Unit 1 1
Passage 1 How Olympic Torches Work 1
Passage 2 Introduction to How the Euro Works 6
Passage 3 The American Education System 11
Unit 2 16
Passage 1 The Spreading Bird Flu Threat Reaches Europe 16
Passage 2 Aspirin:One of the Most Widely Used Drugs in the World 21
Passage 3 Population 26
Unit 3 31
Passage 1 How Human Networking Works 31
Passage 2 The World in a Glass:Six Drinks That Changed History 35
Passage 3 I Will Never Get Back My Innocence 40
Unit 4 44
Passage 1 Chinese Businessmen Learn Western Table Etiquette 44
Passage 2 A Brief History of Oxford 49
Passage 3 Computers Change the Learning Style of US High School Students 54
Unit 5 59
Passage 1 How to Get a Great Idea 59
Passage 2 We're Raising Children,Not Flowers 64
Passage 3 Conflict in Black and White 68
Unit 6 73
Passage 1 Friendship 73
Passage 2 Better Known as Mark Twain 78
Passage 3 Birdsin Danger:Man in Danger 83
Unit 7 88
Passage 1 The Winner's Guide to Success 88
Passage 2 Two Kinds of Learning 93
Passage 3 Creative Justice 98
Unit 8 103
Passage 1 Happy Marriage 103
Passage 2 The Future of Journalism 108
Passage 3 Happiness and Wealth 113
Key to Exercises 119