Unit 1 The Power of Culture 1
Text A What is Culture? 1
Text B Adapting to a New Culture 8
Supplementary Exercises 14
Unit 2 Education Policies 17
Text A Beyond Unions:Five New Rules for Teachers 17
Text B Classroom Secrets 24
Supplementary Exercises 29
Unit 3 Cutting-edge Technology 32
Text A Designing a Car for Blind Drivers 32
Text B Mobile Devices Saving Lives in Emergencies 39
Supplementary Exercises 45
Unit 4 Personal Consumption 48
Text A Rent or Buy,a Matter of Lifestyle 48
Text B Credit Card Rewards Could Be Hard to Collect 55
Supplementary Exercises 60
Unit 5 Healthy Life 63
Text A A Study of Food Allergies Among Kids 63
Text B Pain Care 70
Supplementary Exercises 76
Unit 6 Political Institution 79
Text A American Political Institutions 79
Text B Why the Monarchy Must 86
Supplementary Exercises 91
Unit 7 Laws and Rules 95
Text A Developments in Same-Sex Marriage Law 95
Text B Student Codes of Conduct 101
Supplementary Exercises 107
Unit 8 Biological Garden 110
Text A How Sharks Have Paid the Price 110
Text B Biological Evolution 116
Supplementary Exercises 121
Key 125
Reference 133