前言 1
阅读学习方法指导 1
Unit One Process and Instruction 1
Sample Passage 2
Refining Petroleum 10
Backward Ran the Sound 17
Printing in 3-D 25
Unit Two Definition 34
Sample Passage 34
Unique Problems in International Trade 40
What Is a Processor? 48
Humanism 56
Unit Three Classification and Listing 61
Sample Passage 62
Japanese Optoelectronics Growth Slows 69
The Competition for Better TV Sets 79
Deafness 90
Unit Four Comparison and Contrast 101
Sample Passage 102
Another Japanese Secret 109
Birds of a Different Feather 116
Short-wave Radio and the State of the Ionosphere 124
Unit Five Exemplification 133
Sample Passage 133
Electric Tales 140
Microwave That Marvelous Machines in Your Kitchen 149
Management of Technology and the Creation of Wealth 161
Unit Six Cause and Effect 170
Sample Passage 171
Nuclear Bomb Explosion 176
Raising the Rockies 183
Forecasting Demand for Services 191
Unit Seven Description 201
Sample Passage 201
And Now It Is Pond Power 207
Breakwaters Unmaking Waves 215
DECT:Europe Sets a Standard 223
Unit Eight Argumentation 233
Sample Passage 233
Preserving Our Planet 240
Tomorrow's Engine 248
The Big Thaw 258
Unit Nine Preface 267
Sample Passage 271