Unit 1 World News: International Relations Part I Warming up/1 Part II News reports/3 Part III Anti-piracy mission/7 Part IV Speeches/10
Unit 2 World News: Earth and Environment Part I Warming up/13 Part II News reports/16 Part III City recycling/19 Part IV Language study and language appreciation/22
Unit 3 World News: Economic Deveiopments Part I Warming up/24 Part II News reports/28 Part III Voice mail may cost company's business/31 Part IV Business jargon/35
Unit 4 World News: Up in Space Part I Warming up/38 Part II News reports/41 Part III Returning to the Moon/44 Part IV Language study and language appreciation/46
Unit 5 New Explorations in Food and Medicine Part I Warming up/50 Part II Eating right for good health/53 Part III Medical emergency 911/59 Part IV Keeping the country healthy/63
Unit 6 Breakthroughs in Science and Technology Part I Warming up/65 Part II Human genome project/69 Part III Latest breakthroughs in technology/73 Part IV Language study and language appreciation/76
Unit 7 Future of Communication Part I Wanning up/79 Part II New ways to communicate/82 Part III Digital McLuhan/86 Part IV Technical jargon/88
Unit 8 New Ideas, Hew Architecture Part I Warming up/91 Part II Eco-conscious construction/94 Part III Tomorrow's house/99 Part IV Language study and language appreciation/102
Unit 9 Ways to Travel Part I Warming up/104 Part II Public transportation/108 Part III Cross the Channel/113 Part IV Southwest/116
Unit 10 Love and Hate of Oil Part I Wanning up/120 Part II Oil reserves and parking places/123 Part III A motor city breakthrough: the electric car/128 Part IV Clean air cars/131
Unit 11 A Fast Growing Economy: Tourism Part I Warming up/135 Part II Welcome to China/138 Part III New Seven Wonders of the World/144 Part IV Language study and language appreciation/146
Unit 12 Review A. Revolutionary car/149 B. Fox Hollow golf course/150 C. Friends reunited/151 D. Beware hackers!/152 E. Housing problems/156 F. The future of the phone/158
