Unit 1 Education 1
Text A:The Revolution That Turned Education Sentimental 1
Text B:Engineering Schools Neglect Innovation 5
Words and Expressions 8
Derivatives 9
Notes 10
Exercises 13
Unit 2 Health 25
Text:Where There's Smoke 25
Words and Expressions 29
Derivatives 30
Notes 30
Exercises 33
Unit 3 Crime 43
Text:Formula for Terror 43
Words and Expressions 49
Derivatives 50
Notes 51
Exercises 55
Unit 4 Humor＆Daily Life 65
Text A:Self-renewal 65
Text B:How to Make Amends? 70
Words and Expressions 74
Derivatives 74
Notes 75
Exercises 77
Unit 5 Vogue of the Day 87
Text A:The Incredible Shrinking Address Book 87
Text B:Cult of Busyness 89
Words and Expressions 92
Compound Words 92
Notes 93
Exercises 95
Unit 6 Practice＆Innovation 105
Text A:High-Tech Harvests 105
Text B:The Sound of Silence 108
Words and Expressions 111
Derivatives 112
Notes 113
Exercises 116
Unit 7 History 126
Text:Stolen Lives 126
Words and Expressions 132
Derivatives 133
Notes 134
Exercises 137
Unit 8 Entertainment 147
Text A:Enjoying Music 147
Text B:Broadway and Beyond 150
Words and Expressions 153
Derivatives 153
Notes 154
Exercises 156
Unit 9 Exploration 165
Text The Gene Dream 165
Words and Expressions 172
Derivatives 173
Notes 173
Exercises 176
Unit 10 Climate 186
Text:Is It El Nino of the Century? 186
Words and Expressions 190
Derivatives 191
Notes 192
Exercises 194
Unit 11 Travel＆Outdoor Life 204
Text:Travel and Tourism 204
Words and Expressions 209
Derivatives 210
Notes 210
Exercises 212
Unit 12 Outer Space 222
Text:The Code of Universe 222
Words and Expressions 227
Derivatives 227
Notes 228
Exercises 230
Unit 13 Science 239
Text:Universality of Science and International Cooperation 239
Words and Expressions 243
Compound Words 244
Notes 245
Exercises 247
Unit 14 Communication 257
Text:Wiring the World 257
Words and Expressions 263
Derivatives 264
Notes 265
Exercises 268
Unit 15 Artificial Intelligence 278
Text:The Voice of the Computer Is Heard in the Land(and It Listens Too!) 278
Words and Expressions 284
Derivatives 285
Notes 285
Exercises 288
Unit 16 Intelligence 297
Text:Intelligence,the University and Society 297
Words and Expressions 304
Compound Words 305
Notes 306
Exercises 308
附录一 笔试样卷 317
附录二 功能意念表 345
附录三 语言技能表 352
附录四 Keys to Questions on the Text 354
附录五 Scripts for Listening Comprehension 362
附录六 Keys to Exercises 408
附录七 单词和短语总表 417