UNIT ONE
1.The Pleasure of Learning
2.Coping with Santa Claus
3.On the Shoulders of a Hero
UNIT TWO
4.Not Poor,Just Broke
5.Around the World in 20 Days(Part Ⅰ)
6.Around the World in 20 Days(Part Ⅱ)
UNIT THREE
7.My Mother's Dream for Me
8.“I Know What's Right for My Son”
9.Be Scared for Your Kids
UNIT FOUR
10.Anytime,Anywhere-But Beware
11.The Internet?Bah!
12.Connected Wireless
UNIT FIVE
13.My Own Experience
14.The Day I Was Fat
15.Flying Blind
UNIT SIX
16.To Be or Not to Be Single
17.When the Boss Is A Woman
18.Women at Midlife:Staying Fit,Happy
UNIT SEVEN
19.Mother Tongue
20.A View of the “Sex Bias”Pronoun Writing
21.Language:A Refledction of Life in the U.S.
UNIT EIGHT
22.The Disintegrating Web-The Causes and Consequences of Extinction
23.“But a Watch in the Night”:A Scientific Fable
24.In New York,Taking a Breath of Fear
APPENDICES
1.Glossary
2.Key to Comprehension Exercise I of the Texts