Unit 1 THREATS ON LIFE 1
Lesson 1．Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 1
Lesson 2．Cholera Is Making a Comeback in Many Parts of the World 4
Unit 2 MYSTERIES IN ANIMAL WORLD 8
Lesson 1．New Evidence Supporting a Dinosaur Extinction Theory 8
Lesson 2．Migration 12
Unit 3 TRAVEL SAFER AND FASTER 16
Lesson 1．Making Plane Crash More Survivable 16
Lesson 2．MAGLEV:A New Generation in Railroad Technology 19
Unit 4 ROBOTS AND COMPUTERS 23
Lesson 1．Robots in Industry 23
Lesson 2．Computers in Government Agencies and Politics 27
Lesson 1．A Drug to Make Kids Grow Taller 31
Unit 5 PROS AND CONS IN MEDICINE 31
Lesson 2．Medicine and the Unborn 35
Unit 6 NEW STEPS IN LIFE SCIENCE 40
Lesson 1．“Genetic Finger-Printing”Finds Its Applications in Law Enforcement 40
Lesson 2．Growing Crops for the Future Through Bioengineering 44
Unit 7 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 48
Lesson 1．How to Be a Good Surgeon 48
Lesson 2．Dealing with a Nurse Shortage 51
Unit 8 BLACK WOMEN AND AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS 55
Lesson 1．Rosa Parks 55
Lesson 2．Harriet Tubman 59
Unit 9 RELAX AND LEARN IN SPORTS 63
Lesson 1．Running for Fitness and Fun 63
Lesson 2．America s National Pastime 67
Lesson 1．Getting Ready for the Jobs in the Future 72
Unit 10 PEOPLE AND JOBS 72
Lesson 2．The Effects of Unemployment 76
Unit 11 CULTURAL DIVERSITIES 80
Lesson 1．Differences in Two Lives 80
Lesson 2．Cultural Differences in Nonverbal Communication:The United States and Japan 83
Unit 12 CONQUER YOURSELVES 87
Lesson 1．Conquering Speaking Anxieties 87
Lesson 2．The Misery of Shyness 90
Unit 13 BETWEEN COUPLES 94
Lesson 1．The Confessions of a Househusband 94
Lesson 2．Why Couples Really Fight 97
Unit 14 IN THE LIBRARY 101
Lesson 1．Some Library Services 101
Lesson 2．Catalog Cards in the Library 105
Unit 15 SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 109
Lesson 1．Lectures and Note-taking 109
Lesson 2．Second Language Learning 112
Unit 16 THOSE WHO MADE HISTORY 116
Lesson 1．Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 116
Lesson 2．Frank Lloyd Wright:American Architect 120
Unit 17 FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE USA 124
Lesson 1．English Evaluation of Foreign Teaching Assistants 124
Lesson 2．International Center 127
Unit 18 MELAB SAMPLE LISTENING TESTS 131
Lesson 1．Test One 131
Lesson 2．Test Two 137
Lesson 1．Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 144
TAPESCRIPTS TO THE EXERCISES 144
Unit 1 THREATS ON LIFE 144
Lesson 2．Cholera Is Making a Comeback in Many Parts of The World 147
Unit 2 MYSTERIES IN ANIMAL WORLD 150
Lesson 1．New Evidence Supporting a Dinosaur Extinction Theory 150
Lesson 2．Migration 153
Unit 3 TRAVEL SAFER AND FASTER 157
Lesson 1．Making Plane Crash More Survivable 157
Lesson 2．MAGLEV:A New Generation in Railroad Technology 160
Unit 4 ROBOTS AND COMPUTERS 163
Lesson1．Robots in Industry 163
Lesson2．Computers in Government Agencies and Politics 166
Unit 5 PROS AND CONS IN MEDICINE 170
Lesson1．A Drug to Make Kids Grow Taller 170
Lesson2．Medicine and the Unborn 173
Unit 6 NEW STEPS IN LIFE SCIENCE 177
Lesson1．“Genetic Finger-Printing”Finds Its Applications in Law Enforcement 177
Lesson2．Growing Crops for the Future Through Bioengineering 180
Unit 7 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 184
Lesson1．How to Be a Good Surgeon 184
Lesson2．Dealing with a Nurse Shortage 188
Unit 8 BLACK WOMEN AND AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS 193
Lesson1．Rosa Parks 193
Lesson2．Harrier Tubman 197
Unit 9 RELAX AND LEARN IN SPORTS 201
Lesson1．Running for Fitness and Fun 201
Lesson2．America s National Pastime 205
Lesson1．Getting Ready for the Jobs in the Future 210
Unit 10 PEOPLE AND JOBS 210
Lesson2．The Effects of Unemployment 215
Unit 11 CULTURAL DIVERSITIES 220
Lesson1．Differences in Two Lives 220
Lesson2．Cultural Differences in Nonverbal Communication:The United States and Japan 224
Unit 12 CONQUER YOURSELVES 229
Lesson1．Conquering Speaking Anxieties 229
Lesson2．The Misery of Shyness 233
Unit 13 BETWEEN COUPLES 238
Lesson1．The Confessions of a Househusband 238
Lesson2．Why Couples Really Fight 242
Unit 14 IN THE LIBRARY 247
Lesson1．Some Library Services 247
Lesson2．Catalog Cards in the Library 252
Unit 15 SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 257
Lesson1．Lectures and Note-taking 257
Lesson2．Second Language Learning 261
Unit 16 THOSE WHO MADE HISTORY 266
Lesson1．Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 266
Lesson2．Frank Lloyd Wright:American Architect 270
Unit 17 FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE USA 274
Lesson1．English Evaluation of Foreign Teaching Assistants 274
Lesson2．International Center 277
Unit 18 MELAB SAMPLE LISTENING TESTS 281
Lesson1．Test One 281
Lesson2．Test Two 286