CONTENTSUnit 1 Text A The Magic of Language 1
Text B A Brief History of English 11
Unit 2 Text A The Age of Globality 18
Text B Made in India vs.Made in China 28
Unit 3 Text A Communication across Culture 35
Text B The Unhappy American Way 45
Unit 4 Text A Right and Left-Handedness in Humans 52
Text B Why Deinstitutionalization Turned Deadly? 60
Unit 5 Text A Gay Marriages 65
Text B Death Penalty 76
Unit 6 Text A The One and Only 83
Text B The History of Olympic Games 93
Unit 7 Text A Classical Music,Perish or Survive? 100
Text B Music 111
Unit 8 Text A Higher Education 118
Text B Secondary Education 128
Unit 9 Text A High-Tech Harvests 135
Text B The History of Science 145
Unit 10 Text A Indoor Pollution 153
Text B Ecotourism 163
Unit 11 Text A Global Warming and Rising Sea Levels 168
Text B Bodily Measures 178
Unit 12 Text A Herbal Healing 182
Text B The Traditional Chinese Medicine 193
Unit 13 Text A The Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud 199
Text B A Giant of a Great Nation 210
Unit 14 Text A Road Rage,All the Rage 217
Text B The Development of Transportation 224
Unit 15 Text A The Greenspan Putt 230
Text B Home Business 239
Unit 16 Text A A Hero Who Creates Heroes 244
Text B American Literature since World WarⅡ 256
Unit 17 Text A Terrorism:Civilized and Barbaric 261
Text B The Lexicographers 273
Unit 18 Text A Watergate Scandal 278
Text B The Allied Invasions of Western Europe 287
Unit 19 Text A The Grand Canyon 293
Text B Everest:Now Just Another Tourist Trap? 301
Unit 20 Text A Two Concepts of Sovereignty 305
Text B Functions of the United Nations 315