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Unit One News

时事聚焦

Passage 1 China’S Joining WTO and Globalization

Passage 2 China’S Olympics(I)

Passage 3 China’S Olympics(II)

Passage 4 SARS Is New and It Kills，but How Dangerous Is It?

Unit Two Economy

经济视野

Passage 1  A Brave New World

Passage 2  China’S Booming Economy：

Do the Risks Outweigh the Opportunities?

Passage 3  Sales Force

Passage 4  Be Your Own Boss

Unit Three Foreign Culture

异域风情

Passage 1  Christmas in New Zealand

Passage 2  New York’S Chinatown

Passage 3 The Dolphin That Came to Stay

Passage 4 The Oldest City onEarth

Unit Four Entertainment

娱乐休闲

Passage 1  Girls Just Wanna Have Guns

Passage 2 His Way

Passage 3 Linkin Park Steps Out

Passage 4 The Biggest Summer

Unit Five Literature

文学欣赏

Passage 1  A Farewell to Arms

Passage 2 Review on A Farewell to Arms

Passage 3 The Adventures ofTom Sawyer

Passage 4 Review on The Adventures ofTom Sawyer

Unit Six  Education

教育天地

Passage l Private School under Siege

Passage 2 Head Start

Passage 3 Test Drive

Passage 4 Class Warfare

Unit Seven People

风云人物

Passage 1 The Making ofa First Lady

Passage 2 Little Sister ofthe Poor

Passage 3 Dr．Carl G．Jung：Pioneer in Analytic Psychology

Passage 4 Hamilton Smith’S Second Chance

Unit Eight Science

科技长廊

Passage 1 The Sleep Cure

Passage 2 Here，Kitty，Kitty

Passage 3 Meet the Chipsons

Passage 4 Channel Surfing

Unit Nine Media

传媒管窥

Passage l  A Tabloid Shocker

Passage 2 Alcohol’S TV Flirtation More than a Threat

Passage 3  You Talkin’to Me

Passage 4 The Special War

Unit Ten Society

社会掠影

Passage 1  Soccer Gets Sexy

Passage 2 Bringing Up Adolescents

Passage 3 The“Thrill”ofTheft

Passage4 TheKeyboardKids

Keys to Exercises

练习答案