Unit One Foreign Culture异域风情

　Passage 1 The Oldest Cityon Earth

　Passage 2 Christmasin New Zealand

　Passage 3 New York’s Chinatown

　Passage 4 The Dolphin That Came to Stay

Unit Two Environment环境家园

　Passage 1 How Trees Are Killing Our Rivers

　Passage 2 Fiddling While the World Bums

　Passage 3 Citizens Can Do Something about Climate Change

　Passage 4 Trashed Tech：Where Do Old Cell Phones，TVs and PCs Go to Die？

Unit Three Economy经济视野

　Passage 1 China’s Booming Economy：Do the Risks Outweigh the Opportunities？

　Passage 2 A Global Love Affair

　Passage 3 Go Ahead and SaveLet the Govemment Spend

　Passage 4 Stimulus Plan Places New Limits on Wall St.Bonuses

Unit Four Computer and Internet 网络传媒

　Passage 1 The Keyboard Kids

　Passage 2 Meet the Chipsons

　Passage 3 Digital Pirates Winning Battle with Studios

　Passage 4 Not Everyone Is Cheering as Wi—Fi Takes to the Air

Unit Five Medicine医药健康

　Passage 1 The Sleep Cure

　Passage 2 Lifting the Curtain on Depression

　Passage 3 AIDS：What It Is Not

　Passage 4 Why People Get Sick

Unit Six　Social Issues社会长廊

　Passage 1 The “Thrill” of Theft

　Passage 2 Latent Corruption and Bribery in the US

　Passage 3 Alcohol’s TV Flirtation More than a Threat

　Passage 4 BringingUp Adolescents

Unit Seven Sports体育世界

　Passage 1 ANational Undertaking--Sports

　Passage 2 China’s Olympics(Ⅰ)

　Passage 3 China’s Olympics(Ⅱ)

　Passage4 SoccerGets Sexy

Unit Eight Entertainment休闲娱乐

　Passage 1 Girls Just Wanna Have Guns

　Passage 2 The Biggest Summer

　Passage 3 Channel Surfin9

　Passage 4 Bullfighting in Spain

Unit Nine Literature文学欣赏

　Passage 1 Harry Potter：The End Is Here

　Passage 2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(Chapter xv)

　The Goblin’s Revenge

　Passage 3 Review onA Farewell to Arms

　Passage 4 A Farewell to Arms(Chapter XV)

Unit Ten Biology生物掠影

　Passage 1 The Biotech Century—Playing Ecological Roulette with MotherNature’s Designs

　Passage 2 Larks and Owls：The Inner Clock That Rules Our Lives

　Passage 3 Here，Kitty，Kitty

　Passage 4 Does Biodiversity Matter？

Unit Eleven History and Civilization历史管窥

　Passage 1 Napoleonic Europe—1799—1815

　Passage 2 Rise ofCivilizations and Empires

　Passage 3 The Crusades

　Passage 4 Elizabethan Age

Unit Twelve Education教育天地

 Passage 1 The Aims of Education

 Passage 2 Head Start

 Passage 3 Test Drive

 Passage 4 Private School under Siege

Unit Thirteen Great Names风云人物

 Passage 1 Little Sister of the Poor

 Passage 2 Julius Caesar

 Passage 3 Dr. Carl G. Jung: Pioneer in Analytic Psychology

 Passage 4 The Kennedy Family and Classical Themes

Unit Fourteen Archaeology考古寻秘

 Passage 1 Discovering the New Rome

 Passage 2 The Treasures of King Tut' s Tomb

 Passage 3 The Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy: Fact or Fiction？

 Passage 4 Turning Points: Maya Archeology Comes of Age

Unit Fifteen Space and Discovery宇宙探索

 Passage 1 The Sun--Living with a Stormy Star

 Passage 2 The New History of Black Holes:Co-evolution Dramatically Alters Dark Reputation

 Passage 3 Exotic Earths

 Passage 4 Auroras :What Powers the Greatest Light Show on Earth？

Unit Sixteen Philosophy哲学经典

 Passage 1 Nietzsche

 Passage 2 Plato

 Passage 3 Hegel

 Passage 4 Existentialism and Sartre

Keys to Exercises练习答案

References

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