☆Unit1 1
TextⅠ A New You全新的你 1
TextⅡ Snip, Suction, Stretch and Truss缝合，吸脂，拉皮和隆鼻 9
Reading For Fun Planned Life设计好的生活 15
A Barking Wife大喊大叫的太太 15
☆Unit2 17
TextⅠ The Right to Control One s Learning对自己学习的主控权 17
TextⅡ TV Can t Educate电视不能传授知识 27
Puberty青春期 34
Reading For Fun The Name of a Poet诗人的名字 34
☆Unit3 36
TextⅠ The Girl s Room闺房 36
TextⅡ The Dying Family正在消亡的传统式的家庭 45
Reading For Fun A Girl Just Like Mother和母亲一样的女朋友 52
What Are The Two Words您说的是哪两个字 52
☆Unit4 53
TextⅠ How to Overcome Your Spending Tendency如何克服消费倾向 53
TextⅡ Analyzing Consumer s Motives分析顾客购物动机 65
Reading For Fun What Was It She Wanted她需要什么 73
I Am Glad我很高兴 73
TextⅠ Music Video and Madonna音乐电视和麦当娜 75
☆Unit5 75
TextⅡ Pictures at a High Price索价高昂的照片 83
Reading For Fun A London Fog伦敦的大雾 91
☆Unit6 92
TextⅠ The Patterns of Eating吃饭的规矩 92
TextⅡ As for Clothing就服装而论 101
Reading For Fun You Are Paying for It你得付钱 109
Class and Ass班级和驴子 109
☆Unit7 110
TextⅠ Kick Off Your Heels去掉你的高鞋跟 110
TextⅡ Spiffing Up The Urban Heritage使古旧城市建筑焕然一新 119
Reading For Fun Picture and Word绘画与文字 127
☆Unit8 128
TextⅠ In Defense of Diego Maradona为迭戈申辩 128
TextⅡ China Dragon中国龙 138
Reading For Fun The Bells钟声 143
Our Tails人类的尾巴 143
☆Unit9 145
TextⅠ Death and Justice: How Capital Punishment Affirms Life死亡与公正：死刑怎样肯定生命 145
TextⅡ The Ryan White Story怀特的故事 155
Reading For Fun Good Intentions好主意 160
Who Was the First Man谁是第一人 160
TextⅠ Something Good良知尚存 162
☆Unit10 162
TextⅡ Shrinking Shores退缩的海岸 170
Reading For Fun Interesting Knowledge有趣的知识 178
What Happened Thirty Years Ago不要归罪于三十年前 178
☆Unit11 179
TextⅠ Stealthy Epidemic of Exhaustion悄然传播的疲劳综合征 179
TextⅡ Students and Drugs学生与毒品 186
Reading For Fun A Rich Father富有的爸爸 191
I Had Forgotten Who It Was我忘了“谁”是“他” 191
☆Unit12 192
TextⅠ Splendid China in the USA锦绣中华在美国 192
TextⅡ The New Whiz Kids新一代神童 200
Reading For Fun A Useful Lesson有益的经验 209
What is a Traitor什么叫叛徒 209
☆Unit13 211
TextⅠ Can This Marriage be Saved（PartⅠ: Kate Talks First）这个婚姻是否还能挽救第一部分：凯特的故事 211
TextⅡ Can This Marriage be Saved（PartⅡ: Peter s Tum to Talk）第二部分：彼得的故事 219
TextⅢ Can This Marriage be saved（PartⅢ: The Counselor Speaks）第三部分：顾问的说法 224
Reading For Fun Dr. Swift and the Boy医生和男孩 231
☆Unit14 232
TextⅠDo Lie Detectors Lie? All Too Ofter测谎仪是否也撒谎？很平常 232
TextⅡ The Difference Between a Brain and a Computer人脑与电脑的区别 241
Visual Training视力测试 245
Reading For Fun Can t Make the Difference不懂门道 245
TextⅠOn the Past and Future of Science Fiction科幻小说的过去和将来 247
☆Unit15 247
TextⅡ How to Tell a Story怎样讲故事 255
Reading For Fun The Joke最好笑的笑话 259
I Didn t Know That I Was So Far Back Already我竟逃了这么远 259
☆Unit16 261
TextⅠ “My Adidas!”“我的阿迪达斯” 261
TextⅡ Pretty Women漂亮女人 269
Reading For Fun The Hat帽子 277
The Emperor Of Russia俄罗斯皇帝 277
TextⅠ Our Picture of the Universe我们描画的宇宙 279
☆Unit17 279
TextⅡ Astrology占星术 288
Reading For Fun A Cure for a Headache治头病 294
Winston Churchill温斯顿·邱吉尔 294
☆Unit18 296
TextⅠ Review of Cyberpunk评《网际旁客》 296
TextⅡ Dreaming the Impossible at MIT在马萨诸塞州科技研究院梦想成真 304
Reading For Fun A Mysterious Letter一封神秘来信 310
参考译文 311
练习答案 412