Unit 1 World News: International Relations
Part I Wanning up
Part II News reports
Part III Anti-piracy mission
Part IV Speeches
Unit 2 World News: Earth and Environment
Part I Wanning up
Part II News reports
Part III City recycling
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Unit 3 World News: Economic Developments
Part I Warming up
Part II News reports
Part III Voice mail may cost company's business
Part IV Business jargon
Unit 4 World News: Up in Space
Part I Warming up
Part II News reports
Part III Returning to the Moon
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Unit 5 New Explorations in Food and Medicine
Part I Warming up
Part II Eating right for good health
Part III Medical emergency 911
Part IV Keeping the country healthy
Unit 6 Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
Part I Warming up
Part II Human genome project
Part III Latest breakthroughs in technology
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Unit 7 Future of Communication
Part I Warming up
Part II New ways to communicate
Part III Digital McLuhan
Part IV Technical jargon
Unit 8 New Ideas, New Architecture
Part I Warming up
Part II Eco-conscious construction
Part III Tomorrow's house
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Unit 9 Ways to Travel
Part I Wanning up
Part II Public transportation
Part III Cross the Channel
Part IV Southwest
Unit 10 Love and Hate of Oil
Part I Warming up
Part II Oil reserves and parking places
Part III A motor city breakthrough: the electric car
Part IV Clean air cars
Unit 11 A Fast Growing Economy: Tourism
Part I Warming up
Part II Welcome to China
Part III New Seven Wonders of the World
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Unit 12 Review
A. Revolutionary car
B. Fox Hollow golf course
C. Friends reunited
D. Beware hackers!
E. Housing problems
F. The future of the phone
Vocabulary
Acknowledgements
