Unit 1 The Currency 1
Passage One Greenspan:chinas Currency Not Costing U.S.Jobs 1
Passage Two China Should Soon Move to a More Flexible Currency 5
Passage Three Chinas Currency 11
Unit 2 Investment 18
Passage One On the Stock Exchange 18
Passage Two Chinas Absorption of Foreign Investment 21
Passage Three Provisions for Identification and Protection of Well—known Trademarks 28
Unit 3 E—business 37
Passage One E—business 37
Passage Two HowThe Net Is Changing Competition 41
Passage Three Getting to Know E—business 47
Unit 4 Marketing 55
Passage One Marketing Research 55
Passage Two The Marketing Mix 59
Passage Three Brand It Like Beckham 66
Unit 5 China's Economy 73
Passage One Is More Competition a Good Thing? 73
Passage Two Chinas Commercial Relations with the United States 77
Passage Three Chinas Economy:Reform and Perspectives 83
Unit 6 Exploring Space 90
Passage One Space Exploration 90
Passage Two Take a Look at Chinas Great Leapin Space 93
Passage Three The End of the Beginning 100
Unit 7 Health and Medicine 106
Passage One Young Women More Prone to Stress:Poll 106
Passage Two Control on Breast Milk Substitutes Urged 109
Passage Three Fighting Back Against Brain Attack 116
Unit 8 Dreams 123
Passage One Where do Dreams Come from? 123
Passage Two Let Your Mind Wander 128
Passage Three To Sleep,Perchance（或许）to Dream 134
Unit 9 Electronic Communications 141
Passage One The Internet 141
Passage Two Children,TV,Computers and More Media 145
Passage Three The Information Superhighway 152
Unit 10 Clean Energy 159
Passage One Sunshine:A Beam of Hope—Solar Energy 159
Passage Two New"Green Revolution":Cleaner Cars and Energy 163
Passage Three Renewable Energy 168
Appendix:Reference Keys to Exercises 176