Unit One 2
Text A The Belly Burden 2
Text B Coffee Drinkers Less Likely to Be Hospitalized for Heart Rhythm Disturbances 13
Unit Two 21
Text A Obama Signals Need for a Sharp Break from the Past 21
Text B Obama’s Yes-We-Can War：More Troops to Afghanistan 33
Unit Three 41
Text A The High Life 41
Text B Japan Cracking U.S.Pop Culture Hegemony 53
Unit Four 61
Text A Dieter Rams，the Man Who Shaped Our World 61
Text B Phelps“Mistake”：De-Stressing or Chasing a Thrill？ 74
Unit Five 83
Text A The Growing Backlash against Over-Parenting 83
Text B The Campus of the Future 94
Unit Six 102
Text A A World of Connections 102
Text B How Safe Is Your Cell Phone？ 114
Unit Seven 122
Text A Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash，but U.S.Lags 122
Text B Environmentalist Prods Fellow Blacks to Join in Her Crusade 135
Unit Eight 143
Text A Do We Need a New Internet？ 143
Text B Online Rumor Websites：How to Fight Internet Abuse 155
Unit Nine 162
Text A With Finance Disgraced，Which Career Will Be King？ 162
Text B The Long-Haul Degree 175
Unit Ten 185
Text A Nation：Is a Woman’s Place in the House？ 185
Text B How to Make a Better Student：Beyond the Gender Myths 198