本書在編寫中融入系統(tǒng)的跨文化知識(shí),培養(yǎng)學(xué)生在跨文化交際場景下的閱讀能力。
Unit 1 Intellectual Property: Piracy in the Twenty-First Century
Unit 2 Using Information Found on the Web: Checking Is Believing
Unit 3 Seven Questions about Sleep: Live ,Online Chat with Doctors.
Unit 4 Being an Entrepreneur: Entering the Dragon's Den
Unit 5 Youth, Beauty and Health: Young People's Perceptions of Health
Unit 6 Netiquette: Saying the Right Things in Es
Unit 7 Making Money: An Ordinary Millionaire
Unit 8 Geically Modified Food: Feeding or Poisoning the World?
Unit 9 English Words: The Biggest Vocabulary in the World
Unit 10 Sick Buildings: What Makes a Building Sick?
Unit 11 Pop Music: The Beatles - A Biography
Unit 12 Assessing Performance: Examinations - Frightening or Fair?
Unit 13 Online Romance: The Perfect Online Romance?
Unit 14 Lasers: Light Swords
Unit 15 Cultural Flows along the Silk Road: Seven Myths
Unit 16 Personal Identification: VeriChips
Appendix I 課文參考譯文
Appendix II Glossary