第一章 计算机与信息 2
Unit 1 计算机与信息（Ⅰ） 2
Conversations 2
Passage:History of Computer 4
Words and Expressions 6
Notes 7
Exercises 8
Supplementary Reading:Cyberspace for Kids 16
Unit 2 计算机与信息（Ⅱ） 18
Conversations 18
Passage:Transmission of Information 20
Words and Expressions 22
Notes 23
Exercises 24
Supplementary Reading:Education?Computer,Naturally 31
第二章 经济 34
Unit 3 经济（Ⅰ） 34
Conversations 34
Passage:European Union:A Single Currency 36
Words and Expressions 37
Notes 39
Exercises 39
Supplementary Reading:Business Strategy of Cooperation and Learning 46
Unit 4 经济（Ⅱ） 48
Conversations 48
Passage:Supermarkets 50
Words and Expressions 52
Notes 53
Exercises 54
Supplementary Reading:Business Organizations 61
第三章 名人 63
Unit 5 名人（Ⅰ） 63
Conversations 63
Passage:The Man Who Changed the World 64
Words and Expressions 66
Notes 67
Exercises 68
Supplementary Reading:Thomas Alva Edison 75
Unit 6 名人（Ⅱ） 77
Conversations 77
Passage:The Death of Hitler 79
Words and Expressions 81
Notes 81
Exercises 83
Supplementary Reading:The Telephone and Its Inventor 90
第四章 风俗习惯 93
Unit 7 风俗习惯 93
Conversations 93
Passage:The Western Wedding 95
Words and Expressions 96
Notes 97
Exercises 98
Supplementary Reading:Marriage Advertising 106
第五章 城市 109
Unit 8 城市 109
Conversations 109
Passage:Tokyo Goes Underground 111
Words and Expressions 113
Notes 113
Exercises 114
Supplementary Reading:Sydney 121
第六章 高等教育 124
Unit 9 高等教育 124
Conversations 124
Passage:Higher Education 126
Words and Expressions 127
Notes 127
Exercises 128
Supplementary Reading:Adult Education 136
第七章 文学与艺术 139
Unit 10 文学与艺术 139
Conversations 139
Passage:The Accidental Novelist 141
Words and Expressions 143
Notes 144
Exercises 146
Supplementary Reading:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 153
第八章 语言与交际 156
Unit 11 语言与交际 156
Conversations 156
Passage:How to Read Body Language 158
Words and Expressions 161
Notes 162
Exercises 164
Supplementary Reading:The Art of Conversation 171
第九章 环境 174
Unit 12 环境（Ⅰ） 174
Conversations 174
Passage:The Ocean 176
Words and Expressions 177
Notes 178
Exercises 180
Supplementary Reading:No Plastic Bags 187
Unit 13 环境（Ⅱ） 189
Conversations 189
Passage:Pollution Is A Dirty Word 191
Words and Expressions 194
Notes 195
Exercises 196
Supplementary Reading:What Good Is a Tree? 204
第十章 地理 207
Unit 14 地理 207
Conversations 207
Passage:The Mississippi 209
Words and Expressions 211
Notes 211
Exercises 212
Supplementary Reading:Switzerland 220
第十一章 文化 223
Unit 15 文化 223
Conversations 223
Passage:Culture Shock 225
Words and Expressions 227
Notes 227
Exercises 228
Supplementary Reading:Atlas 236
第十二章 科学与技术 238
Unit 16 科学与技术 238
Conversations 238
Passage:Cars of the Future 240
Words and Expressions 241
Notes 242
Exercises 243
Supplementary Reading:Looking through Glass 251
附录 253
附录一 会话、课文问题答案 253
附录二 听力练习录音稿 259
附录三 课后练习答案 292
附录四 单词表 302