Unit 1 The Age of Robots 1
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Reading 2
Text A Can You compete with AI for the Next Job？ 2
Text B Minds of Their Own 6
Part Ⅱ Translation Skills 12
词义选择与翻译 12
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading 14
Section Ⅰ Speed Reading 14
Passage 1 Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man 14
Passage 2 A Fight to Win the Future： Computers vs.Humans 18
section Ⅱ Reading in Depth 22
Passage 1 22
Passage 2 23
Passage 3 25
section Ⅲ Banked Cloze 27
Unit 2 Nuclear Radiation 28
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Reading 29
Text A Should Nuclear Radiation Found in Domestic Milk Come as a Surprise？ 29
Text B Radiation and Health： The Aftershocks of Japan’s Nuclear Disaster 34
Part Ⅱ Translation Skills 39
名词化？构的英汉翻译 39
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading 41
Section Ⅰ Speed Reading 41
Passage 1 Nuclear Radiation“The Greatest Public Health Hazard” 41
Passage 2 Are We Hysterical About Nuclear Radiation？ 45
Section Ⅱ Reading in Depth 48
Passage 1 48
Passage 2 50
Passage 3 51
Section Ⅲ Banked Cloze 52
Unit 3 Food Safety 53
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Reading 54
Text A Bring Back the Poison Squad 54
Text B With Superbugs Contaminating Fresh Meat， the Truth Comes Out About the FDA Food Safety Bill 59
Part Ⅱ Translation Skills 64
量词和倍数的翻译 64
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading 66
Section Ⅰ Speed Reading 66
Passage 1 Student Gripes Have a Point： Campus Dining Fails Exams 66
Passage 2 Plan B： Skip College 70
Section Ⅱ Reading in Depth 74
Passage 1 74
Passage 2 76
Passage 3 77
Section Ⅲ Banked Cloze 79
Unit 4 The Use of Nanotechnology 80
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Reading 81
Text A From iPods to iHumans： What Will Nanotechnology Do to Us？ 81
Text B What Nanobots Are Made Out of？ 86
Part Ⅱ Translation Skills 91
被动句子的英汉翻译 91
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading 93
Section Ⅰ Speed Reading 93
Passage 1 Are We Really the Prey？ Nanotechnology as Science and Science Fiction 93
Passage 2 Diabetes in India 96
Section Ⅱ Reading in Depth 100
Passage 1 100
Passage 2 101
Passage 3 103
Section Ⅲ Banked Cloze 105
Unit 5 The World Wide Web 106
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Reading 107
Text A Marketing in the World of the Web 107
Text B How Social Network Marketing Works 112
Part Ⅱ Translation Skills 118
分词短语和介词短语的翻译 118
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading 120
Section Ⅰ Speed Reading 120
Passage 1 Internet Relationships 120
Passage 2 A Thief that Robs the Brain of Language 123
Section Ⅱ Reading in Depth 127
Passage 1 127
Passage 2 128
Passage 3 130
Section Ⅲ Banked Cloze 132
Unit 6 Global Warming 133
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Reading 134
Text A Global Catastrophes： A Very Short Introduction 134
Text B ＄100bn a Year Needed to Fight Climate Change 138
Part Ⅱ Translation Skills 143
定语从句的英汉翻译 143
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading 145
Section Ⅰ Speed Reading 145
Passage 1 Human Activity Is Altering the Composition of the Atmosphere 145
Passage 2 Texting May Be Taking a Toll 149
Section Ⅱ Reading in Depth 152
Passage 1 152
Passage 2 153
Passage 3 155
Section Ⅲ Banked Cloze 156
Unit 7 The Universe 157
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Reading 158
Text A Tied Up with String 158
Text B Time Travel Theory 163
Part Ⅱ Translation Skills 168
长句翻译（一） 168
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading 171
Section Ⅰ Speed Reading 171
Passage 1 Black Holes and Baby Universes （excerpt） 171
Passage 2 Atomic Anatomy 175
Section Ⅱ Reading in Depth 178
Passage 1 178
Passage 2 179
Passage 3 181
Section Ⅲ Banked Cloze 183
Unit 8 Biology and Our Life 184
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Reading 185
Text A Rejuvenation Biotech： Can Regenerative Medicine Defeat Aging？ 185
Text B Faking Organisms： How Can We Govern the Garage Biologists Who Are Tinkering with Life？ 190
Part Ⅱ Translation skills 196
长句翻译（二） 196
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading 198
Section Ⅰ Speed Reading 198
Passage 1 Safety Rules Cannot Keep Up with Biotech Industry 198
Passage 2 Humans Have Spread Globally， and Evolved Locally 202
Section Ⅱ Reading in Depth 205
Passage 1 205
Passage 2 206
Passage 3 209
Section Ⅲ Banked Cloze 211
Key to Exercises 212