Topic 1 About Life人生百态 1
Passage 1 More Support for Fatherhood 1
Passage 2 Occupations Decide 4
Passage 3 Affluence vs Happiness 7
Passage 4 Natural Disasters Or Blessings 11
Passage 5 Planned Grandparenthood 14
Topic 2 Culture缤纷文化 19
Passage 1 Generation O:A New Blog of Obama Voters 19
Passage 2 Talking While Driving 22
Passage 3 Body Proect 25
Passage 4 New Immigrants in U.S.A 28
Passage 5 Preview for United 93 32
Passage 6 Senior Citizen Discount:A Necessity Or a Priority 35
Passage 7 The Consumerist Culture 38
Topic 3 The Changing World社会变迁 42
Passage 1 Sustainable Development of Agriculture 42
Passage 2 Defeminization of Women's Language 45
Passage 3 New Individualism 49
Passage 4 Virtual Reality Surgery 53
Passage 5 History of Workers'Compensation Insurance 56
Passage 6 Urbanism 59
Topic 4 Health健康生活 63
Passage 1 Primary Care in U.S.A 63
Passage 2 Rocketing Drug Prices 66
Passage 3 Light Therapy for Seasonal Depression 70
Passage 4 When Bad Things Happen to Good People 73
Passage 5 To Take Vitamins Or Not 77
Passage 6 To Shed Emotional Tears Or Not 80
Passage 7 Saying No to Overtraining 84
Passage 8 Obsession with Thinness 87
Topic 5 Environmental Issues环境保护 91
Passage 1 Potential Dangers for Kids 91
Passage 2 Disappearing Turtles 94
Passage 3 Electronic Waste Recycling 98
Passage 4 Climate Changes And Human Evolution 101
Passage 5 Surprisingly Healthy Environment 104
Topic 6 Myths of Science科学奥秘 108
Passage 1 Fear Mechanism 108
Passage 2 Public Distrust of Scientists 111
Passage 3 Slash-and-burn Farming VS Soil Richness 114
Passage 4 Human Cloning:a Long Way to Go 118
Passage 5 New High-performance Contact Lens Are Coming 121
Topic 7 Educational Practices教育解读 125
Passage 1 On Improvement Grading System 125
Passage 2 Going to College:Investment Or Consumption? 128
Passage 3 Saying No to Pushing Children into Elite Universities 131
Passage 4 Lack of Coherent Vision in American Education 135
Passage 5 Lack of Fit between Gifted Students and the Schools 138
Passage 6 Saying No to the Lecture Method 142
Passage 7 Lack of Funds for Public Education 145
Topic 8 Controversies争议热点 149
Passage 1 More Social Support for Parenting Or Not 149
Passage 2 Why Do the Very Rich Fear Income Ineuality? 152
Passage 3 Media Violence and Aggressive Behavior 156
Passage 4 American Dream Or Nightmare 159
Passage 5 Controversy over a GM Bacterium Test 163
Passage 6 Personal Information:No More Confidential 166
Passage 7 The Sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff 176
Passage 8 Is There a Fixed Human Nature? 173
Passage 9 Impact of the Growing Female Workforce on Marriage 177
Topic 9 Business World商海泛舟 181
Passage 1 An Introduction to Nike Company 181
Passage 2 The Weakening Dollar 184
Passage 3 Amitai Etzioni:a Fighter for Business Ethics 187
Passage 4 Changes in Business Environment 191