Unit One Sports and Beyond 2
Reading Selection 1 Ronaldo's Sweetest Vindication 2
Reading Selection 2 Oliver Kahn Wins Adidas Golden Ball Award for the 2002 FIFA World CupTM 10
Reading Selection 3 When Is It Gamesmanship and When Is It Cheating? 15
Reading Selection 4 Joint Hosts Look for World Cup Silver Lining 21
Reading Selection 5 Women Like Beckham Because He's a Good Husband and Father and Because He's Cool Enough to Pose for Gay Photos...and They Like His God-given Gorgeousness 27
Unit Two Pros and Cons of Advertisements 33
Reading Selection 1 Heinz History of Advertising Heinz Milestones 33
Reading Selection 2 Film Icons Blamed for Teenage Smoking 38
Reading Selection 3 Tobacco Industry Still Advertises in Magazines Read by Youth 42
Reading Selection 4 New"No Boundaries"Ad Campaign 49
Reading Selection 5 Advertisements Built Ford Tough 53
Reading Selection 6 The Myth of Consumerism 58
Unit Three Destruction Inflicted by Human Beings on Nature 67
Reading Selection 1 Beijing's Desert Storm 67
Reading Selection 2 Deforestation 76
Reading Selection 3 The Importance of Protecting Wildlife 83
Reading Selection 4 World Facing Critical Choices on Environment 92
Unit Four Gap Between Rich and Poor 97
Reading Selection 1 China's Income Disparity Grows 97
Reading Selection 2 How Wide Is the Gap of China's Individual Income? 101
Reading Selection 3 Income Gap Still Widening,Warns Former Clinton Aide 105
Reading Selection 4 Twin Peaks:How the World Is Polarizing Into Rich and Poor 109
Reading Selection 5 Gap Between Rich and Poor(Ⅰ)—General Picture and Facts 114
Reading Selection 6 Gap Between Rich and Poor(Ⅱ)—Reasons and Solutions 123
Unit Five Women and Children 129
Reading Selection 1 The Bitter Taste of Chocolate:Child Labour in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana 129
Reading Selection 2 Golden Lilies 138
Reading Selection 3 Focus on Women Emerging From the Shadow of the Taliban 144
Reading Selection 4 Egyptian Women 150
Unit Six Family Structure and Family Affairs 156
Reading Selection 1 Divorce Trending to Rise in China 156
Reading Selection 2 Changes in Family Structure Have Had Dramatic Effects on Measured Income,and Income Inequality 159
Reading Selection 3 Family Size,Environment May Increase Alzheimer's Risk,Study Says 163
Reading Selection 4 Student Performance and the Changing American Family 166
Reading Selection 5 My Life,My Choice 172
Reading Selection 6 Single and Satisfied 179
Unit Seven GM-Foods vs Ethics 188
Reading Selection 1 Britain Is Missing the Biotech Boat,Warns Glaxo Head 188
Reading Selection 2 Sowing the Seeds of a Better Future 192
Reading Selection 3 GM Food Ban Would Undermine British Science,Says Blair 197
Reading Selection 4 New Trade Threat for US Farmers 201
Reading Selection 5 Experts Debate Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods 210
Reading Selection 6 Public Opinion and Genetically Engineered Foods 215
Reading Selection 7 Trade War Fear as Public Resists GM Foods 223
Unit Eight Human Cloning 228
Reading Selection 1 To Clone or Not to Clone Humans 228
Reading Selection 2 Therapeutic Cloning,to Create Human Organs 232
Reading Selection 3 Action Alert:US Senate to Debate Human Cloning 236
Reading Selection 4 Cloning Humans 240
Reading Selection 5 Chinese"First"in World Race on Cloning 244
Reading Selection 6 Consumer Conception 249
Unit Ning Cyberenlture 255
Reading Selection 1 The Impact of Cyberculture 255
Reading Selection 2 Internet Addiction 259
Reading Selection 3 Artificial Intelligence 263
Reading Selection 4 E-book and E-mail 267
Reading Selection 5 IT Security 271
Reading Selection 6 E-shopping 275
Unit Ten Body Language 281
Reading Selection 1 Body Language 281
Reading Selection 2 The Body Language of Proxemics 284
Reading Selection 3 The Silent Language 288
Reading Selection 4 Gestures—Nonverbal Communication 292
Reading Selection 5 Body Language in an Interviewing Situation(Ⅰ) 296
Reading Selection 6 Body Language in an Interviewing Situation(Ⅱ) 301
Unit Eleven Cross-cultural Communication 306
Reading Selection 1 Coming Home—Get Set for a Culture Shock 306
Reading Selection 2 Christmas Traditions Around the World 310
Reading Selection 3 Films as a Tool for Learning About Culture 314
Reading Selection 4 Wrap up Your Visit With the Perfect Gift 317
Reading Selection 5 Culture Clash 323
Reading Selection 6 The Unfenced Life,Under the Celestial Mountains 334
Unit Twelve Eastern and Western Culture 341
Reading Selection 1 Culture Difference 341
Reading Selection 2 Culture Clash 345
Reading Selection 3 The Difference Between Eastern and Western Culture,and International Marriage 349
Reading Selection 4 How Various People of the World View Americans 353
Reading Selection 5 Terrorist Attacks 357
References 362