Passage A: Passport to the Universe 1
Passage B: Mahalo to Donald Kim from a Grateful Alma Mater 6
Passage C: How to Talk to Anyone About Anything 9
Passage A: Utility and Prices 14
Passage B: IBM s E-Ads Compute with Consumers 17
Passage C: Are These the Best Years of Your Life? 20
Passage A: You Are What You Think 23
Passage B: He Led a Useful Life 27
Passage C: Using the Mind Against Disease 30
Passage A: Future in Space: Mars First, Then the Stars 34
Passage B: Black Holes 38
Passage C: 2001 Space Shuttle 41
Passage A: The Shape of Things to Come: The New Doctor 45
Passage B: On the Shoulders of a Hero 48
Passage C: Technology Brings Court into 21st Century 52
Passage A: How to Give a Good Speech 55
Passage B: What You Don t Know About Exercise 58
Passage C: It s Never Too Late for Success 62
Passage A: E-Money 66
Passage B: The First Four-Minute Mile 70
Passage C: What Makes Olympic Champions? 72
Passage A: Will the Population Bomb Blow Up? 77
Passage B: Modernization Interrupted: Unprecedented Population Problems Proliferate 82
Passage C: Into the Forest: Survival of the Fitful 85
Passage A: The Interview 87
Passage B: If I Were a Boy Again 91
Passage C: The New American Revolution 93
Passage A: High-Rise Buildings 97
Passage B: Pockety Women Unite? 100
Passage C: A Scientist Looks at Tomorrow 104
Glossary 108
Phrases and Expressions 137
Key to the Exercises 141