Unit 1 College Education 1
Teaching Objectives 1
Lead-in 1
Reading Focus—Text A 3
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education 3
Integrated Exercises 17
Reading Focus—Text B 28
Education is Supposed to Make You Rich,Not Wealthy 28
Intranet Assignments 43
Unit 2 Science or Superstition 47
Teaching Objectives 47
Lead-in 48
Reading Focus—Text A 49
UFO:an Undeniably Fading Obsession 49
Integrated Exercises 62
Reading Focus—Text B 74
A Few Kind Words for Superstition 74
Intranet Assignments 89
Unit 3 Old and Young 94
Teaching Objectives 94
Lead-in 94
Reading Focus—Text A 96
Old Before Her Time 96
Integrated Exercises 108
Reading Focus—Text B 119
A Return to Roots 119
Intranet Assignments 132
Unit 4 Sports and Health 136
Teaching Objectives 136
Lead-in 136
Reading Focus—Text A 138
Time to Get Moving 138
Integrated Exercises 152
Reading Focus—Text B 164
Get a Killer Bod with Killer Bees 164
Intranet Assignments 178
Unit 5 Happiness 183
Teaching Objectives 183
Lead-in 183
Reading Focus—Text A 185
The Long and Short of It 185
Integrated Exercises 198
Reading Focus—Text B 210
Happiness:A Buyer's Guide 210
Intranet Assignments 227
Unit 6 Ecology 231
Teaching Objectives 231
Lead-in 232
Reading Focus—Text A 233
The Biology of Global Warming 233
Integrated Exercises 248
Reading Focus—Text B 260
Earth Meanders:Resisting Global Ecological Change 260
Intranet Assignments 278
Unit 7 Technology and Progress 284
Teaching Objectives 284
Lead-in 284
Reading Focus—Text A 286
is Anyone Out There Listening? 286
Integrated Exercises 299
Reading Focus—Text B 311
Why E-mail Has Become the New Snail Mail 311
Intranet Assignments 326
Unit 8 Humanity and Nature 331
Teaching Objectives 331
Lead-in 332
Reading Focus—Text A 333
A Long,Melancholy Roar—Are Modern Human Fears Misplaced? 333
Integrated Exercises 347
Reading Focus—Text B 359
Eye of the Tiger 359
Intranet Assignments 374