Part One Je？ts 5
Unit 1 Text A Free Falling 5
Text B Family-Unfriendly Policies 15
Unit 2 Text A The New Economics of Oil 25
Text B Deep Water Drilling 35
Unit 3 Text A The New Frontier of Biomedicine 45
Text B Clones Make a Man? 55
Unit 4 Text A Design Plan for freedom Touer 65
Text B After the Fall 76
Unit 5 Text A Top Issue in SpacP EXploration 85
Text B Dark Side of the Moom 97
Unit 6 Text A The Myth of the Paperless Office 107
Unit 7 Text A Competition Is Destructive 131
Text B Competition:the Good,the Bad, and the Ugly 142
Unit 8 Text A Power to the People 153
Text B Solar Energy Goes to School 166
Unit 9 Text A It's Not Just Cricket 177
Text B Big Money in F1 Sponsorship 188
Unit 10 Text A Why We Strive for Status 197
Text B Stop Pretending Nothing Is Wrong 210
Unit 11 Text A London Bridge Is Falling Down 219
Unit 12 Text A When Something Is Rotten 243
Text B Corporate Culture and Communication:Clues You Can Use 256
Unit 13 Text A Giving Credit Where Debt Is Due 267
Text B What Does a Credit Card Bring Us? 280
Unit 14 Text A Distbuted Intelligence 289
Text B Distributed Intelligence(2) 301
Unit 15 Text A A Nation of Pirates 311
Text B They Know Where You Are 326
Part Two Practical Writing 337
Ⅰ．Writing Techniques 337
1．Paraphrasing 337
2．Summary writing 338
3．Abstract writing 339
Ⅱ．Writing Styles 342
1．Description 342
2．Argumentation 344
3．Exposition 345
Ⅲ．English Letters 346
1．A letter of complaint 346
2．A letter of job application 347
3．Resume 348
附录：教材配套光盘使用说明 350