Unit One 1
Text A Technology and Progress 1
Text B The Role of Technology in Society 11
Unit Two 18
Text A The Beat Goes on 18
Text B Search for New Organs Leads to the Barnyard 28
Unit Three 33
Text A Voice Recognition Leaps into Appliances 33
Text B Interactive TV Deal Unites Moxi Digital with Digeo 43
Unit Four 48
Text A China's Space Program 48
Text B "Shenzhou Ⅲ"Unmanned Spacecraft Launched 59
Unit Five 66
Text A An Unforeseen Revolution：Computers and Expectations 66
Text B How Computer Viruses Work 77
Unit Six 82
Text A The Internet is Changing Higher Education 82
Text B TV's Digital Future 92
Unit Seven 97
Text A Final Procedures for China's WTO Entry 97
Text B Three Misunderstandings about China's Accession to WTO 107
Unit Eight 113
Text A Rebuilding China's Legislative System for Foreign Investment 113
Text B WTO Briefs 124
Unit Nine 131
Text A Faster Than a Speeding Bullet 131
Text B Trains on Magnetic Field 141
Unit Ten 148
Text A Information Superhighway at Work 148
Text B The Information Superhighway Will Connect Us All 159
Unit Eleven 164
Text A The New Technologies of Information 164
Text B The Areas of Application of New Technology in Daily Life 176
Unit Twelve 183
Text A Natural Waste Treatment 183
Text B Pollution Is a Dirty Word 195