CONTENTSUnit 1 A．Why We laugh 1
B．The Laugher 15
C．Disc Drives 22
D．New Army New Job New You 23
Unit 2 A．Working at Home：the Growth of Cottage Industry 25
B．Exploring the Nonwork Problem 42
C．Typewriters 52
D．Chain Letters 53
Unit 3 A．Avoid Misunderstanding 55
B．On Not Answering the Telephone 70
C．Portapaks 79
D．Vistel 81
Unit 4 A．Boxing—Legalized Murder？ 83
B．Farewell to Smallpox 98
C．Slender 107
D．Uncle Louie 108
Unit 5 Revision Ⅰ 111
Unit 6 A．The Tomb-robbers 123
B．Ancient Man 138
C．Serenade in Blue 148
D．Seals See with Their Ears 149
Unit 7 A．Power of Words 151
B．On Being Translated into English 166
C．Learn to Read Slow？ 177
D．How to Build up Your Vocabulary 178
Unit 8 A．The Real Sherlock Holmes 181
B．Robert Baden-Powell，Secret Agent 196
C．Danish Teenagers 206
D．Aymara 207
Unit 9 A．Chunneling the Channel 209
B．First Passage 226
C．Automation 237
D．Electric Cars 239
Unit 10 Revision Ⅱ 241
Supplementary Reading 253
Glossary 335
List of Phrases and Expressions 361
附：《大学核心英语》多媒体课件光盘简介 365