张蕾、吴晓萍主编范守义总主编的《英语时文泛读(第2册21世纪英语专业系列教材)》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。

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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