UNIT ONE HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE 1
Text A Children in the Balance / 1
Text B Chubby Gets a Second Look / 6
Text C The Diagnosis for Health Care / 11
UNIT TWO PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT 15
Text A Global Warming: Struggling to Save the Planet / 15 Text B Chemical Generation / 21 Text C Brazil, Alarmed, Reconsiders Policy on Climate Change / 26
UNIT THREE AGRICULTURE VS URBANIZATION 31
Text A Life on the Land / 31
Text B Urbanisation in China: China’s Chicago / 37
Text C Kenyan Farmers’ Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules / 43
UNIT FOUR US DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS 47
Text A IF Bush Ruled the World / 47
Text B Sino-US Relations: The Economic Aspect / 52
Text C All in the Families / 59
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UNIT FIVE THE CHANGING ENGLISH LANGUAE 62
Text A Double Trouble Speak / 62
Text B The World is Englishing / 67
Text C Bible and the English Language / 72
UNIT SIX THE WAY BUSINESS OPERATES /76
Text A Young Entrepreneurs Have the Edge / 76
Text B It’s What’s on the Outside that Counts / 82
Text C If You Whistle a Happy Tune, Don’t Call it a Jingle / 87
UNIT SEVEN LIFE GOES ON 91
Text A Why Montana Is Turning Blue / 91 Text B The Art of Unhappiness / 97
Text C Holding the Mirror Up to Vanity / 102
UNIT EIGHT THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT 106
Text A Beijing Olympics’ Opening Ceremony Blends Technology and Tradition / 106
Text B Ex-Chinese Star Guides U.S. to Win in Volleyball / 111
Text C Reviving the Olympic Spirit 75 Years Later / 116
GLOSSARY / 119
