Unit 1 World News:Up in SpacePart Ⅰ Warming up 1
Part Ⅱ News reports 7
Part Ⅲ China's space and aeronautics industry 18
Part Ⅳ Mir—Russia's space glory 24
Unit 2 World News:International RelationsPart Ⅰ Warming up 31
Part Ⅱ News reports 38
Part Ⅲ Speeches 46
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 51
Unit 3 World News:Economic DevelopmentsPart Ⅰ Warming up 54
Part Ⅱ News reports 62
Part Ⅲ China and WTO 71
Part Ⅳ UN business conference 76
Unit 4 World News:Earth and EnvironmentPart Ⅰ Warming up 82
Part Ⅱ News reports 89
Part Ⅲ City recycling 98
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 105
Unit 5 Health and MedicinePart Ⅰ Warming up 108
Part Ⅱ Frankenstein food or food to feed the world? 119
Part Ⅲ Medical emergency 911 127
Part Ⅳ Doctors on the Internet 133
Unit 6 Science and TechnologyPart Ⅰ Warming up 139
Part Ⅱ Latest breakthroughs in technology 147
Part Ⅲ Nobel prize winners in physics and chemistry 153
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 159
Unit 7 Communications(Ⅰ)Part Ⅰ Warming up 161
Part Ⅱ The Internet 168
Part Ⅲ Digital McLuhan 175
Part Ⅳ Beware hackers! 179
Unit 8 Communications(Ⅱ)Part Ⅰ Warming up 186
Part Ⅱ Experience with telephones 194
Part Ⅲ The future of the phone 200
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 205
Unit 9 ArchitecturePart Ⅰ Warming up 207
Part Ⅱ Eco-conscious construction 215
Part Ⅲ Tomorrow's house 226
Part Ⅳ Housing problems 232
Unit 10 TourismPart Ⅰ Warming up 237
Part Ⅱ Tourism in Europe 242
Part Ⅲ Pole to Pole 2000 249
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 255
Unit 11 Transportation(Ⅰ)Part Ⅰ Warming up 257
Part Ⅱ Cross the Channel 264
Part Ⅲ Concorde:past and future 268
Part Ⅳ Southwest 280
Unit 12 Transportation(Ⅱ)Part Ⅰ Warming up 287
Part Ⅱ Parking in Tokyo 294
Part Ⅲ The new trends of automobiles 299
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 311