目录 1
Unit 1 MACHINES AND THE MODERN WORLD机器和现代世界 1
Lesson 1 Machines in the City城市里的机器 1
Lesson 2 Machines on the Farm农场里的机器 33
Lesson 3 The Ultimate Machine:The Electronic Computer 60
尖端机器：电子计算机 60
Unit 2 TRANSPORTATION运输 84
Lesson 4 America on Wheels汽车与美国 84
Lesson 5 BART:An Automated Answer to the problems of Urban Transportation巴特：城市的自动化交通系统 113
Lesson 6 Airplanes:Yesterday,Today,and To-morrow飞机的今昔与未来 139
Lesson 7 Travel in Space:To the Moon and Beyond宇宙航行：遨游月球与太空 164
Lesson 8 Television:The Modern Wonder of Elec-tronics电视：电子技术的新奇迹 188
Unit 3 COMMUNICATION通信 188
Lesson 9 The Telephone of Today——and Tomorrow电话的今天和明天 219
Lesson 10 Communications Satellites通信卫星 251
Unit 4 BREAKTHROUGHS IN MEDICINE医学上的突破 274
Lesson 11 The Search for New Drugs探求新药 274
Lesson 12 The Heart Laid Open:Open-Heart Surgery打开心脏：心脏直视手术 304
Lesson 13 The Spape of Things to Come:The New Doctor孕育着的新事物：新式医生 336
Unit 5 OUR CHANGING LANDSCAPE日新月异的景象 360
Lesson 14 The Land and Its Limits 366
土地及其限度 366
Lesson 15 Urban Renewal or Suburban Sprawl？是更新市区还是扩展郊区？ 404
Lesson 16 Planned Cities规划的城市 430
Lesson 17 Tokyo Goes Underground东京向地下发展 459