第一单元 社会群体 1
Lesson One Boomers Can't Be Lumped into a Single Generation “婴儿潮”时期出生者不能笼统归为一代 1
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Lesson Two Mingling Bloodlines Isn't Answer 通婚不是消除种族隔阂之法 8
Lesson Three A Push for More Special Work Visas 争取更多特种职业签证的努力 16
第二单元 家庭婚姻 24
Lesson Four Deadbeat Parents Can't Run Away Now 赖账父母无法赖账 24
Lesson Five How Parents Can Help 家长如何帮助自己子女 31
Lesson Six Pregnancy No Longer Pushes Women to Wed 怀孕不再促使女性做出结婚选择 38
Lesson Seven Value Shift:Pragmatic Americans Accept Clinton's Flaws 价值观的改变：美国人原谅克林顿的错误 44
第三单元 信仰观念 44
Lesson Eight Finding the Path to Your Soul Mate 寻找心心相印伴侣之路 53
Lesson Nine Managing Your Career 如何选择职业 61
第四单元 政治体制 69
Lesson Ten Judge Rules Parties Can't Fund Issue Ads Entirely with“Soft Money” 法院裁决：政党不得全部使用“软资金”资助议题广告 69
Lesson Eleven The Blue-collar Blues 蓝领工人的忧伤 76
Lesson Twelve Social Security Meets Wall Street 社会保障资金投入股市流动 83
第五单元 企业经济 90
Lesson Thirteen Despite the Downsizing,Job Tenure Holds Steady 裁员现象未能影响劳力市场总体工作任期 90
Lesson Fourteen Motorola Girds for a Shakeup “摩托罗拉”公司准备重大调整 97
Lesson Fifteen We're for Hire,Just Click 网上群体自我拍卖，买主只需点击鼠标 105
第六单元 工作生活 116
Lesson Sixteen Junk Mail Invasion at the Speed of Light 垃圾邮件闪电速度入侵网络 116
Lesson Seventeen Slobs Seeking Jobs Don't Dress for Success 衣着过于随意，求职难于成功 124
Lesson Eighteen Living in America in 1999 美国人1999年生活状况 131
第七单元 社会问题 138
Lesson Nineteen The Naked Truth 脱衣舞行业存在的明显问题 138
Lesson Twenty Casinos Hit the Jackpot by Catering to theIncreasing Elderly 赌馆吸引老者，赚取大把钞票 145
Lesson Twenty-one Teens and Drugs 青少年吸毒问题 153
第八单元 司法治安 162
Lesson Twenty-two Hunt Intensifies for Rail-Riding Serial Killer 警方加紧搜捕连环杀手 162
Lesson Twenty-three Jury Rejects Rights Violation CIaim in Child Sex Ring Arrests 陪审团否决被告从事儿童性活动触犯民权的指控 170
Lesson Twenty-four Teen Convicted of Killing Mother 少男判定犯有杀母之罪 176
第九单元 卫生健康 182
Lesson Twenty-five Too Fat:55‰ in U．S． 美国超重者比率高达55‰ 182
Lesson Twenty-six Prescribed Killers 杀人的处方药品 190
Lesson Twenty-seven Mother of All Labours 七胎之母，受尽痛苦 196
第十单元 社会问题 203
Lesson Twenty-eight A Wonderful Day in the Cyber-neighborhood 网络社区渡过的愉快的一天 203
Lesson Twenty-nine Clues to Einstein's Genius 解开爱因斯坦天才之谜 209
Lesson Thirty Fake E-mail Brings Real Trouble 虚假内容邮件，惹出真的麻烦 216
Keys 222