Unit 1 Good old days 1
Text A One Small Stone,Unforgotten 1
Text B Hard Times,a Helping Hand-A Yuletide Story 8
Supplementary Exercises 15
Unit 2 Elite Education and Top University 18
Text A Elite Education and Top University 18
Text B Final Countdown：Top 10 Common Errors when Building a World-Class University 25
Supplementary Exercises 32
Unit 3 Computer Testing 35
Text A Working with the Chaos Monkey 35
Text B How to Write Without Writing 42
Supplementary Exercises 47
Unit 4 Business World 50
Text A Another Digital Gold Rush 50
Text B The Symbolic Power of the Euro 58
Supplementary Exercises 64
Unit 5 Body Talks 68
Text A Headache 68
Text B Hypertension 76
Supplementary Exercises 83
Unit 6 War and Terrorism 86
Text A Terrorized by'War on Terror'...How a Three-Word Mantra Has Undermined America 86
Text B Iraq：Who Won the War? 94
Supplementary Exercises 101
Unit 7 One Way to Achieve Humanity 104
Text A Pros＆Cons of the Death Penalty 104
Text B What is Law? 112
Supplementary Exercises 119
Unit 8 The Science of Our Lives 123
Text A The Nature of Science and Biology 123
Text B Smallpox the Weapon—You Shall Reap What You Have Sewn 131
Supplementary Exercises 138
Key 142
References 150