Unit One 1
Related Words and Expressions 1
Text A Entering the World of Work 2
Text B Stay-at-home Fathers 8
Text C Staying Home:My Choice 12
Reading Appreciation Quotations 19
Unit Two 20
Related Words and Expressions 20
Text A Light and IT Technology 21
Text B China Launch Won't Ignite New Space Race 26
Text C Segway Robot Opens Doors 31
Reading Appreciation So We'll Go No More A-roving 39
Unit Three 41
Related Words and Expressions 41
Text A Forests 42
Text B Tree Planting 48
Text C Forests and Global Warming 52
Reading Appreciation Quotations 59
Related Words and Expressions 61
Unit Four 61
Text A Computer Viruses 62
Text B Fuel for the Future 68
Text C The World's First Test Tube Baby 73
Reading Appreciation A Humorous Story 82
Unit Five 83
Related Words and Expressions 83
Text A Trade Makes the World a Better Place 84
Text B Joint-stock Banking to Get a Boost 92
Text C China Pauses for Breath 96
Reading Appreciation Quotations 104
Unit Six 105
Related Words and Expressions 105
Text A HIV Infection 106
Text B Genetic Testing 113
Text C Under the Skull 119
Brain Teasers 128
Related Words and Expressions 129
Unit Seven 129
Text A Branding It like Beckham 130
Text B Puma and Adidas Rediscover Their Sole 137
Text C Makers of Sports Equipment Defy Consumption Crisis 141
Humor 149
Unit Eight 150
Related Words and Expressions 150
Text A Futurology 151
Text B Life in the Grid 158
Text C Robots Built to Make Farming Easier,More Productive 164
Reading Appreciation Books 172
Unit Nine 173
Related Words and Expressions 173
Text A Work and Play 174
Text B The American Attitude Toward Manual Labor 180
Text C How Should One Make the Best out of the Two-day Weekend? 185
Reading Appreciation Success 193
Related Words and Expressions 195
Unit Ten 195
Text A Evil as Love and as Liberation 196
Text B Screaming 203
Text C Mourning and the Failure to Mourn 209
Reading Appreciation Whose Heart is Better? 216
Unit Eleven 218
Related Words and Expressions 218
Text A The Olympic Games 219
Text B Soccer's World Cup Scramble 225
Text C American Baseball 229
Reading Appreciation Quotations 237
Unit Twelve 238
Related Words and Expressions 238
Text A What You Make of Your Life Is up to You 239
Text B Einstein's View of Life 245
Text C Hard Work Pays Off 250
Reading Appreciation Return to Innocence 258
Key to Exercises 259