Unit 1 Text-1 Shackleton's Leadership of the Endurance Expedition 2
Text-2 The Man Who Really Conquered Mt.Qomolangma 6
Text-3 Memories of Afghanistan 10
Text-4 Buzz-Bombs and Doodlebugs 13
Unit 2 Text-1 The Reusable Spacecraft 18
Text-2 Will Human Jobs Be Replaced by Robots in the Future? 21
Text-3 Maglev:A New Generation in Railroad Technology 25
Text-4 Letters:Obsolete Technology 28
Unit 3 Text-1 The Job Hunt:How to Start a Successful Career 34
Text-2 A Tale of Two Successful Student Job Seekers 39
Text-3 I Juggled a Full-Time Job While Launching My Startup 44
Text-4 The Kind of Work Daddy Does 50
Unit 4 Text-1 Is the World Flat? 54
Text-2 The World Isn't Flat-It's Networked 59
Text-3 Postcard-Perfect:The Big Business of City Branding 62
Text-4 Americans and Food 66
Unit 5 Text-1 Fast-Food Nation 70
Text-2 Doggie Bag:Why Are the British Too Embarrassed to Ask? 75
Text-3 Anywhere the Eye Can See,It's Likely to See an Ad 80
Text-4 It's All at the Mall 85
Unit 6 Text-1 Cultural Differences in Time 90
Text-2 Scenes from the Culture Clash 95
Text-3 The Pace of 21 st Century Life 99
Text-4 Slow Is Beautiful 102
Unit 7 Text-1 My Memories of September 11,2001 108
Text-2 Remembering 9/11 111
Text-3 9/11 Museum:Tragedy Turns the Ordinary into Memorial 115
Text-4 Engineers Study 9/11 for Lessons on How to Help Buildings Withstand Threats 120
Unit 8 Text-1 The Joy of Travel:Finding the Unexpected 126
Text-2 Ecotourism 130
Text-3 Business Etiquette When Travelling Abroad 134
Text-4 Jones Beach 138
Appendix Key to Comprehension Exercises 141