Unit 1 1
Part A Daydreaming 1
Part B Ⅰ.Space Speaks 19
Ⅱ. How Good Are Your Opinions? 29
Part C Ⅰ. Basic Types of Graphic Aids 36
Ⅱ. How to Grasp the Main Ideas of a Chart 47
Unit 2 52
Part A What Happens When Earthworms Eat? 52
Part B Ⅰ. We Must Begin a Celestial Search for Civilization 71
Ⅱ. The Goldsmiths 79
Part C How to Describe a Graph (1):General Statement 86
Unit 3 90
Part A The Scientific Attitude 90
Part BⅠ. If At First You Don t Succeed, Quit 107
Ⅱ. Why So Many People Ignore Traffic Laws 113
Part C How to Describe a Graph (2):Comparison and Emphasis 120
Unit 4 128
Part A Curiosity, Accident and Discovery 128
Part B On Being the Right Size 147
Part C How to Describe a Graph (3): Causes and Results 159
Part A Inventor of Invention 165
Unit 5 165
Part B Ⅰ. Four-dimensional Space-time Continuum 182
Ⅱ. Riding on Air 188
Part C How To Describe a Graph (4): Conclusion,Assumption or Prediction 198
Unit 6 202
Part A Facts and Fancies About Talent 202
Part B Ⅰ. Getting More Go From Your Gas 222
Ⅱ. Japanese and American Workers:Two Casts of Mind 230
Part C Abstract 242
Part A The Greatest Resource—Education 246
Unit 7 246
Part B Resources for Industry 263
Part C Summary (1) 278
Unit 8 285
Part A Introduction to Science Fact 285
Part B Ⅰ. Is the Perfect Worker a Mindless Fool? 306
Ⅱ. The Practical Writer 318
Part C Summary (2) 329
Unit 9 336
Part A The American Crisis 336
Part B Marketing Seven Hidden Needs 354
Part C Summary (3) 371