Unit One People 1
Reading A A Ma'am for All Seasons—the Queen Mother（1900～2002） 1
目录 1
Reading B More People and More Products 6
Reading C Motherhood Is a No-win Situation 8
Unit Two Food 16
Reading A Craving the Crawlies 16
Reading B The Pleasures of Eating 19
Reading C Bakery Products 22
Reading A Building a House 28
Unit Three House 28
Reading B A Roof over Our Heads 30
Reading C The Construction of an Independent City-State 32
Unit Four Shopping 39
Reading A An English Christmas 39
Reading B Junk Hunting 41
Reading C How to Be a Powerful Consumer？ 44
Unit Five Transport 50
Reading A Just Plane Hazardous？ 50
Reading B Artificial Waterways 53
Reading C Safety Instructions 55
Unit Six Environmental Protection 61
Reading A Clean Air，Dirty Fight 61
Reading B Homeless on the Range 69
Reading C The Changing Face of the Arctic 73
Unit Seven The Natural World 80
Reading A The Forest 80
Reading B The Whale 83
Reading C The Elephant 88
Unit Eight Weather and Climate 94
Reading A Air and Wind 94
Reading B What Makes the Weather 99
Reading C Meteorology 103
Unit Nine Communication 110
Reading A The Electric Telegraph 110
Reading B The Telephone and Its Inventor 115
Reading C Interview 121
Unit Ten The Media 128
Reading A Reuter 128
Reading B Informing the World 138
Reading C Television 141
Reading A Bank Robberies 148
Unit Eleven Crime 148
Reading B An Accident or a Crime？ 150
Reading C Purse Snatching 152
Unit Twelve Science and Technology 157
Reading A The Age of Cloning 157
Reading B Digital Divide 159
Reading C High-tech Pie in the Sky 160
Unit Thirteen Entertainment 164
Reading A Biggest Season 164
Reading B Magic 166
Reading C Film 167
Unit Fourteen Economy 171
Reading A How the WTO Differs from the GATT 171
Reading B The Achievements of the Reform in China 175
Reading C The Production Method 177
Unit Fifteen Health 184
Reading A Stress Busters That Can Save Your Life 184
Reading B How Nice to Be Clean 187
Reading C Obesity 189
Reading A Degrees of Prudence 193
Unit Sixteen Education 193
Reading B Education out of School 196
Reading C The Development of Multiple-Choice Testing 197
参考译文（Suggested Translation Versions） 201
第一单元（Unit One）人 201
第二单元（Unit Two）食物 209
第三单元（Unit Three）建造房屋 215
第四单元（Unit Four）购物 220
第五单元（Unit Five）交通运输 226
第六单元（Unit Six）环境保护 232
第七单元（Unit Seven）大自然 238
第八单元（Unit Eight）天气与气候 243
第九单元（Unit Nine）通讯 248
第十单元（Unit Ten）媒体 253
第十一单元（Unit Eleven）犯罪 258
第十二单元（Unit Twelve）科学与技术 263
第十三单元（Unit Thirteen）娱乐 271
第十四单元（Unit Fourteen）经济 278
第十五单元（Unit Fifteen）健康 284
第十六单元（Unit Sixteen）教育 290
Key to Exercises 296