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Unit 23 Plastics1

Text One Plastics1

Text Two Development of Plastics5

Text Three The Raw Material for Plastics9

Text Four Making Things from Plastics12

Unit 24 Space and Man15

Text One The launching of a Satellite15

Text Two Earth's Man-made Moons18

Text Three The Astronaut in Flight21

Text Four Journey to the Moon24

Unit 25 Architecture29

Text One The Art of Architecture29

Text Two The Art of the Skyscraper34

Text Three Gothic Architecture38

Text Four A Symphony in Concrete42

Unit 26 Biology46

Text One Biology in Our Century46

Text Two The Theory of Evolution49

Text Three Can a Champanzee Become a Human Being51

Text Four Genes54

Unit 27 Film56

Text One The Cinema56

Text Two Animated Cartoons60

Text Three Film Awards and Festivals64

Text Four Charlie Chaplin,the Tramp the Philosopher67

Unit 28 Human Body72

Text One Blood72

Text Two The Living Skeleton75

Text Three Body Signals78

Text Four Taste and Smell83

Unit 29 Stocks and Bonds87

Text One Stocks and Bonds87

Text Two The New York Stock Exchange90

Text Three How the New York Stocks Exchange Works93

Text Four Special Terms to Remember97

Unit 30 Weather100

Text One Weather100

Text Two Storms106

Text Three Observing the Weather109

Text Four Can People Change the Weather?113

Unit 31 UFOs116

Text One UFOs in the Early Times116

Text Two UFOs in This Century120

Text Three Checking on the Puzzles123

Text Four From Other Worlds?126

Unit 32 Computer129

Text One Computers and Our Lives129

Text Two Brain and Computer133

Text Three The Computer Code136

Text Four The Computer Store139

Unit 33 American Literature(1)143

Text One The Scarlet Letter143

Text Two Moby Dick147

Text Three Mark Twain,a Master of Humor151

Text Four The Adventure of Tom Sawyer156

Unit 34 American Literature(2)161

Text One Sister Carie161

Text Two The Great Gatsby164

Text Three Ernest Hemingway168

Text Four A Farewell to Arms171

Unit 35 Motor Car174

Text One The Electrical System174

Text Two The Petrol System177

Text Three The Cooling and Lubricating System179

Text Four The Steering System and the Brake182

Unit 36 The Bermuda Triangle185

Text One Lost at Sea185

Text Two Other Mysteries189

Text Three Geographical Explanations for the Mysteries192

Text Four Possible Factors from Other Planets195

Unit 37 Television198

Text One Principles of the Television Camera198

Text Two The Work of a Microphone202

Text Three Television Transmission205

Text Four The Television Studio208

Unit 38 The Abominable Snowman211

Text One Mystery of the Abominable Snowman211

Text Two Snowman Seen by Mountain Climbers214

TextThree Expeditions217

Text Four The Last Members of a Family of Apes220

Unit 39 Locomotive223

Text One Diesel Engine223

Text Two The Mystery of Torque226

Text Three Fueling and Air Supplying229

Text Four Controlling the Locomotive232

Unit 40 Believe or Not235

Text One Eyeless Sight235

Text Two Telepathy238

Text Three Uri Geller's Extraordinary Powers241

Text Four The Great Escape244

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