Unit 1 Globalisation 1
Part One Timed Reading 2
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 4
Text 1 Free Trade Fallacies 4
Text 2 Globalisation and Its Critics 6
Text 3 Good Old Invisible Hand 9
Unit 2 Sustainable Development 13
Part One Timed Reading 14
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 16
Text 1 The Great Race 16
Text 2 The Cost of Command-and-Control 18
Text 3 Enter the Market 21
Unit 3 Business Management 25
Part One Timed Reading 26
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 28
Text 1 Sam Walton and Wal-Mart 28
Text 2 Why Enron Went Bust 30
Text 3 GM Signs Deal for Daewoo Motor Parts 33
Unit 4 Economic Problems 37
Part One Timed Reading 38
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 40
Text 1 A Dismal Science Review 40
Text 2 Could This Be Rational Exuberance? 44
Text 3 A Bullish Technocrat in a China Shop 48
Test Yourself (1) 52
Unit 5 Science and Ethic 59
Part One Timed Reading 60
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 62
Text 1 Fox's Flapdoodle 62
Text 2 Of Headless Mice...and Men 65
Text 3 Paralyzed People Are Fooled by a Super Bowl Ad 69
Unit 6 Controversial Issues 73
Part One Timed Reading 74
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 76
Text 1 "Humane" Execution 76
Text 2 The Titanic Riddle 79
Text 3 Why Writers Attack Writers 83
Unit 7 Nurturing Child 87
Part One Timed Reading 88
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 89
Text 1 Fellow Nerds: Let's Celebrate Nerdiness! 89
Text 2 Sense of Self 92
Text 3 The Parent Trap 95
Unit 8 Your Health 99
Part One Timed Reading 100
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 102
Text 1 Get Some Sleep 102
Text 2 Licking the Habit 104
Text 3 Helping to Break Bad Habits 108
Test Yourself (2) 111
Unit 9 The New America 118
Part One Timed Reading 119
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 121
Text 1 Tomorrowland, Today 121
Text 2 To Live the Dream in the Silicon 123
Text 3 What's White, Anyway? 126
Unit 10 Innovation 130
Part One Timed Reading 131
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 133
Text 1 Who Cares about Tech? 133
Text 2 Innovation's New Math (1) 136
Text 3 Innovation's New Math (2) 139
Unit 11 Variables behind Facts 143
Part One Timed Reading 144
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 145
Text 1 The Ghost of Herbert Hoover 145
Text 2 You Have to Walk the Talk 148
Text 3 Inside the Mind of the Modern Investor 151
Unit 12 EU and Euro 155
Part One Timed Reading 156
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 158
Text 1 Why Monetary Union 158
Text 2 Unification and the United States 160
Text 3 A Dollar-Euro World 164
Test Yourself (3) 167
Key 174
Glossary 186