Text:A Young Boy's Ambition 1
UNIT ONE 1
—How not to behave badly abroad 1
Warm-up 1
Supplementary Readings:A．A Pound of Butter 12
B．Brave Ballerina 16
UNIT TWO 21
Warm-up 21
Text:What the Internet Cannot Do? 21
Supplementary Readings:A．Tim Berners-Lee(Ⅰ) 33
B．Tim Berners-Lee(Ⅱ) 36
UNIT THREE 39
Warm-up 39
Text:Oceans of Sand 39
Supplementary Readings:A．Desert 50
B．Moles Are Happy As Homes Go Underground 52
Text:Three Kinds of Fatigue 59
Warm-up 59
UNIT FOUR 59
Supplementary Readings:A．The Breath of Life(Ⅰ) 71
B．The Breath of Life(Ⅱ) 74
Warm-up 79
Text:Bringing Up Children 79
UNIT FIVE 79
Supplementary Readings:A．Let Children Learn to Judge Their Own Work 91
B．Five Parenting Styles 93
UNIT SIX 99
Text:How Service Experiences Affect Students 99
Warm-up 99
Supplementary Readings:A．The Future of the Universities 109
B．Education Does Count 112
UNIT SEVEN 115
Warm-up 115
Text:Supporting Science 115
Supplementary Readings:A．U.K.Joins Fight for IT Workers 129
B．The History of Space Observation and Travel 131
Text:How Trees Are Killing Our Rivers 135
UNIT EIGHT 135
Warm-up 135
Supplementary Readings:A．A Fable for Tomorrow 146
B．Lightning in the Mountains 149
UNIT NINE 153
Warm-up 153
Text:The Most Important Day in My Life 153
Supplementary Readings:A．Signs of a Changing Season(Ⅰ) 164
B．Signs of a Changing Season(Ⅱ) 166
Text:How to Build a Body Part 171
Warm-up 171
UNIT TEN 171
Supplementary Readings:A．Embryos and Real Lives 182
B．Clone:Will There Be"Carbon Copy"People? 186
UNIT ELEVEN 191
Warm-up 191
Text:Etiquette 192
Supplementary Readings:A．American Classroom Customs 205
B．A World Guide to Good Manners 207
Text:Knowledge Management Is a Business Imperative 211
UNIT TWELVE 211
Warm-up 211
Supplementary Readings:A．The Muddle of MBAs 224
B．Keepers of the Dream 227
UNIT THIRTEEN 233
Warm-up 233
Text:Practical Psychology:Silent Speech 234
Supplementary Readings:A．Soundless Communication 246
B．You Are How You Wait:Queue Psychology 249
Text:Plagiarism Exposed at University 253
UNIT FOURTEEN 253
Warm-up 253
Supplementary Readings:A．In Praise of the F Word 267
B．How Can Asian Children Achieve So Much 270
UNIT FIFTEEN 273
Warm-up 273
Text:Genetic Studies Promise a Path to Better Treatment of Addictions 273
Supplementary Readings:A．Here's to Your Health 286
B．Health and Safety at Work 290