Unit One 1
Part A Intensive Reading:Soil Losses Eroding Food Security 1
Exercises 5
Part B Translation Techniques（E-C）:Correct Approach to Translation 10
Exercises 13
Part C Extensive Reading: 14
Ⅰ．Fresh Water Factories 14
Ⅱ．The Earth's Spreading Deserts 18
Unit Two 23
Part A Intensive Reading: Our Environment 23
Exercises 26
Part B Translation Techniques（E-C）:Selection and Extension of Word Meaning 31
Exercises 35
Part C Extensive Reading: 37
Ⅰ．Auto Called No.1 Health Enemy 37
Ⅱ．Peril From the Sky 42
Unit Three 48
Part A Intensive Reading:Smoking and Health 48
Exercises 54
Part B Translation Techniques（E-C）: 57
Conversion of Parts of Speech and Sentence Elements Exercises 61
Part C Extensive Reading: 63
Ⅰ．Smoking and Cancer 63
Ⅱ．Drug Addiction in the United States 67
Unit Four 73
Part A Intensive Reading:How to Study 73
Exercises 78
Part B TranslationTechniques（E-C）:Omission 82
Exereises 88
Part C Extensive Reading: 90
Ⅰ．Science——a Way of Thinking 90
Ⅱ．Science and Scientific Methods 94
Unit Five 101
Part A Intensive Reading:The Importance of G ood Manners Exercises 106
Part B Translation Techniques（E-C）:Amplification and Repetition 110
Exercises 115
Part C Extensive Reading: 117
Ⅰ．Mind Your Manners 117
Ⅱ．American Friendship Patterns 121
Unit Six 127
Part A Intensive Reading:Science and International Co-operation 127
Exercises 131
Part B Translation Techniques（E-C）: 135
Handling of Long or Complex Sentences 135
Exercises 141
Part C Extensive Reading: 144
Ⅰ．World Trade 144
Ⅱ．The World in One Building 149