Unit1 1
Text A The Ten Commandments of PC Security 1
Text B The Family Room Goes Digital—A Place to Watch Your Own Media 9
Unit2 16
Text A The War on Drugs in Sport 16
Text B The Olympic Games 24
Unit3 31
Text A Can People Go to Mars? 31
Text B Plastic Spaceships 38
Unit4 44
Text A Ethical Dangers of Genetic Engineering 44
Text B The Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly 52
Unit5 57
Text A Stealing Managers from the Big Boys 57
Text B Statement by Shi Guangsheng,Head of the Chinese Delegation,at the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the WTO 65
Unit6 72
Text A The Media's Development and Its Influence in the United States 72
Text B Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television 79
Unit7 91
Text A When War Is in the News 85
Text B Talking to Children about Terrorism and Armed Conflict 91
Unit8 98
Text A Tips ＆ Tricks of Saving Energy 98
Text B New Technologies Help California Cope with Energy Crisis 104
Unit9 109
Text A Chinese,Americans Truly See Differently 109
Text B The New Culture War 114
Unit10 119
Text A What Is Fashion? 119
Text B Product Design 126
Unit 11
Text A Wastewater 132
Text B Hudson River Cleanup Ordered 139
Unit12 151
Text A Folk Music 145
Text B Can Music Raise Kids' IQs? 151
Unit13 155
Text A Rights of Education Carry Responsibilities to Do Good 155
Text B Educational Attitudes 161
Unit14 166
Text A Alfred Nobel—His Life and Work 166
Text B "A Whisper of Aids" 173
Unit15 178
Text A Science and Religion Share Fascination in Things Unseen 178
Text B Basic and Applied Research 185
Unit16 192
Text A Hospice Care 192
Text B All Kinds of Love:Experiencing Hospice 198
Keys to Exercises 203
Glossary 219