阅读技巧：如何推断作者的写作意图和态度？ 1
UNIT 1 6
Text A Rising Stars—the Brain and the Temptation of Cake 6
Text B The Temptation of Fashionable Clothes 8
Text C Getting Thin—for Good 10
UNIT 2 14
Text A A Hot Controversy About Ability Differences Between Male and Female 14
Text B Proof That Men and Women Activate Stereotypes of Competence and Sociability Respectively 17
Text C The Art of Public Speaking 19
UNIT 3 23
Text A Chaplin's Early Life 23
Text B Charlie Chaplin on the Radio 25
Text C Media Selection for Advertisements 27
UNIT 4 31
Text A Racism or Just Cultural Differences? 31
Text B Classical Artists Embrace Digital Culture 33
Text C Halloween 35
阅读技巧：如何理解比喻性语言？ 39
UNIT 5 42
Text A A Nation's Civilization to Be Seen in Honor of the Disabled 42
Text B Beijing to Build More Service Stations to Cover All the Disabled by 2010 45
Text C Transportation 46
UNIT 6 50
Text A History of Copyright Law 50
Text B Dirge Fee Discussed for Funeral Parlors 53
Text C The Trouble with Television 54
UNIT 7 58
Text A Domestic Firm Overtakes Motorola in China 58
Text B Features and Implications of the New Era 60
Text C Studying in Sydney,Australia 62
UNIT 8 65
Text A Chinese Economic Development Pushes Chinese Language Education Ahead in the World 65
Text B Brazil's Economy,a Strong Leader in the South American Economy 68
Text C How Should You Build up Your Vocabulary? 69
阅读技巧：如何区分事实和观点？ 73
UNIT 9 75
Text A Are Cell Phones a Danger to Kids? 75
Text B A Story About Family 78
Text C Saving Language 79
UNIT 10 83
Text A Should Mary Buy Her Own Bonus? 83
Text B What Is Business Ethics? 86
Text C Airplane 87
UNIT 11 91
Text A NGO Alleges Widespread Bribery in Kenyan Election Campaign 91
Text B Commercial Bribery 93
Text C Invisible Victims 95
UNIT 12 99
Text A Psychological and Symbolic Reality 99
Text B Psychological and Social Issues Associated with Tooth Loss 101
Text C Dreams 103
阅读技巧：如何理解习语？ 107
UNIT 13 110
Text A Gene That Means Some People Can't Give up Cigarettes 110
Text B Father of Genetics 113
Text C Cryptic Coloring 114
UNIT 14 118
Text A Hopes for the Future 118
Text B My Hopes and Fears Concerning the Future with the Approach of New Era of Mankind 120
Text C Highways 122
UNIT 15 126
Text A Why Do We Get Fat As We Get Older? 126
Text B HIV-infected African Woman Addresses UN AIDS Meeting 128
Text C History of Immigration 130
UNIT 16 134
Text A Fear of Globalization 134
Text B Why Do People Oppose Globalization? 136
Text C Change and the Newspaper 138
KEYS 141