U nit 1 COLLEGE EDUCATION Passage 1 Universities Branch Out Passage 2 What Good Is a College Education Anyway? Passage 3 Col leges Tak ing Another Look at the Value of Merit．based Aid Unit 2 SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION Passage 1 Bermuda Triangle：Behind the Intrigue Passage 2 Are You Superstitious? Passage 3 What Is Science?What Is Pseudoscience? Unit 3 OLD AND yOUNG Passage 1 The New Old and the Conserva―teen Passage 2 The Secrets of Long L ife Revealed? Passage 3 Reverse Ageism Unit 4 SPORTS AND HEALTH Passage 1 The Truth about Sports and Weight Loss Passage 2 Health Benefits of Exercise Passage 3 The Role of Exercise in My Life Unit 5 H APPINESS Passage 1 How to Find Happiness in a Nine to Five Job Passage 2 Finding Happiness．How to Appreciate the Little Things in Life――Small Ways to Find Joy in the Everyday Experience Passage 3 Three Treasure Boxes―The Pursuit of Happiness Unit 6 ECOLOGly Passage 1 We Can’t Wish Away Cl imate Change Passage 2 Going Green Without Going Broke Passage 3 Overpopulation Is the Main Threat to the Planet Unit 7 TECHNOLOGy AND PROGRESS Passage 1 Does Technology Improve Qual ity of Our Lives? Passage 2 Technology and Our Dependence upon It Passage 3 Caught in the Web―Undesirable Effect of Internet Technology Unit 8 HUMANITY AND NATURE Passage 1 A Grassroots Remedy Passage 2 The Nature of Human Body――Chinese Explanation of Body Clock Passage 3 An Unlikely Way to Save a Species．Serve It for Dinner Appendix Keys and Answers
