Unit 1 1
Passage A：Promise of Bluebirds 2
Passage B：My Father Gave Me Life Twice 8
Passage C：Dad's Orange Tree 13
Unit 2 19
Passage A：Want to Live 100 Years？Eat Bulgarian Yoghurt 20
Passage B：Easy Ways to Stay Fit for Life 25
Passage C：How I Lost Four Ounces in Three Weeks 30
Unit 3 35
Passage A：Hopping to Harvard 36
Passage B：Stop! Do Not Turn the Page! 41
Passage C：All the Right Questions 46
Unit 4 51
Passage A：Barbie's Effects on American Suburban Culture 52
Passage B：Waking Up from the American Dream 58
Passage C：Arnold Schwarzenegger 62
Unit 5 67
Passage A：J．K．Rowling Read Unfinished Book to Dying Girl 68
Passage B：A Harder,Better Goodbye 73
Passage C：The Holiday That Changed Everything 78
Unit 6 83
Passage A：Bottled Water：Pouring Resources down the Drain 84
Passage B：Pollution Is a Dirty Word 89
Passage C：The Fading Milky Way 94
Unit 7 99
Passage A：Heroes for Today 100
Passage B：Network Designer：Tim Berners-Lee 107
Passage C：The Man Who Saved Your Life—Maurice R．Hilleman 112
Unit 8 117
Passage A：Cloning 118
Passage B：Building Brand New Kidneys 123
Passage C：The Man Who Will Clone Our Cells 128
Unit 9 133
Passage A：One＋One Makes a Family 134
Passage B：My Life as a Househusband 139
Passage C：21st Century Housewives：At Home and Proud of It 144
Unit 10 149
Passage A：Friendship—A Balancing Act 150
Passage B：Face Value 155
Passage C：Friends for Life 160
Key 165