Unit 1 The Scientist
Part I Pre-Reading Task
Part II Text A The Lost Years of a Nobel Laureate
Part III Text B Oxford and Cambridge
Part IV Theme-Related language Learning Tasks
Part V Self-assessment
Unit 2 Economic Life
Part I Pre-Reading Task
Part II Text A Ethics and the Consumer
Part III Text B Time Dollars
Part IV Theme-Related language Learning Tasks
Part V Self-assessment
Unit 3 Human Weaknesses
Part I Pre-Reading Task
Part II Text A Is He Living or Is He Dead
Part III Text B Edward Mills and George Bentom:A Tale
Part IV Theme-Related language Learning Tasks
Part V Self-assessment
Unit 4 The Meaning of Work
Part I Pre-Reading Task
Part II Text A Assembly Line Adventure
Part III Text B The Search For Meaning in Work
Part IV Theme-Related language Learning Tasks
Part V Self-assessment
Test Yourself(Units 1-4)
Unit 5 Research Ethics
Part I Pre-Reading Task
Part II Text A Falsity and Failure
Part III Text B On Being a Scientist:Responsible conduct in
Research
Part IV Theme-Related language Learning Tasks
Part V Self-assessment
Unit 6 Euthanasia
Part I Pre-Reading Task
Part II Text A Accidents,Suicide and Euthanasia
Part III Text B A Daughter's Dilemma
Part IV Theme-Related language Learning Tasks
Part V Self-assessment
Unit 7 Nature and Man
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Unit 8 The Twentieth Century
Test Yourself(Units5-8)