Unit 1 Language Acquisition 1
Text A Language and Ch i ldren 5
Text B Conversational Ball Games 9
Text C Reading-the Most Important Way to Learn English 12
Unit2 Education 17
Text A Forms of Teaching 22
Text B Methods of Education:East and West 26
Text C Ditch the Calculators 29
Unit 3 Food and Health 33
Text A Food and Health 36
Text B Thinness and Health 40
Text C Americans and Food 43
Unit 4 Environment 47
Text A Global Warming and the Earth's Climate 53
Text B Grand Canyon Crowding 57
Text C On Ecotourism 59
Unit 5 Computers 63
Text A The Era ofWeb 68
Text B The Importance of a Computer 73
Text C Computer Cri me 76
Unit 6 SocialLife 79
Text A The Traffic Light:A Brainless Machine 82
Text B Stripping Down to Bare Happiness 86
Text C Why Al l the Celebrity Worsh ip? 90
Unit 7 Customs 93
TextA Asking for a Tip 98
Text B Germans and Intrusions 102
Text C Customs 105
Unit 8 Living Experience 109
Text A My Airport Experience 115
Text B Coming of Age 119
Text C How I Got Smart? 122
Unit 9 International Situation 127
Text A Trends of the World Development 132
Text B What Will the World Be Like in Fifty Years? 136
Text C The Effect of Oslo Attacks on Europe 141
Unit 10 Economy and Development 145
Text A The Affluent Society 150
Text B Improving Industrial Efficiency Through Robotics 154
Text C The Spl it of Lawmakers 157
Unit 11 ForeignAffairs 161
Text A The Middle East in the Era of Independence 166
Text B Live and Let Live—New Strategy 170
Text C A Good Omen for Sino-US Relations 173
Unit 12 Religion 177
Text A Country Churches:Bruised Survivors 183
Text B Islam:My Story of Belief 187
Text C Rel igion at Work 190
Unit 13 Wars 193
Text A Violence within Human Society 199
Text B Buzz-bombs and Doodlebugs 203
Text C Memories of Afghan istan 206
Unit 14 Space Exploration 209
Text A Sunspots 213
Text B Space Tourism 218
Text C The Shuttle Ends Its Voyage and an Era in Space 221
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