UNIT 1 FAMOUS PEOPLE 1
TEXT A My Childhood 1
TEXT B My Twenty Years in GE 8
WRITING 13
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 16
UNIT 2 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 21
TEXT A Improving Interpersonal Relationships 21
TEXT B Beyond Expectations 27
WRITING 32
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 36
UNIT3 WORK 42
TEXT A Laid Off,and Working Harder Than Ever 42
TEXT B Types of Managers 50
WRITING 56
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 59
UNIT 4 ENVIRONMENT 64
TEXT A Global Warming:Who Loses—and Who Wins? 64
TEXT B From Bags to Riches:The Recycling Project Which Starts in India's Rubbish Tips 72
WRITING 77
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 80
UNIT 5 INNOVATION 85
TEXT A Professor in Your Pocket 85
TEXT B The World's Greatest Green Inventions 93
WRITING 99
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 102
UNIT 6 CULTURE 107
TEXT A The Language of Space 107
TEXT B Your Guide to the 15 Golden Rules of Online Etiquette 114
WRITING 120
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 123
UNIT 7 VACATIONING 128
TEXT A Volunteer Vacations Gain Popularity 128
TEXT B Just Sit Back and Relax 135
WRITING 140
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 143
UNIT 8 WATER CONSERVATION 148
TEXT A Once Built on a Lake,Mexico City Now Runs Dry 148
TEXT B Trees 157
WRITING 163
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 166
GLOSSARY 171