Unit One Information Superhighway 1
Text A The Future Is Already Here 1
Text B Welcome to the Wired World 15
Research Reading 34
1．Computer：A Rising Household Necessity 34
2．Are You on Line？ 36
3．How the Web Works 39
4．Internet Has Hidden Flaws 41
5．You Can Touch Cyberspace 44
Unit Two Cable News Network and Telecommunication 47
Text A History as It Happens 47
Text B Wiring the World 69
Research Reading 84
1．Turner s $1Billion Gift Starts Giving 84
2．Far Ahead of the Pack 86
3．More Froggy than the French 88
4．MA Everything! 90
5．How the Phone Company Became a Cable Company 94
Unit Three Business 95
Text A In Search of the Real Bill Gates 95
Text B Hey，Let s Put on a Show! 127
Research Reading 143
1．Bill Gates Denies Bully-Boy Tactics 143
2．Peace in Browser Gate War 144
3．Gates Blinks in Monopoly Showdown 145
4．Gates Accused of Campaign to Crush Rival 147
5．Out of the Pictures 149
Unit Four Economy 153
Text A War of the Worlds 153
Text B Wipeout 167
Research Reading 190
1．The Global Shudders 190
2．Placing Their Bets 194
3．Global Boom and Bust？ 196
Unit Five Stock Market，the Barings Bank 201
Text A Market Mania 201
Text B Gone for Broke 218
Research Reading 249
1．Welcome to Bull Country 249
2．The Concern over Derivatives 256
Unit Six Justice 259
Text A Decision and Division 259
Text B The Siege of L．A． 285
Research Reading 298
1．The Inside Story of How O．J．Lost 298
2．Black and White View of Police 307
3．When Cops，Not Just White Ones，Kill 309
Unit Seven High Technology 313
Text A Little Lamb，Who Made Thee？ 313
Text B Wonder Weapons 327
Research Reading 343
1．After Dolly：The Future of Cloning 343
2．Scientists Report Cloning Adult Mammal 345
3．To Ban or Not to Ban 348
4．Non-lethal Weapons 350
5．New Weapons Provide Alternative for Marines Dealing with Non-combatants 352
Unit Eight Espionage and Nazi Camp 354
Text A Double Agent 354
Text B The Last Days of Auschwitz 378
Research Reading 396
1．Cleaning Up the CIA 396
2．For Your Disinformation 398
3．Witnesses to the Holocaust 401
4．Efforts Continue to Recover Stolen Jewish Assets 404
附录1 世界主要国际通讯社简介 407
附录2 世界其他通讯社译名 411