Unit One Education 1
Lesson One 1
Text A For the Future of a New Generation 1
Text B Publishing for 400 Million Kids 17
Lesson Two 22
Text A College Entrance Examination:A Big Summer Event 22
Text B China s Space—age Computer 39
Lesson Three 43
Text A Science,Education,Culture,PublicHealth and Sports 43
Text B National Games Open 59
Lesson Four 62
Text A The City That s Helping Itself toEducation 62
Text B The Metamorphosis of BeijingUniversity（Ⅰ） 76
Text A National Talent Fair to Open in Beijing 82
Lesson Five 82
Text B The Metamorphosis of BeijingUniversity（Ⅱ） 93
Text A A City for All Ages 98
Text B The Fun Side of Qinhuangdao 112
Lesson Seven 116
Text A Yellow River Cruise Tour 116
Text B Yangtze River Delta Cruise 127
Lesson Eight 132
Text A Bright Prospect for Tibetan Tourism 132
Text B Unique Charm of Changbai Mountain 144
Lesson Nine 149
Text A Roaming Wuyi Mountain 149
Text B Fanjing Mountain——Green TreasureHouse 163
Text A Summer or Winter,Heilongjiang isa Tourist Wonderland 169
Text B Year—round Tourist Attractions inJilin 183
Text A Land,An Ignored Limited Resource 187
Unit Three EconomyLesson Eleven 187
Text B Save Some Land for Wildlife 201
Lesson Twelve 205
Text A China Firm on Sovereignty OverHong Kong 205
Text B China No Threat 220
Lesson Thirteen 224
Text A On the Sensitive Topic of Prices 224
Text B Connections Hurt Market Economy 233
Lesson Fourteen 236
Text A Money,Market,Museums 236
Text B Bridging into Image Selling 249
Lesson Fifteen 253
Text A Economic Giant Grows Thanksto Foreign Capital 253
Text B A New Sand Industry is Planned forPoor Areas 265
Text A Women in China Today 268
Unit Four CultureLesson Sixteen 268
Text B Chinese Women Writing Her Story 285
Lesson Seventeen 290
Text A The Fate of Serious Music in China 290
Text B How Beauty Is Created 304
Lesson Eighteen 310
Text A Touring Along the Old Silk Road 310
Text B Photography Tour Along the OldSilk Road 325
Lesson Nineteen 333
Text A Shaolin—Monks,Mystery andMartial Arts 333
Text B Luoyang and Sanmenxia on the NewEurasian Continental Bridge（Ⅰ） 347
Text A A Lot of Money for a Song 352
Lesson Twenty 364
Text B Luoyang and Sanmenxia on the NewEurasian Contintental Bridge（Ⅱ） 364