1. Bah, Humbug for Online Shoppers 在线购物的尴尬 1
2.Nasdaq Passes 4,000 纳斯达克指数超过4000点大关 4
3.Meet the New Boss 微软新老板 8
4.Deceiving Appearances 人不可貌相 12
5.Coke Is Hit 可口可乐遭抵制 18
6.Good Money After Bad 投资还是投机? 22
7.Health Community United 烟草业被副进死胡同 28
8.Low Low Prices! 美国货,便宜了! 32
9.Stocks Plunge to Year-Lows 股市大跳水 35
10.Lucent Ousts Chairman As Profits Fall 被炒鱿鱼的董事长 38
11.Compaq 2000 2000年的康柏 41
12.AOL s New Service 美国在线新服务 44
13.New PlayStation 2新品PS2 47
14.Microsoft Hacked 微软被黑 50
15.Yahoo! Acquires Taiwan Portal 雅虎收购台湾门户网站 53
16.Transmeta s Big Blues 蓝色巨人IBM用谁的芯? 56
17.Earnings Reports For Nov. 13 HP 惠普公司的赢利报告 59
18.Intel Set To Unveil Next-Generation, Speedy Pentium 4 Intel要发布奔IV芯片 62
19.World s Smallest Ad 蜜蜂膝盖上的广告 66
20.Bargains Lure Shoppers 假日购物潮提前到来 69
21.Yahoo! Restricted 雅虎又遇麻烦 73
22.A Sound Idea 全新音乐感受 77
23.Amazon. com Crashes 亚马逊瘫了 81
24.The Buy before You Fly Plan 五角大楼买飞机先买后飞 84
25.Closing a Chapter of Tradition 传统出版商的隐忧 87
26.Who Got Game? 谁是赢家? 92
27.Breaking up Hard to Do 痛苦的分割 96
28.Coming Down Hard 微软分家难 100
29.New King of the Tech Hill? 高科企业新老大? 105
30.Sony s Environmentalism 索尼的环境保护论 109
31.It Ain t Over Til It s over MP3授权下载 114
32.Like Teen Spirit 年轻人的新宠 119
33.Electronic Spitball Machine 划时代的新玩意 122
34.Hip Hop on the Shelf 阅读新概念 127
35.Death of Online Retailing?(1) 网上零售业的没落 131
36.Death of Online Retailing?(2) 网上零售业的没落 134
37.Napster Users Await New Feature 新Napster, 我们拭目以待 137
38.Boeing Co. May Gain Powerful D. C. Allies 波音要“迁都” 140
39.High Court Strikes Down Cellular Phone Service Tax 取消手机服务税 144
40.China s Corn Exports Predicted to Drop in 01 中国将减少出口谷物 148
41.Delphi Cutting 11,500 jobs, Closing Nine Plants Delphi挺不住了 151
42.Gov t to Lower Excise Tax on Autos 政府要减税了 155
43.Allianz, Dresdner in Buyout Talks Allianz和Dresdner 洽谈并购事项 157
44.ExxonMobil Curtails Gas Operations in Indonesia 艾克森削减在印尼的天然气矿田 161
45.Gas prices, Drivers ire Jump 油价猛涨 166
46.Group: Affordable Housing a Success 廉价房工程 173
47.Study: ATM Fees on Rise 调查报告: ATM费用上涨 178
48.Money Changes Everything 付费听网上音乐? 182
附:Vocabulary 187