Unit 1 How to Become a Good Graduate Student? 1
Supplementary Reading:A Letter to Prospective Graduate Students 10
Unit 2 Effects of Urbanization on Natural Environments 14
Supplementary Reading:Urbanization and Social Deterioration 22
Unit 3 Wheel of Misfortune 26
Supplementary Reading:Remember Yellow Journalism 36
Unit 4 A Delicate Balance 40
Supplementary Reading:Environmental Effects of Acid Rain 51
Unit 5 International Promotion Strategy 56
Supplementary Reading:Advertising Strategies 66
Unit 6 Is It in the Genes? 71
Supplementary Reading:The AIDS Epidemic:Considerations for the 21st Century 80
Unit 7 A New Focus on Family Values 87
Supplementary Reading:The Gardener 100
Unit 8 Education—Less of It 108
Supplementary Reading:I Got My B.A.by Sheer Luck 122
Unit 9 The Equality of Languages 126
Supplementary Reading:English Dominates Internet 135
Unit 10 Impacts of Globalization 139
Supplementary Reading:Is Technology Moving Too Fast? 148
Unit 11 Why We Laugh 153
Supplementary Reading:Stress and Its Management 163
Unit 12 Bigots in the Ivory Tower 170
Supplementary Reading:What Ever Happened to the Population Explosion? 184
Unit 13 The Power of Music 188
Supplementary Reading:Music for Stress Management 201
Unit 14 The New Nuclear Age 206
Supplementary Reading:Exorcising an Old Demon 218
Unit 15 Coverage Denied 222
Supplementary Reading:Dow Climbs to Another Record 235
Unit 16 A Senator's Double Life 238
Supplementary Reading:His Own Best Case 253
Unit 17 The Simple Life Comes Back 257
Supplementary Reading:Black?White?Asian?How about American? 273
Unit 18 What's an Intranet? 276
Supplementary Reading:Computer Networks 285
Unit 19 Surviving in Space 290
Supplementary Reading:China Claims Its Place in Space 301
Unit 20 Family Expands Knowledge through Travel 306
Supplementary Reading:World Tourism Organization 317