Unit 1 1
Passage A Telecommuters 1
Passage B The Difference between a Brain and a Computer 6
Passage C Robots and Supertelevision 9
Unit 2 13
Passage A What Women Do Better 13
Passage B Women and Men 18
Passage C The Family/Career Priority Problem 21
Unit 3 24
Passage A The Challenge of a Global Economy 24
Passage B Will China Catch the "Asian Flu" 28
Passage C Pros and Cons of ISO 9000 33
Unit 4 37
Passage A Risk of E-education 37
Passage B Glimpses of Academy 41
Passage C The Value of a College Education 44
Unit 5 48
Passage A Blood,Toil,Sweat and Tears 48
Passage B John F.Kennedy's Inaugural Address(An Excerpt) 50
Passage C Speech at the Graveside of Karl Marx 53
Unit 6 56
Passage A The Search for New Drugs 56
Passage B The Shape of Things to Come:the New Doctor 60
Passage C The Heart Laid Open:Open-Heart Surgery 64
Unit 7 67
Passage A Drive-in Cinemas 67
Passage B Broadway 70
Passage C Hollywood 73
Unit 8 76
Passage A Street Foods Safety 76
Passage B The Facts about Vitamin C 79
Passage C Centuries of Medical Interaction(East Heals West) 83
Unit 9 87
Passage A Choose Optimism 87
Passage B Two Truths to Live by 91
Passage C Work and Play 95
Unit 10 99
Passage A A Theory of the Panic 99
Passage B The Credit Card Economy 104
Passage C Efficient Market—No Free Lunch 108
Unit 11 112
Passage A Money—Boon or Bane? 112
Passage B Champagne 117
Passage C The Interneted Economy Explodes 122
Unit 12 126
Passage A Sexual Harassment by Women in Power 126
Passage B The Rise of the Losing Class 130
Passage C The Promise of Stockholm 134
Unit 13 138
Passage A Microsoft Climbs Down 138
Passage B Moving Forward 143
Passage C Paraplaning 148
Unit 14 153
Passage A The Information Superhighway:From Expectation to Realization 153
Passage B Safe Sex for Your Computer 157
Passage C "The Kids Put us Out of Action" 161
Unit 15 165
Passage A Our Picture of the Universe 165
Passage B Why Is It Important? 169
Passage C Comets 172
Unit 16 176
Passage A Education and Training 176
Passage B The British Educational System 180
Passage C Sorry Lessons from Oxford 183
Unit 17 187
Passage A In America the Only Shame Is in Never Trying 187
Passage B The English Character 191
Passage C A Simple Truth about Happiness 194
Unit 18 198
Passage A La Fiesta Brava as Art 198
Passage B Drug Testing in the World of Sport 202
Passage C Principles of the Special Olympics 206
Unit 19 209
Passage A AIDS:Is Anyone Safe 209
Passage B Daydreaming is Good for You 214
Passage C How to Avoid a Stroke 218
Unit 20 222
Passage A To Make Love Grow 222
Passage B Laws of Lasting Love 225
Passage C The Family 229
Key to Exercises 232