Unit One Foreign Culture 异域风情 1
Passage 1 The Oldest City on Earth 1
Passage 2 Christmas in New Zealand 8
Passage 3 New York’s Chinatown 11
Passage 4 The Dolphin That Came to Stay 14
Unit Two Environment 环境家园 18
Passage 1 How Trees Are Killing Our Rivers 18
Passage 2 Fiddling While the World Burns 24
Passage 3 Citizens Can Do Something about Climate Change 27
Passage 4 Trashed Tech：Where Do Old Cell Phones，TVs and PCs Go to Die？ 30
Unit Three Economy 经济视野 34
Passage 1 China’s Booming Economy：Do the Risks Outweigh the Opportunities？ 34
Passage 2 A Global Love Affair 39
Passage 3 Go Ahead and Save.Let the Government Spend 42
Passage 4 Stimulus Plan Places New Limits on Wall St.Bonuses 45
Unit Four Computer and Internet 网络传媒 49
Passage 1 The Keyboard Kids 49
Passage 2 Meet the Chipsons 54
Passage 3 Digital Pirates Winning Battle with Studios 58
Passage 4 Not Everyone Is Cheering as Wi-Fi Takes to the Air 62
Unit Five Medicine 医药健康 66
Passage 1 The Sleep Cure 66
Passage 2 Lifting the Curtain on Depression 73
Passage 3 AIDS：What It Is Not 76
Passage 4 Why People Get Sick 80
Unit Six Social Issues 社会长廊 83
Passage 1 The“Thrill”of Theft 83
Passage 2 Latent Corruption and Bribery in the U.S 89
Passage 3 Alcohol’s TV Flirtation More than a Threat 93
Passage 4 Bringing Up Adolescents 97
Unit Seven Sports 体育世界 103
Passage 1 A National Undertaking—Sports 103
Passage 2 China’s Olympics（Ⅰ） 109
Passage 3 China’s Olympics（Ⅱ） 113
Passage 4 Soccer Gets Sexy 116
Unit Eight Entertainment 休闲娱乐 120
Passage 1 Girls Just Wanna Have Guns 120
Passage 2 The Biggest Summer 126
Passage 3 Channel Surfing 130
Passage 4 Bullfighting in Spain 133
Unit Nine Literature 文学欣赏 137
Passage 1 Harry Potter：The End Is Here 137
Passage 2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows（CHAPTERXV）The Goblin’s Revenge 143
Passage 3 Review on A Farewell to Arms 147
Passage 4 A Farewell to Arms（CHAPTERXLI） 151
Unit Ten Biology 生物掠影 156
Passage 1 The Biotech Century—Playing Ecological Roulette with Mother Nature’s Designs 156
Passage 2 Larks and Owls：The Inner Clock That Rules Our Lives 163
Passage 3 Here，Kitty，Kitty 167
Passage 4 Does Biodiversity Matter？ 171
Unit Eleven History and Civilization 历史管窥 176
Passage 1 Napoleonic Europe—1799-1815 176
Passage 2 Rise of Civilizations and Empires 185
Passage 3 The Crusades 189
Passage 4 Elizabethan Age 192
Unit Twelve Education 教育天地 198
Passage 1 The Aims of Education 198
Passage 2 Head Start 204
Passage 3 Test Drive 209
Passage 4 Private School under Siege 213
Unit Thirteen Great Names 风云人物 218
Passage 1 Little Sister of the Poor 218
Passage 2 Julius Caesar 225
Passage 3 Dr.Carl G.Jung：Pioneer in Analytic Psychology 229
Passage 4 The Kennedy Family and Classical Themes 234
Unit Fourteen Archaeology 考古寻秘 239
Passage 1 Discovering the New Rome 239
Passage 2 The Treasures of King Tut’s Tomb 246
Passage 3 The Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy：Fact or Fiction？ 250
Passage 4 Turning Points：Maya Archeology Comes of Age 254
Unit Fifteen Space and Discovery 宇宙探索 259
Passage 1 The Sun—Living with a Stormy Star 259
Passage 2 The New History of Black Holes：Co-evolution Dramatically Alters Dark Reputation 265
Passage 3 Exotic Earths 268
Passage 4 Auroras：What Powers the Greatest Light Show on Earth？ 271
Unit Sixteen Philosophy 哲学经典 276
Passage 1 Nietzsche 276
Passage 2 Plato 284
Passage 3 Hegel 289
Passage 4 Existentialism and Sartre 292
Keys to Exercises 练习答案 297
References 319