《英语时文泛读》这套教材是北京市精品教材立项项目，语言地道，内容新颖，题材广泛多样，贴近时代与生活，并就不同主题高不同单元，知识内容较成体系，同时练习设计全面合理，形式灵活，易于操作。本书是该套教材第二册。

UNIT ONE THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION

 Text A A Year Without "Made in China"

 Text B Stay Globally Competitive: Be Like Google

 Text C A Race We Can All Win

UNIT TWO CONTROVERSIES IN 21ST-CENTURYAMERICA

 Text A Why Not Teach Alternatives to Evolution?

 Text B Don't Believe the Hype. We're Still No. 1.

 Text C Supreme Court Rejects School Racial Diversity Plans

UNIT THREE COLLEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY

 Text A What Exactly Does GW's President Do?

 Text B Campuses Slow to Deal with Growth in Gambling

 Text C Gates Urges Graduates to Tackle Global Inequity

UNIT FOUR "NEW" GENERATIONS

 Text A What Gen Y Really Wants

 Text B What Will You Call Me When I'm 64?

 Text C Why We Must Listen to Our Angry Teenagers

UNIT FIVE PARADOXES IN REALITY

 Text A The Cleanest Place on Earth--and the Dirtiest

 Text B Somewhere Deep Down, We Still Care. Don't We?

 Text C Could Friendships Be Ruining Your Life?

UNIT SIX PEOPLE'S PLACE IN SOCIETY

 Text A Setting Happiness as a National Goal

 Text B When Armed Citizens Patrol the Streets

 Text C Designing Cities for People, Rather than Cars...

UNIT SEVEN HUMAN IMPACT ON NATURE

 Text A After We Are Gone

 Text B A New Step Toward Synthetic Life

 Text C Can We Save the World by 20157

UNIT EIGHT CHINA'S "GROWING PAINS"

 Text A China Food Scare: A Dash of Racism

 Text B A Taste of Racism in the Chinese Food Scare

 Text C Tired of Laughter, Beijing Gets Rid of Bad Translations

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