UNIT 1 FAMOUS PEOPLE 1
TEXT A My Childhood 1
TEXT B MY Twenty Years in GE 14
WRITING 24
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 26
UNIT 2 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 31
TEXT A Improving Interpersonal Relationships 31
TEXT B Beyond Expectations 42
WRITING 49
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 53
UNIT 3 WORK 59
TEXT A Laid Off,and Working Harder Than Ever 59
TEXT B Types of Managers 73
WRITING 81
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 84
UNIT 4 ENVIRONMENT 89
TEXT A Global Warming:Who Loses—and Who Wins? 89
TEXT B From Bags to Riches:The Recycling Project Which Starts in India's Rubbish Tips 103
WRITING 111
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 114
UNIT 5 INNOVATION 120
TEXT A Professor in Your Pocket 120
TEXT B The World's Greatest Green Inventions 134
WRITING 143
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 145
UNIT 6 CULTURE 150
TEXT A The Language of Space 150
TEXT B Your Guide to the 15 Golden Rules of Online Etiquette 160
WRITING 168
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 171
UNIT 7 VACATIONING 178
TEXT A Volunteer Vacations Gain Popularity 178
TEXT B Just Sit Back and Relax 190
WRITING 199
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 202
UNIT 8 WATER CONSERVATION 209
TEXT A Once Built on a Lake,Mexico City Now Runs Dry 209
TEXT B Trees 225
WRITING 235
INTEGRATED EXERCISES 237