UNIT 1 GLOBAL ECONOMY 1
Text： Global Fears of a Recession Grow Stronger 2
Extensive Reading： The U. S. Financial Crisis Is Spreading to Europe 9
UNIT 2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE 14
Text： Deals That Were Doomed from the Start： A Look Back 15
Extensive Reading： Mailing Our Way to Solvency 23
UNIT 3 INVESTMENT 26
Text： New Regulations Sure to Accompany Bailout 27
Extensive Reading： Global Stocks： Should You Pull Out？ 34
UNIT 4 MANAGEMENT 38
Text： Up From the Rubble： Post-Recession Planning 39
Extensive Reading： Why limiting CEO Pay is a Good Idea 47
UNIT 5 MARKETING STRATEGY 50
Text： How Small Stores Can Lure Holiday Shoppers 51
Extensive Reading： Small Name in TVs Has Big Plans 57
UNIT 6 MODERN TECHNOLOGY 59
Text： A Home Network Where Your TV Talks to Your Fridge 60
Extensive Reading： Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers 68
UNIT 7 MODERN SCIENCE 74
Text： China Launches Space walk Mission 75
Extensive Reading： Mars Weather Forecast： Snow 82
UNIT 8 WORLD POLITICS 84
Text： Mistrust and Hostility Between Two Koreas Shapes Life on an Island 86
Extensive Reading： Envoy Pushes to Save Deal on Disarming North Korea 93
UNIT 9 TERRORISM 95
Text： Confronting Taliban， Pakistan Finds Itself at War 96
Extensive Reading： Terrorists and Spies， Weaving Their Webs 102
UNIT 10 SOCIAL LIFE 106
Text： In ‘Sweetie’ and ‘Dear’， a Hurt for the Elderly 107
Extensive Reading： Animal restaurant in Los Angeles 112
UNIT 11 WORLD ENVIRONMENT 117
Text： New Coast Guard Task in Arctic’s Warming Seas 118
Extensive Reading： The Top 20 Effects of Global warming 124
UNIT 12 HEALTH 128
Text： Are Bad Times Healthy？ 129
Extensive Reading： Fan in Room Seems to Cut Infants’ Risk of Crib Death 134
UNIT 13 LANGUAGE FEATURES 136
附录 外刊网址 145