Contents 1
Unit One 1
1．Words－Same，Similar，Different？ 1
2．English as a Universal Language 6
Unit Two 14
1．Peoples of the World 14
2．The Seven Gifts 19
1．That“Other Woman”in My Life 24
Unit Three 24
2．Why I Want a Wife 28
Unit Four 33
1．The Bright Student and the Dull Student 33
2．Words Can Give You Power 37
Unit Five 41
1．The Olympics 41
2．Job Volunteers 46
Unit Six 50
1．The Date Father Didn’t Keep 50
2．Love Beyond the Grave？ 55
Unit Seven 60
1．Our Crazy Language 60
2．Coined Any New Words Lately？ 64
Unit Eight 69
1．The Voices of Time 69
2．Western Manners 74
Unit Nine 81
2．For or Against Smoking in Public Places 87
1．Bill Gates：Prince of Programmers 92
Unit Ten 92
2．Mv Advice to Students：Education Counts 95
Unit Eleven 100
1．The Risks of Life 100
2．Walking－Nature’s Perfect Medicine 105
Unit Twelve 110
1．The United Nations：The World in One Building 110
2．Hobbies 116
Unit Thirteen 122
1．Alfred Nobel－a Man of Contrasts 122
2．Socrates 129
Unit Fourteen 134
1．Planet’s Population Growing Ever Faster 134
2．The Population Problem：Everybody’s Baby 138
Unit Fifteen 143
1．Things I Learned From Dad 143
2．“Dad，Why Did You Do It？” 148
Unit Sixteen 154
1．The Overseas Chinese 154
2．Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt 159
Unit Seventeen 165
1．How to Saw a Woman in Half－and“Mend”Her Again 165
2．The Dead Dolphin Mystery 169
Unit Eighteen 173
1．The Garden of Eden 173
2．The Boat of Noah 178
Unit Nineteen 184
1．The Secrets of Good Health 184
2．Are Mobile Phones Good for Your Health？ 190
1．Bridging Cultural Gaps Gracefully 195
Unit Twenty 195
2．Good Manners，Good Business 201
Unit Twenty-one 205
1．Flying Objects 205
2．The Bermuda Triangle 212
Unit Twenty-two 219
1．Calling for Equality with Men 219
2．Creative Justice 225
1．Producing a“Global Village” 232
Unit Twenty-three 232
2．Internet and Education 237
Unit Twenty-four 241
1．Cambridge－A University Town 241
2．Oxford University 247
Unit Twenty-five 253
1．What Advertising Does to Us 253
2．The Victim 259
Key to Exercises 264
Glossary 316
Bibliography 355