Unit 1 World News: International RelationsPart I Wanning up/3Part II News reports/5Part III Anti-piracy mission/8Part IV Speeches/10 Unit 2 World News: Earth and EnvironmentPart I Wanning up/13Part II News reports/15Part III City recycling/17Part IV Language study and language appreciation/19 Unit 3 World News: Economic DevelopmentsPart I Warming up/23Part II News reports/26Part III Voice mail may cost company's business/29Part IV Business jargon/31 Unit 4 World News: Up in SpacePart I Warming up/35Part II News reports/37Part III Returning to the Moon/39Part IV Language study and language appreciation/40 Unit 5 New Explorations in Food and MedicinePart I Warming up/45Part II Eating right for good health/48Part III Medical emergency 911/53Part IV Keeping the country healthy/55 Unit 6 Breakthroughs in Science and TechnologyPart I Warming up/59Part II Human genome project/62Part III Latest breakthroughs in technology/65Part IV Language study and language appreciation/67 Unit 7 Future of CommunicationPart I Warming up/71Part II New ways to communicate/74Part III Digital McLuhan/77Part IV Technical jargon/78 Unit 8 New Ideas, New ArchitecturePart I Warming up/83Part II Eco-conscious construction/87Part III Tomorrow's house/91Part IV Language study and language appreciation/93 Unit 9 Ways to TravelPart I Wanning up/97Part II Public transportation/100Part III Cross the Channel/103Part IV Southwest/105 Unit 10 Love and Hate of OilPart I Warming up/109Part II Oil reserves and parking places/111Part III A motor city breakthrough: the electric car/114Part IV Clean air cars/117 Unit 11 A Fast Growing Economy: TourismPart I Warming up/121Part II Welcome to China/123Part III New Seven Wonders of the World/126Part IV Language study and language appreciation/128 Unit 12 ReviewA. Revolutionary car/133B. Fox Hollow golf course/134C. Friends reunited/135D. Beware hackers!/136E. Housing problems/137F. The future of the phone/138 Vocabulary/139 Acknowledgements/160