Unit 1 Human-based Strategy 1
Text A Successful Organizations Put People First 2
Text B Designing Cities for People 14
Unit 2 Higher Education 22
Text A The Long-Haul Degree 23
Text B Britain's Universities:Funding Excellence 36
Unit 3 Cyberspace Network 43
Text A Battling the Cyber Warmongers 44
Text B Worldwide Mush 56
Unit 4 Love and Marriage 63
Text A Are Love and Marriage like a Horse and Carriage? 64
Text B I Don't—The Case against Marriage 76
Unit 5 Medicine and Illness 83
Text A One Year Later:5 Lessons from the H1N1 Pandemic 84
Text B Internet Addiction Guide 96
Unit 6 Famous Speeches 103
Text A Presidential Election Victory Speech 104
Text B The End of the Beginning 116
Unit 7 Space Travel 123
Text A The Hazards of Space Travel 124
Text B In Memoriam:The Mars lander's legacy 136
Unit 8 Housing Problem 142
Text A The United States Housing Bubble 143
Text B Impact of the US Credit Crunch and Housing Market Crisis on China 157
Unit 9 Global Warming 165
Text A Mopping Up the CO2 Deluge 166
Text B Has"Climategate"Been Overblown? 178
Unit 10 Business and Finance 186
Text A Keeping Your Business Plan Flexible 187
Text B New York and London:Twins in Finance and Folly 199
Unit 11 Literature and Arts 206
Text A The Golden Notebook 207
Text B Young Goodman Brown 219
Unit 12 Public Security 226
Text A Terrorized by"War on Terror" 227
Text B All the News That's Fit to Leak 240
Glossary 247