目录 1
UNIT ONE ON BUSINESS 1
Passage One Foreign Investment 1
Passage Two On Leadership 3
Passage Three Advertisement 6
Passage Four Big Company VS．Small Company 9
Passage Five Colleagues ＆ Teamwork 11
Passage One E-Education 14
UNIT TWO ON EDUCATION 14
Passage Two Lifelong Education 16
Passage Three Book Knowledge VS．Practical Experience 18
Passage Four On Tuition 20
Passage Five Learning with a Teacher 23
UNIT THREE ON ENVIRONMENT 26
Passage One Environment VS．Economy 26
Passage Two Dangers of Air Conditioning 28
Passage Three Endangered Species 30
Passage Four Car Pollution 33
Passage Five The Greenhouse Effect 35
UNIT FOUR ON TECHNOLOGY 38
Passage One Computers 38
Passage Two Internet 40
Passage Three Genetically Modified Food 43
Passage Four Technology Creates or Solves Problems？ 45
Passage Five E-mails 47
UNIT FIVE ON CRIME 50
Passage One Fake Commodity 50
Passage Two Cyber Crimes 52
Passage Three Juvenile Delinquency 55
Passage Four Fighting Against Corruption 57
Passage Five Pirated Books 59
UNIT SlX ON CULTURE 62
Passage One Pursuing the Material or the Spiritual？ 62
Passage Two Fashion 64
Passage Three Traditional Food VS．Fast Food 66
Passage Four Film VS．TV 68
Passage Five Sports Events Create Goodwill or Tension？ 71
Passage One Health or Wealth 74
UNIT SEVEN ON HEALTH． 74
Passage Two Drugs Should Not Be Legalized 76
Passage Three The Importance of Physical Exercises 78
Passage Four Thoughts on Idleness 81
Passage Five How to Keep Your Health 83
UNIT EIGHT ON JOB 86
Passage One Job-hopping 86
Passage Two Cooperation VS．Competition 88
Passage Three Part-time Job 90
Passage Four Unemployment 93
Passage Five Interview for a Job 95
UNIT NINE ON GOVERNMENT 98
Passage One Spending Money on the Earth 98
Passage Two A Better Life for Senior Citizens 101
Passage Three Controlling Private Cars 103
Passage Four How to Solve the Housing Problem 105
Passage Five Fireworks or Not？ 107
Passage One Losing Weight 110
UNIT TEN ON LEISURE TIME 110
Passage Two Volunteering 112
Passage Three Spending Time Outdoors 114
Passage Four The Influence of TV 116
Passage Five Pleasure of Reading 118
UNIT ELEVEN ON ECONOMY 121
Passage One Development of West China 121
Passage Two Tourism 123
Passage Three China's Entry into WTO 125
Passage Four Olympics ＆Economy 128
Passage Five Holiday Economy 130
UNIT TWELVE ON SOCIAL LIFE 133
Passage One On Mobile Phones 133
Passage Two Smoking in Public Places 135
Passage Three Lottery 138
Passage Four On-line Shopping 140
Passage Five Fake Diplomas Certificates 142
附录一 议论文常用句型 145
附录二 写作常用谚语、格言、俗语 153