Unit1 1
TextI The Frontiersmen 拓疆者 1
Text II The Impact of the American Frontier美国边疆的“冲击” 6
Reading For Fun The West Coast 西海岸 9
Unit2 10
Text I My First Day at School 上学第一天 10
Text II Against PCs Why I m Not Going to Buy a Computer 拒绝电脑--我为什么不买计算机 15
Reading For Fun New York Finds Typical Family Being Redefined 什么是纽约的“典型”家庭? 19
Unit3 20
Text I The Language Barrier 产品跨国销售中的语言障碍 20
Text II Biker Culture 摩托车迷文化 26
Reading For Fun LAME DUCK瘸鸭 30
Unit4 31
Text I The Information Highway信息高速公路 31
Text II The Future Gets under Your Skin 未来的通讯 36
Reading For Fun The Mail Must Go Through 邮件必须到达 40
Unit5 41
Text I The Brave Little Parrot勇敢的小鹦鹉 41
Text II Steps to the Future走向未来 46
Reading For Fun AFFLUENCE AND EFFLUENCE富裕与污染 50
Unit6 51
Text I Kissing the Books Goodbye吻别书本 51
Text II Deep Springs春晖 56
Reading For Fun What Goes Around Comes Around善有善报 60
Unit7 61
Text I Las Vegas拉斯韦加斯 61
Text II Ancient Pyramid Excavated再掘金字塔 65
Reading For Fun The Concrete Pyramids“混凝土”金字塔 68
Unit8 69
Text I Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking创造性思考与批判性思考 69
Text II Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking 创造性思考与批判性思考 74
Reading For Fun To Achieve You Dreams,Remember Your ABCs实现梦想的秘诀 79
Unit 9 80
Text I How the Internet Works:All You Need to Know因特网的运作:你需要知道的方方面面 80
Text II Online Game Lets You Play God游戏网络人生 85
Reading For Fun The Internet因特网 90
Unit 10 92
Text I THE Story of jazz爵士乐 92
Text II Life in Their Hands电子宠物 96
Reading For Fun E-mail Joke“电子邮件”的笑话 100
Unit 11 101
Text I Ballad of the Bottom Dollar最后一美元的故事 101
Text II Appearances Count穿着打扮也重要 106
Reading For Fun The Carter s Light车夫的灯 110
Unit 12 111
Text I Nothing about 21st Century Offspring Will Be Infantile21世纪的婴儿不受疾病困扰 111
Text II Japan Gets a Taste of Cloned Beef克隆牛肉,日本人先尝为快 115
Reading For Fun Australian Joke澳大利亚笑话 118
Unit 13 119
Text I How could it be so different?竟然如此大相径庭 119
Text II The Groovy Lifestyle of New Millennium新千年,新生活 123
Reading For Fun The Best College Application Essay We ve Ever Read 无可挑剔的大学入学申请 127
Unit 14 128
Text I The Future has been Writlen 你的未来我知道 128
Text II How to Build a Body Part?如何制造人体器官 132
Reading For Fun In Biology Iab在生物实验室 135
Unit 15 136
Text I “I Am a Blessed Person”“我是一个幸运儿” 136
Text II The Eight Best Presidents--and why Harry S.Truman 美国著名八位总统及其成功之道 141
Reading For Fun Mother母亲 146
Unit 16 147
Text I China prepares for WTO Membership中国准备加入世贸组织 147
Text II The Role of Women in the United States 美国妇女在国家中的地位 151
Reading For Fun Money to Burn被烧毁的钱币 155
Unit 17 156
Text I Losing Weight减肥 156
Text II Retirement 退休 162
Reading For Fun HEAVEN 天堂 166
Unit18 167
Text I Keepers of the Dream追求梦想的人 167
Text II Qinghua Students Win Global Design Awards清华学生获全球建筑设计奖 172
Reading For Fun Husband and wife丈夫与妻子 177
参考译文 178
练习答案 213