Unit 1
Text A Tax Competition Spurs Globalization 1
Text B Measuring Globalization 16
Unit 2
Text A Climate Talks Collapse:Rejoice,Rejoice! 22
Text B Hot Stuff 35
Unit 3
Text A How Progress Makes Us Sick 40
Text B Basic Information about SARS 54
Unit 4
Text A Marriage and love(Ⅰ) 59
Text B Marriage and love(Ⅱ) 73
Unit 5
Text A A Vision of Education in the Year 2010 78
Text B Don't Police Plagiarism:Just Teach! 93
Unit 6
Text A Terrorism and Nationalism 100
Text B Is Terrorism's Threat Overblown? 113
Unit 7
Text A Should You Quit Work? 118
Text B Leave No Parents Behind 131
Unit 8
Text A Living in an Automobile Culture 135
Text B Cars,Culture,Concrete,and Convenience 147
Unit 9
Text A The End of the Space Age 152
Text B Building on Our Space Science Heritage 167
Unit 10
Text A For the Love of Language 172
Text B Teaching Reading in a Foreign Language 185
Unit 11
Text A Human Dignity and Moral Identity 191
Text B Morality Is the Basis of Understanding 205
Unit 12
Text A Intolerance of Boyish Behavior 211
Text B Prevention of Delinquency 224
Glossary 230