目录
Introduction to Important Reading Strategies and Skills
Unit One Learning
Text A Learning and the Brain
Text B Corporate Learning
Unit Two Employer and Employee Satisfaction
Text A Telecommuting
Text B Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation
Unit Three Social Problems
Text A Workplace Violence is a Source of and Reaction to Stress
Text B Police Handling of Gangs
Unit Four Strategies
Text A Whats the Best Way for Society to Work with the World at Large?
Text B Effort and Strategy Use in Students with Learning Disabilities
Unit Five Traffic and Transportation
Text A Whats the Use?
Text B Shifting Gears
Unit Six National and International Politics
Text A Europes Food Fight
Text B Politics in America
Unit Seven New Technologies
Text A New Technologies Create New Problems
Text B A Thing Called Radar Wine
Unit Eight Competition
Text A Knowledge-Based Competmon
Text B The Benefit of Market Knowledge
Unit Nine Energy
Text A Energy Sources and Uses
Text B A Lot of Hot Air
Unit Ten Health
Text A Sunshine Before Birth Could Be Crucial for Brain Development
Text B New Data on Methylmercury and Fetuses
Unit Eleven Forest and Nature
Text A Making Mincemeat out of the Rainforest
Text B Tropical Forests
Unit Twelve Ecosystem
Text A Can Ecosystems Be Restored?
Text B From Industry Revolution to Environmental Revolution
Unit Thirteen Deserts
Text A Deserts
Text B Sahara: A Sea Without Water
Unit Fourteen Tourist Attractions
Text A Grand Canyon National Park
Text B Scotlands Royal Mile
Unit Fifteen Matters of Public Concern
Text A Privacy, Neither Absolute Nor Highly Valued
Text B American Society on Aging
Unit Sixteen Invention
Text A Capturing an Image for All Time
Text B The Root of All Economics
Unit Seventeen Environment
Text A European Youth Face Environmental Hazards
Text B Ozone, Naturally?
Unit Eighteen Living Species
Text A Warming to Extinction
Text B Cold-Water Corals Abound, As Do Threats
Answer Key
内容摘要
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