Unit 1 1
Text A-1 Alone in the Arctic Cold 1
Text A-2 Memories of Afghanistan 4
Text B-1 The Conquest of Mt.Jolmo Lungma 7
Text B-2 Buzz-bombs and Doodlebugs 10
Unit 2 15
Text A-1 Atomic Cars 15
Text A-2 Improving Industrial Efficiency Through Robotics 18
Text B-1 Maglev:A New Generation in Railroad Technology 21
Text B-2 Letters:Obsolete Technology 24
Unit 3 29
Text A-1 The Job Hunt:How to Start a Successful Career 29
Text A-2 A Tale of a Successful Student Job Seeker 32
Text B-1 What Makes a Good Job? 36
Text B-2 The Kind of Work Daddy Does 39
Unit 4 43
Text A-1 Is the World Flat? 43
Text A-2 The World Isn't Flat-It's Networked 46
Text B-1 The Jeaning of America and the World 50
Text B-2 Americans and Food 53
Unit 5 57
Text A-1 Fast-Food Nation:Meat and Potatoes 57
Text A-2 Doggie Bags 59
Text B-1 Ad Nation 63
Text B-2 It's All at the Mall 66
Unit 6 69
Text A-1 Karoshi 69
Text A-2 The Culture of"Lead Time” 71
Text B-1 Pace of Life 74
Text B-2 The Impact of Time 77
Unit 7 81
Text A-1 Looking Back at 9/11 81
Text A-2 My Memories of September 11,2001 84
Text B-1 The Worst Scare of My Life 87
Text B-2 Take Care,America 90
Unit 8 95
Text A-1 Grand Canyon Crowding 95
Text A-2 Ecotourism 98
Text B-1 Working Your Way Around the World 101
Text B-2 Jones Beach 104
Appendix 107
Key to Comprehension Exercises 107