UNIT ONE 1
Warm-up 1
Text:The Most Important Day in My Life 1
Supplementary Readings 14
A. Signs of a Changing Season(Ⅰ) 14
B. Signs of a Changing Season(Ⅱ) 16
UNIT TWO 20
Warm-up 20
Text:Managers for the Twenty-First Century 20
A. The Muddle of MBAs 33
Supplementary Readings 33
B. Keepers of the Dream 37
UNIT THREE 42
Warm-up 42
Text:Oceans of sand 42
Supplementary Readings 54
A. Desert 54
B. Moles Are Happy as Homes Go Underground 56
UNIT FOUR 61
Warm-up 61
Text:Three Kinds of Fatigue 61
A. The Breath of Life(Ⅰ) 73
Supplementary Readings 73
B. The Breath of Life(Ⅱ) 77
UNIT FIVE 81
Warm-up 81
Text:Bringing up Children 81
Supplementary Readings 94
A. Let Children Learn to Judge Their Own Work 94
B. Five Parenting Styles 96
Warm-up 101
Text: How Service Experiences Affect Students 101
UNIT SIX 101
Supplementary Readings 112
A. The Future of the Universities 112
B. Education Does Count 116
UNIT SEVEN 119
Warm-up 119
Text:Reassessment of Technology 119
Supplementary Readings 129
A. UK Joins Fight for IT Workers 129
B. The History of Space Observation and Travel 132
Warm-up 136
Text:How Trees Are Killing Our Rivers 136
UNIT EIGHT 136
Supplementary Readings 147
A. A Fable for Tomorrow 147
B. Lightning in the Mountains 151
UNIT NINE 155
Warm-up 155
Text:The Piece of String 155
Supplementary Readings 170
A. A Pound of Butter 170
B. Brave Ballerina 174
Text:How to Build a Body Part 180
Warm-up 180
UNIT TEN 180
Supplementary Readings 191
A. Embryos and Real Lives 191
B. Clone:Will There Be“Carbon Copy”People? 196
UNIT ELEVEN 201
Warm-up 201
Text:Etiquette 202
Supplementary Readings 215
A. American Classroom Customs 215
B. A World Guide to Good Manners 219
Text:Online-and in Fashion 222
UNIT TWELVE 222
Warm-up 222
Supplementary Readings 234
A. Tim Berners-Lee(Ⅰ) 234
B. Tim Berners-Lee(Ⅱ) 237
UNIT THIRTEEN 240
Warm-up 240
Text:Practical Psychology:Silent Speech 241
Supplementary Readings 254
A. Soundless Communication 254
B. You Are How You Wait:Queue Psychology 258
Text:Plagiarism Exposed at University 261
UNIT FOURTEEN 261
Warm-up 261
Supplementary Readings 275
A. In Praise of the F Word 275
B. How Can Asian Children Achieve So Much 279
UNIT FlFTEEN 283
Warm-up 283
Text:“Death Cigarettes?You Must Be Joking!” 283
Supplementary Readings 294
A. Here s to Your Health 294
B. Health and Safety at Work 299