CONTENTS 1
Unit One 1
1．The 4th of July-a Day of Rejoicing 1
2．California's GIANTS 6
3．The Telephone and Its Inventor 11
Unit Two 17
4．Soul of a Champion 17
5．Disney World 23
6．National Parks 29
7．Louis Armstrong, Mr. Jazz 35
Unit Three 35
8．Home at the Office 41
9．Magic 47
Unit Four 52
10．Good-Bye, My Son 52
11．The Corn Belt 59
12．Telecommuters 65
Unit Five 71
13．What Women Do Better 71
14．The Information Superhighway: What's in It for You ? 76
15．Growing up-at Home and at School 82
16．Garbage in, Garbage out 88
Unit Six 88
17．Too Many People 94
18．Deforestation 99
Unit Seven 106
19．Hollywood's Three Big Lies 106
20．Historical Thermometers 112
21．Pollution 118
Unit Eight 124
22．Why We Dream What We Dream 124
23．Deep Blue Funk 131
24．Sowing the Seeds of Super Plants 137
Unit Nine 143
25．What Can We Learn from Art? 143
26．Family Patterns Today. 149
27．Clones: Will There Be “Carbon Copy” People? 155
Unit Ten 162
28．Einstein=MC2 162
29．The World's Cities—a Major Cause of Destruction in the Environment (1) 167
30．The World's Cities—a Major Cause of Destruction in the Environment (2) 173
Glossary 179
Answer Key 202