Unit 1 EthicsPassage A When Kids Say"I hate you" 1
Passage B Study Finds Factors for Overcoming Isolation 5
Passage C Why Mothers Are Girls'Best Friends 11
Passage D Husband and Wife Heart Transplant 15
Unit 2 TaboosPassage A Food Taboos：lt's All a Matter of Taste 19
Passage B Wisdom from the Sea：3 L ife Lessons from the Ocean 25
Passage C Tattoos No Longer Taboo 31
Passage D Do Food Taboos Change and Disappear? 35
Unit 3 SocietyPassage A Become a Chief Executive Officer 39
Passage B First Rule of Good Management：Treat Shipmates Respectfully 43
Passage C Recession Can Change a Way of Life 47
Passage D How the Brain Benefits with Aging 51
Unit 4 OccupationPassage A Too Shy to Hunt Job? 57
Passage B Life at Sea in the Age of Sail 61
Passage C No Reply to Your Resume?Here's Why 67
Passage D Finding a Summer Job or Internship 71
Unit 5 EnvironmentPassage A Our Addiction to Oil Is Draining Every Last Drop 77
Passage B Noise Pollution Rising at Sea 81
Passage C Consumers Are Recycl ing and Buying"Green" 85
Passage D Fight over Lead Pollution 89
Unit 6 FuturePassage A Future Tense 93
Passage B A Little Oil Goes a Long Way 97
Passage C The Future Is Urban 101
Passage D Time Is Money 105
Unit 7 SciencePassage A Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery 109
Passage B Why do Whales Beach Themselves? 115
Passage C How Freud Changed What People Thought About the Mind 119
Passage D On the Left Hand,There Are No Easy Answers 125
Unit 8 LiteraturePassage A Oliver Twist(Excerpt) 131
Passage B Durhan—The Galveston Voyage(Excerpt) 137
Passage C The Birthmark 141
Passage D The Open Window 147
Key to the Exercises 153