Contents 1
Unit One 1
Related Words and Expressions 1
Text A Road Warriors 2
Text B Shark Attack 9
Text C Life,Death and an Avalanche 13
Reading Appreciation 17
Related Words and Expressions 19
Unit Two 19
Text A Women's Struggle for Equal Rights 20
Text B Why Is the World So Tough to Her? 26
Text C Domestic Violence against Women 30
Reading Appreciation 34
Unit Three 35
Related Words and Expressions 35
Text A The Teaching of Laura Bush 36
Text B You Glory Girl 42
Text C Great Expectation 46
Reading Appreciation 49
Unit Four 50
Related Words and Expressions 50
Text A The Great Musician Beethoven 51
Text B How Jazz Began 58
Text C Britney Spears 62
Reading Appreciation 66
Unit Five 67
Related Words and Expressions 67
Text A Secrets of Success at an Interview 68
Text B How to Start Planning Your Career 74
Text C Words That Get You Hired 78
Reading Appreciation 82
Unit Six 83
Related Words and Expressions 84
Text A The Wet and Wild Future of Computers 84
Text B Voice Technology Will Put Shopping Mall in Handsets 90
Text C The Earth Will Don an Electronic Skin 94
Reading Appreciation 99
Related Words and Expressions 101
Unit Seven 101
Text A Environmental Protection throughout the World 102
Text B Animals at Risk:Who Cares? 110
Text C The Killer Smogs 114
Reading Appreciation 118
Unit Eight 119
Related Words and Expressions 119
Text A Quality of Life Is Much More than a Job 120
Text B The American Stock Market 125
Text C The Electronic Office 128
Reading Appreciation 131
Unit Nine 132
Related Words and Expressions 132
Text A The Crisis of Global Capitalism 133
Text B Finance:Trick or Treat 140
Text C How the Markets Made It Worse 144
Reading Appreciation 148
Related Words and Expressions 149
Unit Ten 149
Text A The Web—My Main Source of Information 150
Text B Two Sociologists'Personal Experience 156
Text C Multiculturalism and a Multicultural Person 160
Reading Appreciation 165
Unit Eleven 166
Related Words and Expressions 166
Text A The Method of Scientific Investigation 167
Text B Scientific Attitudes 174
Text C Solving Problems Scientifically 178
Reading Appreciation 181
Unit Twelve 183
Related Words and Expressions 183
Text A The Miracle of Mother's Love 184
Text B Family of Angels 191
Text C Telling Him 195
Reading Appreciation 199
Practical English Readings 200
Key to Exercises 226