《研究生实用英语系列教程 泛读 下》

Contents1

UNIT ONE1

Part A Why Business Needs Scientists1

Part B 1．R．I．P．：The Good Corporation8

2．Do It My Way13

UNIT TWO18

Part A Life Insurance18

Part B 1．The Nature and Elements of Insurance26

2．Types of Policies of Private Health Insurance30

UNIT THREE35

Part A Teach Yourself Almost Anything35

Part B 1．End of the Paper Chase43

2．Sharing the Experience48

UNIT FOUR53

Part A Global Change53

Part B 1．Recovery of Damaged Ecosystems and Species (60

2．Prevention and Control64

Part A Foreign Direct Investment69

UNIT FIVE69

Part B 1．International Taxation77

2．Foreign Exchange81

UNIT SIX85

Part A Why Do Thinges Become More Complex？85

Part B 1．Traffic Signals in Cars Save Fuel93

2．A Growing Controversy96

UMT SEVEN100

Part A Growing Up is Hard to Do100

Part B 1．Coming of Age107

2．A Simpie Act of Love111

UNIT EIGHT116

Part A The Doubting American116

Part B 1．The New—Collar Class124

2．Social Class and Conflicting Values129

UNIT NINE133

Part A Help Wanted：America's Federal Lands Need Fixing133

Part B 1．Our Place in Nature140

2．Recycling Become a Big Business144

Part A Counting Your Blessings150

UNIT TEN150

Part B 1．A？risoner's Tale156

2．My Son，My Teacher161

UNIT ELEVEN165

Part A Old Order and New Order in Science and Technology165

Part B 1．Culture173

2．Science and Truth176

Part A Should We Implant Life on Mars？182

UNIT TWELVE182

Part B 1．Confirming a Comet's Belated Return191

2．Theories of Star Birth194

UNIT THIRTEEN198

Part A AIDS and the Next Pandemic198

Part B 1．Gen Therapy：Hopes and Fears206

2．Twins offer Key to Genetics of Smoking210

UNIT FOURTEEN214

Part A What is Social Ecology？214

Part B 1．Disposal of Plastic Litter221

2．Manipulation of Hydrological Cycles224

UNIT FIFTEEN229

Part A Growth of the Post as a Government Monopoly229

Part B 1．Development of Airmail236

2．Postal Services in Developing Countries239

UNIT SIXTEEN245

Part A The Life of a Black Scientist245

Part B 1．Against the Great Divide252

2．Old Deadeye Bean256

UNIT SEVENTEEN (260

Part A The Young and the Gifted260

Part B 1．What I Can Do for My Country269

2．The Trouble With Teen—Agers273

UNIT EIGHTEEN278

Part A Living in a Virtual World278

Part B 1．Virtual Reality286

2．The Virtual Kitchen and More290

KEY TO EXERCISES294