序言 1
编者的话 1
Unit One 1
Text：The Computer Society：Business from Time 1
Contents 1
Section 1 Aids to Study 8
Section 2 General Exercises 16
Section 3 Reading Exercises 29
Section 4 Writing Exercises 35
Unit Two 39
Text：The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Ma rk Twain 39
Section 1 Aids to Study 44
Section 2 General Exercises 51
Section 3 Reading Exercises 58
Section 4 Writing Exercises 70
Text：Why Are you Laughing？Ashley Montague 75
UnIt Three 75
Section 1 Aids to Study 81
Section 2 General Exercises 85
Section 3 Reading Exercises 91
Section 4 Writing Exercises 99
Unit Four 105
Text：Life on other Planets Isaac Asimov 105
Section 1 Aids to Study 110
Section 2 General Exercises 116
Section 3 Reading Exercises 128
Section 4 Writing Exercises 134
Unit Five 138
Text：Newspapers in the Capitalist World Francis Williams 138
Section 1 Aids to Study 141
Section 2 General Exercises 150
Section 3 Reading Exercises 158
Section 4 Writing Exercises 168
Unit Six 173
Text：Notes from the Underground from Time 173
Section 1 Aids to Study 177
Section 2 General Exercises 184
Section 3 Reading Exercises 190
Section 4 Writing Exercises 201
Unit Seven 206
Text：The Enormous Radio John Cheever 206
Section 1 Aids to Study 223
Section 2 General Exercises 227
Section 3 Reading Exercises 234
Section 4 Writing Exercises 244
Text：Taking a Bite out of the Big Apple 249
Lor raine Smith 249
Unit Eight 249
Section 1 Aids to Study 255
Section 2 General Exercises 264
Section 3 Reading Exercises 271
Section 4 Writing Exercises 287
Unit Nine 291
Text：The Sun and Beyond Alvin Toffler 291
Section 1 Aids to Study 303
Section 2 General Exercises 309
Section 3 Reading Exercises 315
Section 4 Writing Exercises 324
Unit Ten 328
Text：Science in the Capitalist World from Science in History 328
Section 1 Aids to Study 331
Section 2 General Exercises 338
Section 3 Reading Exercises 341
Section 4 Writing Exercises 354