Unit 1 1
Text A-1 Alone in the Arctic Cold 1
Text A-2 Memories of Afghanistan 4
Text B-1 The Conquest of Mt.Jolmo Lungma 7
Text B-2 Buzz-bombs and Doodlebugs 10
Unit 2 15
Text A-1 Atomic Cars 15
Text A-2 Improving Industrial Efficiency Through Robotics 18
Text B-1 Maglev:A New Generation in Railroad Technology 21
Text B-2 Letters:Obsolete Technology 23
Unit 3 27
Text A-1 The Job Hunt:How to Start a Successful Career 27
Text A-2 A Tale of a Successful Student Job Seeker 30
Text B-1 What Makes a Good Job? 34
Text B-2 The Kind of Work Daddy Does 37
Unit 4 41
Text A-1 Is the World Flat? 41
Text A-2 The World Isn't Flat-It's Networked 44
Text B-1 The Jeaning of America and the World 48
Text B-2 Americans and Food 51
Unit 5 55
Text A-1 Fast-Food Nation:Meat and Potatoes 55
Text A-2 Doggie Bags 57
Text B-1 Ad Nation 61
Text B-2 It's All at the Mall 64
Unit 6 67
Text A-1 Karoshi 67
Text A-2 The Culture of "Lead Time" 69
Text B-1 Pace of Life 72
Text B-2 The Impact of Time 75
Unit 7 79
Text A-1 Looking Back at 9/11 79
Text A-2 My Memories of September 11,2001 82
Text B-1 The Worst Scare of My Life 85
Text B-2 Take Care,America 88
Unit 8 93
Text A-1 Grand Canyon Crowding 93
Text A-2 Ecotourism 96
Text B-1 Working Your Way Around the World 99
Text B-2 Jones Beach 102
Appendix 105
Key to Comprehension Exercises 105