Part One Jeaets 1
Unit1 5
Text A Free Falling 5
Text B Ready to Rumble 15
Unit2 27
Text A The New Economics of Oil 27
Text B Deep Water Drilling 37
Unit3 47
Text A The New Frontier of Biomedicine 47
Text B Clones Make a Man? 57
Unit4 67
Text A Design Plan for Freedom Tower 67
Text B After the Fall 78
Unit5 87
Text A The Sword and the Shield 87
Text B Dark Side of the Moon 101
Unit6 113
Text A The Myth of the Paperless Office 113
Text B Will We Still Turn Pages? 126
Unit7 137
Text A Competition Is Destructive 137
Text B Competition:the Good,the Bad,and the Ugly 148
Unit8 159
Text A Power to the People 159
Text B Solar Energy Goes to School 172
Unit9 183
Text A It's Not Just Cricket 183
Text B Big Money in F1 Sponsorsfiip 194
Unit10 203
Text A Why We Strive for Status 203
Text B Stop Pretending Nothing Is Wrong 216
Unit11 225
Text A London Bridge Is Falling down 225
Text B Information Overload 239
Unit12 249
Text A When Something Is Rotten 249
Text B Corporate Culture and Communication:Clues You Can Use 262
Unit13 273
Text A Life in the Balance 273
Text B Saving the Planet:Imperialism in a Green Garb? 286
Unit14 297
Text A Distributed Intelligence 297
Text B Distributed Intelligence(2) 309
Unit15 319
Text A A Nation of Pirates 319
Text B They Know Where You Are 334
Part Two Practicall Writing 345
Ⅰ．Writing Techniques 345
1．Paraphrasing 345
2．Summary writing 346
3．Abstract writing 347
Ⅱ．Writing Styles 350
1．Description 350
2．Argumentation 352
3．Exposition 353
Ⅲ．English Letters 354
1．A letter of complaint 354
2．A letter of job application 355
3．Resume 356
附录：教材配套光盘使用说明 358