Unit 1 What Are Your Reasons to Become a Scientist or Engineer? 1
Text Ⅰ 75 Reasons to Become a Scientist 5
Text Ⅱ 100 Reasons to Become a Scientist or Engineer 15
Text Ⅲ English:The Inescapable Language 25
Unit 2 Are Children Born Scientists or Engineers? 35
Text Ⅰ Early Engineering Education 39
Text Ⅱ Why Kids Are Natural-Born Scientists 43
Text Ⅲ The Math Gender Gap Explained 47
Unit 3 What Makes a Successful Scientist or Engineer? 57
Text Ⅰ Habits of Successful Scientists 60
Text Ⅱ Letter to a Young Scientist 66
Text Ⅲ What Is an Engineer's Job? 71
What Makes a Good Engineer 73
Unit 4 Is There a Divide Between Sciences and Humanities? 81
Text Ⅰ Fifty Years on,C.P.Snow's"Two Cultures"Are United in Desperation 86
Text Ⅱ From STEM to STEAM:Science and Art Go Hand-in-Hand 91
Text Ⅲ The Night I Met Einstein 98
Unit 5 What Are the Strategies to Keep Yourselves Motivated? 107
Text Ⅰ Ten Techniques for Activating the Spirit and Reducing Stress 110
Text Ⅱ Strategies to Get Yourselves Motivated 119
Text Ⅲ How to Live Before You Die 125
Unit 6 Why Is Honesty the Best Policy in Science? 135
Text Ⅰ The Ethics of Science 137
Text Ⅱ Honesty 141
Text Ⅲ NSPE(National Society of Professional Engineers)Code of Ethics for Engineers 148
Unit 7 Is Necessity Invention's Mother or Vice Versa? 161
Text Ⅰ Necessity's Mother 165
Text Ⅱ Top 10 Inventions of the 20th Century 169
Text Ⅲ Why Jobs Is No Edison 176
Unit 8 What Are Your Dream Teams Like? 186
Text Ⅰ Teamwork:Tyranny or Happy Marriage? 188
Text Ⅱ Is Your Team Too Big?Too Small?What's the Right Number? 192
Text Ⅲ Why Science Is Better When It's Multinational 197
Unit 9 Should Scientists Change Their Minds? 207
Text Ⅰ On Second Thought 210
Text Ⅱ When Scientists Screw Up 214
Text Ⅲ Why Scientists Seem to Change Their Minds 218
Unit 10 How Has the Digital Age Changed Your Lives? 229
Text Ⅰ People of the Screen 231
Text Ⅱ The Doom of Physical Books? 237
Text Ⅲ The Reading Brain in the Digital Age:The Science of Paper versus Screens 240
Unit 11 Are You a Multitasker or Singletasker? 252
Text Ⅰ Is This the Start of the Multitasking Age? 254
Text Ⅱ Are You Suffering from Digital Device Distraction Syndrome? 262
Text Ⅲ The Myth of Multitasking 265
References 276
Listening Materials Websites 278
致谢 281