CONTENTS 1
Unit 1 English Studies and Tests 英语学习与测试 1
Passage 1 Same Language,Different Meanings 相同的语言,不同的含义 1
Passage 2 Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner? 猜猜谁不会来吃饭 7
Unit 2 Art of Negotiations 谈判的艺术 15
Passage 1 Art of Negotiation 谈判的艺术 15
Passage 2 Watch That First Step 走好第一步 23
Unit 3 DNA and Cloning DNA与克隆 33
Passage 1 To Clone or Not to Clone 克隆还是不克隆 33
Passage 2 Should We Fear Dolly? 我们应该害怕多莉吗? 40
Unit 4 The IT Age IT时代 49
Passage 1 Reach Out and TOUCH Someone Online 伸出手去在网上触摸他人 49
Passage 2 The Meaning of Life? 生命的意义是什么? 55
Unit 5 Internet and Life 互联网与生活 63
Passage 1 The Internet Made Me... 因特网使我 63
Passage 2 Buzzword:Globalization 时髦词:全球化 70
Unit 6 Studying Overseas 留学海外 77
Passage 1 Return to Home Country:A Thirty Year Perspective from Nigeria 回到祖国:尼日利亚30年生活回顾 77
Passage 2 Returned Scholar-Run Businesses Promote Hi-Tech 归国学者办企业,促进高科技发展 84
Unit 7 Art in Engineering 工程设计中的艺术 91
Passage 1 What Rhymes with Engineers? 什么与工程师合拍? 91
Passage 2 Right or Wrong? 是对还是错 96
Unit 8 Environment 环境 105
Passage 1 Shrinking Water Supply Poses Threat to Peace 水源的减少将对和平造成威胁 105
Passage 2 Save the Plankton 拯救浮游生物 112
Unit 9 Cultural Differences and Business Management 文化差异与企业管理 121
Passage 1 Cultural Differences and Doing Business in Europe and Japan 文化差异与欧日生意经 121
Passage 2 Don't Cry for New Economy 别为新经济哭泣 127
Unit 10 Copyright Fake Commodity Issues 有关版权与假冒商品的争议 135
Passage 1 Is Piracy as Bad as It Sounds? 盗版真的像听起来的那么糟糕吗? 135
Passage 2 Senator“Fritz”Wants Your Bits 参议员福里兹想要你的那一份 141