UNIT 1 Advertising 1
Intensive Reading Advertising 1
Fast Reading The Appeals of Ads 7
Extensive Reading Should Advertising Be Banned? 10
UNIT 2 Space 16
Intensive Reading An Important Issue in Solar Physics 16
Fast Reading The Space Program:Is It Worth It? 22
Extensive Reading Comets:As Close to Nothing As You Can Get 26
UNIT 3 Gene 31
Intensive Reading Animals and Animal Health 31
Fast Reading Intelligence 37
Extensive Reading How Are Your Genes? 39
UNIT 4 China in Boom 46
Intensive Reading Learn to Get Along with China A Prominent American's Letter to His Grandchildren 46
Fast Reading The First Nerve to Be Hit by the WTO 52
Extensive Reading Witness to Changes—Qiu Jibao:From Farmer to Entrepreneur 55
UNIT 5 Computer in School 62
Intensive Reading Computers in the Classroom 62
Fast Reading Net Changes Dorm Life 67
Extensive Reading Education?Computer,Naturally 70
UNIT 6 Non-verbal Communication 77
Intensive Reading Non-verbal Communication 77
Fast Reading Talking Without Sound 82
Extensive Reading Simple Secrets of Family Communication 85
UNIT 7 Language 98
Intensive Reading Foreign Accent 98
Fast Reading The Paradox of English 104
Extensive Reading Signals Without Words 107
UNIT 8 Quality Education 114
Intensive Reading Quality Education 114
Fast Reading Learning with Computers? 121
Extensive Reading The Dawn of Online Home Schooling 125
UNIT 9 Modern Times 131
Intensive Reading A Look at Tomorrow 131
Fast Reading E-mail Etiquette 136
Extensive Reading What Does a Credit Card Bring Us? 140
UNIT 10 Business 148
Intensive Reading Office 148
Fast Reading Prices of Stocks 153
Extensive Reading Doing Business in Asia 156
UNIT 11 Women 164
Intensive Reading Manners and Women's Liberation 164
Fast Reading The Development of American Women Labor Force 169
Extensive Reading Children-raising in Rich Families 171
UNIT 12 Internet 176
Intensive Reading E-mail 176
Fast Reading World Wide Web 181
Extensive Reading Virus 187
Keys 198