Unit 1 People 1
Passage 1 Michael Jordan 1
Passage 2 J.K.Rowling 7
Passage 3 Audrey Hepburn 13
Unit 2 Media 20
Passage 1 The Role of Advertising 20
Passage 2 Mass Media 25
Passage 3 New iPad 32
Unit 3 Festivals 38
Passage 1 Valentine's Day 38
Passage 2 April Fool's Day 43
Passage 3 Halloween 49
Unit 4 Technology 55
Passage 1 A Little Device to Read Your Thoughts 55
Passage 2 New Technologies On Cancer 59
Passage 3 Recently in Robots 66
Unit 5 Education 72
Passage 1 My Education,My Future 72
Passage 2 Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan 76
Passage 3 Student Mental Health Education 82
Unit 6 Marriage 88
Passage 1 Marriage in Japan 88
Passage 2 You Men Want It Both Ways 94
Passage 3 Loving Donna 99
Unit 7 Showbiz 104
Passage 1 Oprah Winfrey 104
Passage 2 The Joy Luck Club 109
Passage 3 The Joker 114
Unit 8 Globalization 120
Passage 1 Is"Globalization"Helping or Hurting 120
Passage 2 Jeff Bezos：King of Amazoncom 125
Passage 3 Slow is Beautiful 129
Unit 9 Disasters 134
Passage 1 Fukushima：A Nuclear War 134
Passage 2 Mexico Environmental Disaster 140
Passage 3 The Columbine Tapes 146
Unit 10 Resources 152
Passage 1 Natural Resources 152
Passage 2 Body Heat 159
Passage 3 Renewable Energy 162
Unit 11 Culture 169
Passage 1 Tibetan Culture and Arts 169
Passage 2 Sacred Craft 174
Passage 3 Lucky Charms 179
Unit 12 Fictions 184
Passage 1 The Use of Force 184
Passage 2 Miss Brill 189
Passage 3 I'll Never Escape the Ghetto 195
Unit 13 Family 203
Passage 1 Parenthood as a Spiritual Journey 203
Passage 2 Teenagers Relationship with Their Parents 208
Passage 3 Information on Different Forms of Family 214
Passage 4 Chinese Students Need a Break 218
Key to Exercises 224