Unit 1 World News: Up in Space 1
Part Ⅰ Warming up 1
Part Ⅱ News reports 4
Part Ⅲ China s space and aeronautics industry 11
Part Ⅳ Mir-Russia s space glory 16
Unit 2 World News: International Relations 21
Part Ⅰ Warming up 21
Part Ⅱ News reports 25
Part Ⅲ Speeches 31
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 34
Unit 3 World News: Economic Developments 37
Part Ⅰ Warming up 37
Part Ⅱ News reports 42
Part Ⅲ China and WTO 49
Part Ⅳ UN business conference 53
Unit 4 World News: Earth and Environment 57
Part Ⅰ Warming up 57
Part Ⅱ News reports 61
Part Ⅲ City recycling 67
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 72
Unit 5 Health and Medicine 75
Part Ⅰ Warming up 75
Part Ⅱ Frankenstein food or food to feed the world? 81
Part Ⅲ Medical emergency 911 86
Part Ⅳ Doctors on the Internet 91
Unit 6 Science and Technology 95
Part Ⅰ Warming up 95
Part Ⅱ Latest breakthroughs in technology 100
Part Ⅲ Nobel prize winners in physics and chemistry 104
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 107
Unit 7 Communications（Ⅰ） 110
Part Ⅰ Warming up 110
Part Ⅱ The Internet 114
Part Ⅲ Digital McLuhan 119
Part Ⅳ Beware hackers! 122
Unit 8 Communications（Ⅱ） 127
Part Ⅰ Warming up 127
Part Ⅱ Experience with telephones 132
Part Ⅲ The future of the phone 136
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 139
Unit 9 Architecture 142
Part Ⅰ Warming up 142
Part Ⅱ Eco-conscious construction 147
Part Ⅲ Tomorrow s house 154
Part Ⅳ Housing problems 158
Unit 10 Tourism 162
Part Ⅰ Warming up 162
Part Ⅱ Tourism in Europe 166
Part Ⅲ Pole to Pole 2000 171
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 174
Unit 11 Transportation （Ⅰ） 177
Part Ⅰ Warming up 177
Part Ⅱ Cross the Channel 182
Part Ⅲ Concorde: past and future 185
Part Ⅳ Southwest 192
Unit 12 Transportation（Ⅱ） 197
Part Ⅰ Warming up 197
Part Ⅱ Parking in Tokyo 201
Part Ⅲ The new trends of automobiles 205
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 213
Acknowledgements 215