Unit 1 Education ＆ Civilization 1
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Civilization and Culture 3
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Get in and Get out Quickly with Your Dignity Intact 6
Passage 3(Appreciation) John E Kennedy 11
Unit 2 Job ＆ Human Touch 15
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) A Strange Hitchhiker 17
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Gordon Brown:I will go on and on 20
Passage 3(Appreciation) Job Market Stabilizes for Business Students 24
Unit 3 Social Problem 27
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Car Crimes 29
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Why Do Women Identify Themselves as Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse? 32
Passage 3(Appreciation) Copenhagen—Host City of UN Climate Change Conference 37
Unit 4 Arts ＆ Media 41
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Electronic Media 43
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Joseph Pulitzer 46
Passage 3(Appreciation) The Last Supper 49
Unit 5 Culture ＆ Life 53
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) I've Always Been Mun's"Angel" 55
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Chinese Culinary Arts Celebrated in Vancouver 58
Passage 3(Appreciation) Meals of the Day 63
Unit 6 Health 67
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Body Balance 69
Passage 2(Fast Reading) When Ordinary Symptoms Turn Serious 72
Passage 3(Appreciation) Rise in Pneumonia Cases Linked to H1N1 77
Unit 7 Science ＆ Technology 81
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Lie-detector Camera Looks into Your Eyes 83
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Building Confidence 86
Passage 3(Appreciation) Is It Possible to Predict Earthquake 91
Unit 8 Politics ＆ Economy 93
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) The Rise of the Handyman 95
Passage 2(Fast Reading) A New Clean Economy—With Old Sources of Energy 98
Passage 3(Appreciation) BRIC Summit may Focus on Reducing Dollar Dependence 103