本书每单元由三四篇相同主题的阅读文章组成，有助于学生对同一主题从不同的视角进行探究，从而提高学生的分析能力和思辨能力。
高效的词汇技能练习拓展学生的词汇量，从而使学生从容地应对新词汇。
阅读技能练习指导学生掌握阅读策略，从而使学生成功地阅读不同风格和流派的文章。
读和写有机地结合在一起，全面提高语言应用技能。

Introduction
UNIT 1 STRIVING TO COMMUNICATE
1. The Hope of Esperanto
2. Esperanto
3. Reaping the Rewards of Learning English
4. Half of World's Languages in Danger of Extinction
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UNIT 2 WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING
1. What Winners Konw
2. The Fine Art of Self-Handicapping
3. What Makes a Champion
4. "It Couldn't Be Done" by Edgar A. Guest
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UNIT 3 WHAT IS ART
1. The Arts Are Essential
2. Art Buyers May Not Care If Picasso Was a Monster
3. They're Stealing Our Masterpieces
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UNIT 4 THE MARVELS OF MEDICINE
1. Isaac Asimov's Futureworld: Medicine
2. World's First Robot Surgeon Proves a Smooth Operator
3. Chinese Medicine
4. Frogs and Human Health
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UNIT 5 THE WAYWE ARE
1. How Color Can Change Your Life
2. Smile If You're Feeling Stressed
3. Brain Power's Sliding Scale
4. What Sex Is Your Brain?
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UNIT 6 THE AGE OF INFORMATION
1. TALK to me
2. Gender Gap in Cyberspace
3. Cracking Down on Computer Crime
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UNIT 7 THE BEAUTY OF SCIENCE
1. Hawking Gets Personal
2. Valuable By-Products of Space Research
3. Dancing to the Music of Physics
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UNIT 8 THE WORLD OF MARKETING
1. How to Analyze an Ad
2. Do's and Taboos: Cultural Aspects of International Business
3. Big Blunders from Big Business
4. Style's Hidden Persuaders
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