Unit One Education 1
1．The Credit System in American Universities 1
2．The Problem of Spelling 4
3．Examination 7
4．The Education of France 10
5．How to Improve Your Reading Speed 13
6．A Problem of Education 16
7．The Importance of Pronunciation 19
8．Testing 22
9．The Development of Reading 26
10．Children and Education 29
Entertainment 34
Unit Two Social Life 34
1．Over-devoted Parents 34
2．Technology Should Reduce Human Work Hours 37
3．The Development of Tourism 40
4．What Is True Play 43
5．Alternative Sentences 46
6．Clothes Make a Man 49
7．Culture Shock and Future Shock 52
8．To Improve Television 56
9．Population Increase 60
10．Women Nowadays 63
Entertainment 68
Unit Three Sociology and Others 68
1．Two Types of People 68
2．Changing Customs 72
3．Privacy 75
4．Children and Competition 78
5．Friendship 81
6．Different Shopping Experiences 84
7．Job Interview 87
8．Gwendolyn Brooks and Her Poetry 90
9．Roles of Men and Women in a Family 93
10．Actors' Life 96
Entertainment 102
Unit Four Around the World 102
1．The Lifeblood of Western Canada 102
2．Mike Tyson Wins Back His License 106
3．George Washington 110
4．Marriage Advertisement in India 114
5．Under the Statue of Liberty 118
6．Shrove Tuesday 122
7．The Hispanic Crafts 126
8．Bermuda Triangle—the Greatest Mystery of the World 129
9．Eternal English Topic 132
10．The Future of Antarctic 136
Entertainment 141
Unit Five Psyehology and Medicine 141
1．The Science of Psychology 141
2．Third and Fourth Stages in Human Life 144
3．Drugs 148
4．Is Sport Indispensable? 152
5．Sleep—deficit 156
6．Headache 160
7．Brain Damage 164
8．Smoking and Health 168
9．The Administration of the Hospitals 172
10．Teenage"Disease" 176
Entertainment 182
Unit Six Computer 182
1．Explore Internet:Animal World 182
2．Underwater Computer 185
3．Telecommuting 189
4．Multimedia 193
5．Computer Memory 197
6．DNA Computer 201
7．Computer Education 205
8．Computer Security 208
9．Netiquette 212
10．E-mail 216
Entertainment 223
Unit Seven Science and Technology 223
1．Bell and His Inventions 223
2．Automation 226
3．Man—Builder 230
4．Two Main Factors in Aircraft Engineering 234
5．Life in the Universe 238
6．Diet in the Land of Plenty 242
7．Safety Measures in Flooding 246
8．Influenza 250
9．Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere 253
10．What Is Electricity 258
Entertainment 263
Unit Eight Economy 263
1．European Financial Markets 263
2．Fitness Programs 267
3．Protectionism 271
4．Individual Economy 275
5．Product and Service 278
6．The Economy of the U.S.After 1952 281
7．The American Economic System 284
8．Capital and Labours 287
9．China's International Business 291
10．China's Three Largest Cities as Business Centers 294
Entertainment 300
Unit Nine Physical Fitness 300
1．Intelligence 300
2．How to Modify Human Daily Cycle of Activity 304
3．How about Sleep 308
4．Muscles in Human Body 311
5．The Ways for Physical Fitness 315
6．Two Types of Individuals Affected by Personality 319
7．The Right Amount of Sleep Does Good to Health 323
8．Virsuses—Factors Latent in Human Cancer 327
9．Over-eating:A Serious Problem 330
10．Losing Weight Does Good to Health 334
Entertainment 338
Unit Ten Miscellaneous 338
1．Good Literature Is Helpful 338
2．The Influence of Teacher Expectations 341
3．How Is Jamestown Established Early in History 344
4．Continental Drift 347
5．Various Fires 351
6．Functions of Ancient Police 354
7．Weather Map 357
8．About Vegetarianism 360
9．The Plight of American Women 363
10．The Theatre of Rome 366
Entertainment 370
Answer Keys 370
主要参考书目 405