Unit 56 Tightwad into 1992 1
Unit 57 Loose Rung on the Yuppy Ladder 6
Unit 58 New Phones More Difficult for FBI Wiretaps 11
Unit 59 Revenge of the Vertically Advantaged 16
Unit 60 Europe Set to Win the 21st Century (Ⅰ) 21
Unit 61 Europe Set to Win the 21st Century (Ⅱ) 26
Unit 62 Russia's Talent Drain Is West's Brain Gain 32
Unit 63 What's Right with Russia 38
Unit 64 The Good Life Was Just Too Good to Last 44
Unit 65 Less Pain, More Gain 50
Unit 66 Where There's Smoke 56
Unit 67 Death of the Career (Ⅰ) 62
Unit 68 Death of the Career (Ⅱ) 67
Unit 69 My Son the PhD. 73
Unit 70 Counting Your Blessings 78
Unit 71 The Teacher and the Terrorist 84
Unit 72 Getting Inside Rover's Mind 92
Unit 73 Why Past Is Past (Ⅰ) 98
Unit 74 Why Past Is Past (Ⅱ) 104
Unit 75 Forging Childhood Memories 109
Unit 76 Must American Menus Be Bland and Boring? (Ⅰ) 115
Unit 77 Must American Menus Be Bland and Boring? (Ⅱ) 121
Unit 78 Top German Genes Scientist Raises Spectre of Nazism 126
Unit 79 A Tree's DNA Solves a Crime 132
Unit 80 Yuppies and the Servant Problem (Ⅰ) 137
Unit 81 Yuppies and the Servant Problem (Ⅱ) 142
Unit 82 A Surplus of Scientists, But Where Are the Jobs? 148
Unit 83 Fear Is the Key in Today's Uncivil Cities (Ⅰ) 153
Unit 84 Fear Is the Key in Today's Uncivil Cities (Ⅱ) 158
Unit 85 Fear Is the Key in Today's Uncivil Cities (Ⅲ) 164
Unit 86 America Can Do Without the Noose 170
Unit 87 Violent Crime Declines, Despite Public Perception 176
Unit 88 New Zealand Makes Juveniles Confront Their Crimes 182
Unit 89 A View from Atop a Levee 188
Unit 90 How to Win Yourself a Nobel Prize 194
Unit 91 The Ability to Make a Difference 200
Unit 92 Last Course: A Bit of Couth 206
Unit 93 A Growing Controversy 212
Unit 94 Our God-Given Gift of Gag 218
Unit 95 Death of the‘Dream Cottage' 224
Unit 96 Searching Questions Amid Ashes 230
Unit 97 From Prophets to Losses (Ⅰ) 236
Unit 98 From Prophets to Losses (Ⅱ) 241
Unit 99 Getting Back to Earth 247
Unit 100 The Joys and Pains of Fax (Ⅰ) 253
Unit 101 The Joys and Pains of Fax (Ⅱ) 259
Unit 102 The Sting Is in the Law 264
Unit 103 Students Protest Foreign Accent 270
Unit 104‘Elite' Schools in the U.S. and Japan? (Ⅰ) 277
Unit 105‘Elite' Schools in the U.S. and Japan? (Ⅱ) 282
Unit 106 A Small Boy from a Russian Orphanage (Ⅰ) 288
Unit 107 A Small Boy from a Russian Orphanage (Ⅱ) 294
Unit 108 Bodies of Evidence 300
Unit 109 Blinded by the Light 306
Unit 110 Escobar's Dead End 312
Appendix Ⅰ: Answer Key 318
Appendix Ⅱ: Chinese Translations of the Texts (for Reference Only) 321
Appendix Ⅲ. Index to New Words in the Texts 391