Topic 1 Career职场风云 1
Passage 1 Trying Something New 1
Passage 2 Guidelines for Resumes in Cross-Border Job Hunting 4
Passage 3 Office Politics 7
Passage 4 Asking for a Raise in Salary 11
Passage 5 Specialists Or Generalists 14
Topic 2 Educational Practices注视教育 18
Passage 1 Foreign Vice-chancellors in Universities 18
Passage 2 Fathers' Impact on Kids' Language Development 22
Passage 3 Peace Education Projects 25
Passage 4 Budget Shortage of the Vrain School District 28
Passage 5 Teaching Children to Say Sorry 31
Passage 6 Early Childhood Education in Japan 34
Passage 7 Importance of a Broad Education 37
Topic 3 Female Perspective女性视角 42
Passage 1 Michelle Obama 42
Passage 2 Being a Woman Scientist 45
Passage 3 Changes in Women's Life 48
Passage 4 Educating Girls 51
Passage 5 Princess Diana's Trip to Angola 55
Topic 4 Environmental Issues关注环境 59
Passage 1 Green Houses 59
Passage 2 Green Fashion 62
Passage 3 Global Warming 65
Passage 4 EI Nino 69
Passage 5 Tapping Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Or Not 71
Passage 6 Preserving the Land with the Local Community 74
Passage 7 Lead and the Environment 78
Passage 8 After the Hurricane 81
Topic 5 Business World商海泛舟 85
Passage 1 Unhappy Customers:Obstacles Or Challenges 85
Passage 2 Overseas Marketing Strategies of Lay's Potato Chips 88
Passage 3 Vague Claims on Product Packaging 92
Passage 4 Customers-related Changes in Companies 95
Topic 6 Understanding Children认识孩子 99
Passage 1 Giving Children More Room 99
Passage 2 Older Parents 102
Passage 3 How to Help Kids Reduce Stress 105
Passage 4 Premature Children 108
Passage 5 Time Crunch of Children 112
Topic 7 Myths of Science解密科学 116
Passage 1 The Black Box 116
Passage 2 A Strand of Hair Tells 119
Passage 3 Lies and Communication Means 123
Passage 4 Secrets of Absent-mindedness 126
Passage 5 Absent-mindedness 129
Topic 8 The Changing World感知社会 134
Passage 1 Privacy Loss 134
Passage 2 Trend toward Casual Dining 137
Passage 3 Fitness Movement 140
Passage 4 The Graying of America 143
Passage 5 Moral Decline in America 146
Topic 9 Learning学海拾贝 150
Passage 1 Importance of Practice in Writing 150
Passage 2 Importance of Books 153
Passage 3 Internet-based Instruction in Universities 156
Passage 4 Creative Writing Or Critical Writing 159
Topic 10 Health重视健康 163
Passage 1 Positive Thinking May Make People More Negative 163
Passage 2 Importance of Preventive Check-ups 166
Passage 3 Pain 169
Passage 4 "Well"and"Wellness" 172
Passage 5 Benefits of Manageable Stress 175
Passage 6 Cold VS Flu 179
Passage 7 Exercise and Weight Loss 182