text B Bringing Beauty and Beast into the Drawing Room 49
Unit 8 Science 53
Text A How to Use Your LapTopto Locate an Earthquake 53
Text B Why Facebook Is the Future 56
Unit 9 Games 60
Text A The Behavioral Effects of Video Games 60
Text B A New Recovery Center for Online and Video Game Addicts 63
Unit 10 Environment 69
Text A Why Climate Change Is Even Worse than We Feared 69
Text B Why Carbon Is Not a Bad Word 72
Unit 11 Animals 76
Text A Orphans No More 76
Text B Animal Migrations 79
Unit 12 Health 84
Text A How to Lose Weight?Avoid Skinny Overeaters 84
Text B Depressed?Angry?Your Heart May Suffer as a Result 87
Unit 13 Food 91
Text A U.S.Tightens Fishing Policy,Setting 2012 Catch Limits for All Managed Species 91
Text B Time for a Sea Change 94
Unit 14 Automobiles 99
Text A Making Way for Electric Cars in the Big Apple 99
Text B Detroit:Will Americans Ever Buy Small Cars? 102
Unit 15 Housing 106
Text A Budget 2010:Stamp Duty Boost for First-time Home Buyers 106
Text B Public Housing Repairs Can't Keep Pace with Need 109
Unit 16 Media 114
Text A CES 2010:Amazon Kindle under Threat from"Unbreakable,Light-as-paper"Que E-reader 114
Text B Pitching Movies or Filming Shows,Hollywood Is Hooked on iPads 118