Unit One 1
1. My Grandma s House 1
2. The Grocery Store 8
3. Uncle Carmine 16
4. Greens Want to Make Peasants Out of Us All 23
Unit Two 30
5. Information Revolution 30
6. Color Me Pink 37
7. And the Lucky Number Is 45
8. Our Changing Language 53
Unit Three 61
9. How Much Is Jordan Worth? 61
10. Love Affairs Bloom on the Internet 67
11. How Do American Consumers Borrow?(Ⅰ) 74
12. How Do American Consumers Borrow?(Ⅱ) 80
Unit Four 86
13. Clones: Will There Be Carbon Copy People? 86
14. Politeness in Britain 93
15. The Marriage Partnership 99
16. What Men Don t understand about Women? 106
Unit Five 113
17. How to Select the Course? 113
18. Information Technology 119
19. The Cause of the El Nino Phenomenon 125
20. Tragedy of the Unemployed in the U.S. 131
Unit Six 138
21. Buying on the Installment Plan 138
22. Learning from Failure 145
23. Student Rags 151
24. Elysee Palace 157
Unit Seven 164
25. The Weather in England 164
26. Sounds Unfriendly 171
27. British and American English 178
28. Supermarkets Suit Consumers 185
Unit Eight 192
29. Instant Foods-Americans Favorite 192
30. An Advertising Gimmick Shown on TV 199
31. Stonehenge 206
32. Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. 212
Unit Nine 220
33. Dog Phrases 220
34. What Are Biorhythms? 227
35. Disney World 233
36. The Birth of Blue Jeans 239
37. Why Are Most Homes Painted White? 245
Unit Ten 245
38. The Origins of Doughnuts and Their Holes 252
39. Legends of Love 259
40. The Road Ahead 266
Unit Eleven 272
41. Martin Luther King 272
42. Some Differences between Britain and France 280
43. Why Are Many Children So Secretive to Their Parents? 287
44. For What Do We Go to See the Doctor? 295
45. A Legal Plagiary 302
Unit Twelve 302
46. How Did the African Blacks First Arrive in America? 309
47. A Key to Success 316
48. Tarawa - a Pearl in the South Sens 324
Unit Thirteen 331
49. Lung Cancer and Carotene 331
50. Volcanoes 338
51. Jefferson Had Child with Slave 344
52. Aspirin and Its Effective Use 350
53. Police Report on Diana s Death 357
Unit Fourteen 357
54. Crime Cycles throughout the Year 364
55. Arab Custom 370
56. Interstellar Exploration 377
Unit Fifteen 384
57. Yellowstone National Park - a Wildlife Heaven 384
58. A Famous Speech 392
59. Absenteeism 399
60. John Glenn Returns to Space 406