Unit 1 World News: Up in Space 3
Part Ⅰ Warming up 3
Part Ⅱ News reports 6
Part Ⅲ China s space and aeronautics industry 10
Part Ⅳ Mir-Russia s space glory 13
Unit 2 World News: International Relations 19
Part Ⅰ Warming up 19
Part Ⅱ News reports 22
Part Ⅲ Speeches 27
Part Ⅳ Language study and Language appreciation 29
Unit 3 World News: Economlc Deveiopments 35
Part Ⅰ Warming up 35
Part Ⅱ News reports 39
Part Ⅲ China and WTO 43
Part Ⅳ UN business conference 45
Unit 4 World News: Earth and Environment 49
Part Ⅰ Warming up 49
Part Ⅱ News reports 52
Part Ⅲ City recycling 57
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 61
Unit 5 Health and Medicine 67
Part Ⅰ Warming up 67
Part Ⅱ Frankenstein food or food to feed the world? 73
Part Ⅲ Medical emergency 911 76
Part Ⅳ Doctors on the Internet 80
Unit 6 Science and Technology 85
Part Ⅰ Warming up 85
Part Ⅱ Latest breakthroughs in technology 88
Part Ⅲ Nobel prize winners in physics and chemistry 91
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 94
Unit 7 Communications （Ⅰ） 99
Part Ⅰ Warming up 99
Part Ⅱ The Internet 104
Part Ⅲ Digital McLuhan 107
Part Ⅳ Beware hackers! 109
Unit 8 Communications （Ⅱ） 113
Part Ⅰ Warming up 113
Part Ⅱ Experience With telephones 117
Part Ⅲ The future of the phone 120
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 122
Unit 9 Architecture 127
Part Ⅰ Warming up 127
Part Ⅱ Eco-conscious construction 133
Part Ⅲ Tomorrow s house 138
Part Ⅳ Housing problems 141
Unit 10 Tourism 145
Part Ⅰ Warming up 145
Part Ⅱ Tourism in Europe 148
Part Ⅲ Pole to Pole 2000 152
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 154
Unit 11 Transportation（Ⅰ） 159
Part Ⅰ Warming up 159
Part Ⅱ Cross the Channel 163
Part Ⅲ Concorde: past and future 166
Part Ⅳ Southwest 171
Unit 12 Transportation（Ⅱ） 177
Part Ⅰ Warming up 177
Part Ⅱ Parking in Tokyo 180
Part Ⅲ The new trends of automobiles 182
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 189
Vocabulary 193
Acknowledgements 223