Unit 1 World News:International Relations 1
Part Ⅰ Warming up 3
Part Ⅱ News reports 5
Part Ⅲ Anti-piracy mission 8
Part Ⅳ Speeches 10
Unit 2 World News:Earth and Environment 11
Part Ⅰ Warming up 13
Part Ⅱ News reports 15
Part Ⅲ City recycling 17
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 19
Unit 3 World News:Economic Developments 21
Part Ⅰ Warming up 23
Part Ⅱ News reports 26
Part Ⅲ Voice mail may cost company's business 29
Part Ⅳ Business jargon 31
Unit 4 World News:Up in Space 33
Part Ⅰ Warming up 35
Part Ⅱ News reports 37
Part Ⅲ Returning to the Moon 39
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 40
Unit 5 New Explorations in Food and Medicine 43
Part Ⅰ Warming up 45
Part Ⅱ Eating right for good health 48
Part Ⅲ Medical emergency 911 53
Part Ⅳ Keeping the country healthy 55
Unit 6 Breakthroughs in Science and Technology 57
Part Ⅰ Warming up 59
Part Ⅱ Human genome project 62
Part Ⅲ Latest breakthroughs in technology 65
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 67
Unit 7 Future of Communication 69
Part Ⅰ Warming up 71
Part Ⅱ New ways to communicate 74
Part Ⅲ Digital McLuhan 77
Part Ⅳ Technical jargon 78
Unit 8 New Ideas,New Architecture 81
Part Ⅰ Warming up 83
Part Ⅱ Eco-conscious construction 87
Part Ⅲ Tomorrow's house 91
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 93
Unit 9 Ways to Travel 95
Part Ⅰ Warming up 97
Part Ⅱ Public transportation 100
Part Ⅲ Cross the Channel 103
Part Ⅳ Southwest 105
Unit 10 Love and Hate of Oil 107
Part Ⅰ Warming up 109
Part Ⅱ Oil reserves and parking places 111
Part Ⅲ A motor city breakthrough:the electric car 114
Part Ⅳ Clean air cars 117
Unit 11 A Fast Growing Economy:Tourism 119
Part Ⅰ Warming up 121
Part Ⅱ Welcome to China 123
Part Ⅲ New Seven Wonders of the World 126
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 128
Unit 12 Review 131
A.Revolutionary car 133
B.Fox Hollow golf course 134
C.Friends reunited 135
D.Beware hackers! 136
E.Housing problems 137
F.The future of the phone 138
Vocabulary 139
Acknowledgements 160