Unit 1 1
Part 1 Reading Practice 1
Text：The Burden of Womanhood 1
Part 2 Developing Skills 17
Listening and speaking：Offering and Requesting Clarification 17
Writing：Mechanics 22
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 30
Gore’s Speech after the Defeat 31
Unit 2 35
Part 1 Reading Practice 35
Text：A Deadly Drug，A New Generation 35
Listening and speaking：Asking for Confirmation 47
Part 2 Developing Skills 47
Writing：E-mails 52
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 56
(1)Of Studies 56
(2)Of Beauty 58
Unit 3 60
Part 1 Reading Practice 60
Text：Patents in Genetic Age 60
Part 2 Developing Skills 79
Listening and speaking：Making Generalizations 79
Writing：Memorandum 82
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 86
(1)The High-minded Man 86
(2)On Wisdom 88
Unit 4 91
Part 1 Reading Practice 91
Text：The Many Faces of the Future 91
Part 2 Developing Skills 109
Listening and speaking：Expressing Opinions 109
Writing：Business Letters 113
Part 3 Reading Enioyment 118
On the Future of Africa 119
Unit 5 123
Part 1 Reading Practice 123
Text：Crime in Cyberspace 123
Listening and speaking：Shifting Focus 140
Part 2 Developing Skills 140
Writing：Letters of Application and Resume 144
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 150
Technology and its Positive Impact on Kids 150
Unit 6 155
Part 1 Reading Practice 155
Text：Death and Justice 155
Part 2 Developing Skills 168
Listening and speaking：Divulging Information 168
Writing：Summary 172
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 177
How to Be a Patient Person 177
Text：Desperately Seeking Aliens 183
Unit 7 183
Part 1 Reading Practice 183
Part 2 Developing Skills 201
Listening and speaking：Stating Reasons 201
Writing：Technical Description 204
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 211
(1)A Lover of Books Explains their Charm 211
(2)Books 213
Unit 8 218
Part 1 Reading Practice 218
Text：Reassessing the Economic Assumption 218
Listening and speaking：Expressing Doubt or Disbelief 236
Part 2 Developing Skills 236
Writing：Instruction 243
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 250
Resolve to Be Honest 250
Unit 9 254
Part 1 Reading Practice 254
Text：At Long Last—A Nobel of a Loner 254
Part 2 Developing Skills 270
Listening and speaking：Making Negative Statements or Comments Politely 270
Writing：Abstract 276
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 280
Acceptance Speech at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 281
Text：Discovering the Self 286
Part 1 Reading Practice 286
Unit 10 286
Part 2 Developing Skills 303
Listening and speaking：Persuading and Giving In 303
Writing：Short Report 309
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 315
(1)Self-Mastery 315
(2)How to be True to Yourself 317
Unit 11 321
Part 1 Reading Practice 321
Text：Television and Cultural Behavior 321
Listening and speaking：Extending Congratulations and Condolences 338
Part 2 Developing Skills 338
Writing：Research Paper 343
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 351
Change Your Bad Habits to Good 351
Unit 12 356
Part 1 Reading Practice 356
Text：The Artistry of Nature 356
Part 2 Developing Skills 370
Listening and speaking：Speculating About the Future Reminiscing about the Past 370
Writing：Oral Presentation 375
Part 3 Reading Enjoyment 381
President-elect Bush’s Speech 382
Bibliography 388