目录 1
Unit One 1
Text：The Seven Pillars of Life 1
Exercises 7
Supplementary Reading：Globalization and Biology 13
Unit Two 18
Text：The Outrageous Hypothesis 18
Exercises 24
Supplementary Reading：Rethinking Water on Mars 30
Text：Pollution Scenario 35
Unit Three 35
Exercises 40
Supplementary Reading：Unnatural Selection 46
Unit Four 50
Text：Making Every Drop Count 50
Exercises 56
Supplementary Reading：Demand Is Down—But of How Long？ 63
Unit Five 68
Text：Creating Convergence 68
Exercises 74
Supplementary Reading：Seeking the Killer Appliance 81
Text：Is Global Warming Harmful to Health？ 86
Unit Six 86
Exercises 92
Supplementary Reading：The Healthy Problems of Global Warming 97
Unit Seven 103
Text：Rebuilding the Food Pyramid 103
Exercises 108
Supplementary Reading：Rebuilding the Food Pyramid 113
Unit Eight 118
Text：How to Build a Time Machine 118
Exercises 123
Supplementary Reading：How to Build a Time Machine 129
Text：The Future of the Brazilian Amazon 132
Unit Nine 132
Exercises 137
Supplementary Reading：Frontier Governance in Amazonia 143
Unit Ten 148
Text：Is Safe Mail Worth the Price？ 148
Exercises 154
Supplementary Reading：National Security and the Biological Research Community 159
练习参考答案 165
课文参考译文 179
Glossary 202