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Unit 10 Business Strategies In-Class Reading Business Lessons from the Rain Forest Takashi Kiuchi <1> 1 The environment and the emerging information economy are two issues most vital to the future of my business, and perhaps the world. To me, these topics seem intimately linked. Perhaps this is partly because I work for Mitsubishi Electric, an electronics company, and I see our impacts on t
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Unit 9 Friends and Friendship After-Class Reading PASSAGE I Friends, Good Friends — and Such Good Friends Women are friends, I once would have said[1], when they totally love and support and trust each other, and bare to each other the secrets of their souls, and run — no questions asked — to help each other[2], and tell harsh truths to each other (no, you can't wear that dress unless you l
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Unit 9 Friends and Friendship In-Class Reading On Friendship 1 Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also-in those places where they do not feel too strange-to perhaps meet new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend. But surely the beginning of a friendship is possible. Surely in every country people value friendsh
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Unit 8 Healthy Living After-Class Reading PASSAGE I Surprising Facts About Sleep Judging from recent surveys and clinical experiments, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic of sleepiness in the nation. "I can't think of a single study that hasn't found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to," says David F.Dinges, a biological psychologist at the Institu
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Unit 8 Healthy Living In-Class Reading Set Your Body's Time Clock to Work for You 1 As the first rays of sunlight filter over the hills of California's Silicon Valley <1>, Charles Winget opens his eyes. It is barely 5 a.m., but Winget is eager to go. Meanwhile, his wife pulls up the covers and buries her face under the pillow. "For the past fifteen years," says Winget, "we've hardly ever go
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Unit 7 Athletes After-Class Reading PASSAGE I Athletes Should Not Be Role Models These days there are so many stories about the criminal activities of athletes that sports pages are beginning to look like police reports. What's going on? American sports fans ask over[1] their morning toast and coffee, What's happening to our heroes? It's not difficult to understand our desire for athletes to be h
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Unit 7 Athletes In-Class Reading Athletes Should Be Role Models Karl Malone 1 I love Charles Barkley like a brother, and except for the times when we're banging and pushing each other under the boards in games between my team, the Utah Jazz, and his, the Phoenix Suns, we're great friends. We don't necessarily like the same things: Charles loves golf so much he would play at halftime if he could,
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Unit 6 Success After-Class Reading PASSAGE I Success Means Never Feeling Tired Failure is probably the most fatiguing experience a person ever has. There is nothing more frustrating than not succeeding — being blocked, not moving ahead. It is a vicious circle. Failure breeds fatigue, and the fatigue makes it harder to get to work, which compounds the failure. We experience this tiredness in two
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Unit 6 Success In-Class Reading The Key to Success 1 A five-year study of 120 of the nation's top artists, athletes and scholars has concluded that drive and determination, not great natural talent, led to their extraordinary success. 2 "We expected to find tales of great natural gifts," said University of Chicago education professor Benjamin Bloom, who led the team of researchers who studied the
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Unit 5 The Power of Words After-Class Reading PASSAGE I All the Good Things He was in the first third-grade class I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris, Minnesota. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million[1]. Very neat in appearance, he had that happy-to-be-alive attitude[2] that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. Mark also talked incessant
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Unit 5 The Power of Words In-Class Reading The Power of a Note 1 On my first job as sports editor for the Montpelier (Ohio) Leader Enterprise, I didn't get a lot of fan mail, so I was intrigued by a letter that was dropped on my desk one morning. 2 When I opened it, I read: "A nice piece of writing on the Tigers. Keep up the good work." It was signed by Don Wolfe, the sports editor. Because I was
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Unit 4 Science and Technology After-Class Reading PASSAGE I True Love Isaac Asimov [1] My name is Joe. That is what my colleague, Milton Davidson, calls me. He is a programmer and I am a computer. I am part of the Multivac-complex[2] and am connected with other parts all over the world. I know everything. Almost everything. I am Milton's private computer. His Joe[3]. He understands more about com
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Unit 4 Science and Technology In-Class Reading Too Fast? 1 People who were born just before World War I remember waving at automobiles as they passed. Seeing a car was like watching a parade-exciting and out of the ordinary. The airplane-it was spelled "aeroplane" then-was another new invention. Refrigerators were "iceboxes," and a man delivered the ice for the box in the summer and the coal for
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Unit 3 Leisure Activities After-Class Reading PASSAGE 1 Fatal Attraction[1] The "Queen" of British murder mystery writing is, without doubt, Agatha Christie. Although the writer herself died over 20 years ago, her 78 "Whodunit" novels continue to sell in huge numbers. They have been translated into more than a hundred languages and they have sold over two billion copies. The appeal of Agatha Chri
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Unit 3 Leisure Activities In-Class Reading Entertaining Humor-What's Funny? Donald M. Huffman 1 The joy of laughing at a funny story is universal, probably as old as language itself. But, what is it that makes a story or a joke funny? 2 As one who had enjoyed humor since I first recognized it, I've made an attempt to explain and discuss humor with students in such diverse cultures as Latin Americ
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Unit 2 Manners After-Class Reading PASSAGE 1 Who Pays the Check? On their first date, Maureen and Dennis ate at one of the most popular Italian restaurants in town. The two, who had met at a fitness club[1], enjoyed each other's company at dinner, but when the waiter later placed the check between them, the relaxed mood of the evening seemed to vanish. Who would pay the check? Dennis had asked Ma
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Unit 2 Manners In-Class Reading No One Stops to Say "Thank You" Anymore 1 I am sitting in a local restaurant offering takeout homestyle meals, surrounded by exhausted but happy shoppers, families out for Friday night dinner, and students taking a break from college exams. The warm room buzzes with conversation. A well-known local homeless man-very untidy but clean-comes in, places an order, pays
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Unit 1 Myths and Legends After-Class Reading PASSAGE 1 Beauty and the Beast There was once a very rich merchant who had six children, three sons and three daughters. He gave his daughters everything they wanted, but they were very conceited and spoiled, except for the youngest, whom they called Beauty. She was as beautiful as she was sweet, and her two sisters were consumed with jealousy. One ter
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Unit 1 Myths and Legends In-Class Reading Why the Tortoise's Shell Is Not Smooth 1 The distant sound of low voices, broken now and again by singing, reached Okonkwo from his wives' huts as each woman and her children told folk stories. Ekwefi and her daughter, Ezinma, sat on a mat on the floor. It was Ekwefi's turn to tell a story. Suddenly the murmuring stopped and all eyes turned to their favor
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Unit 12 Time After-Class Reading PASSAGE I Social Time: The Heartbeat of Culturem Proper Names Anglo adj. 盎格鲁的(Anglo-作形容词前缀，表示“与英国<人>有关的”。美国人中有许多是有英国血统的，故该词也适用于本文。) Brazilian 巴西人 adj. 巴西人的 Henry David Thoreau (男子名)梭罗(美国作家，超验主义运动的代表人物) Nitero
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Unit 12 Time In-Class Reading How to Take Your Time I. Word List Directions: Memorize the words and phrases before class. You will benefit from your effort when you get the passage from your teacher and read it in class. Proper Names Albert Einstein （男子名）爱因斯坦（1879-1955，世界著名理论物理学家） Larry Dossey （男子名）拉里.多希 New Words addict * n. a p
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Unit 11 College Life After-Class Reading PASSAGE I Those College Finals Proper Names Boer War 布尔战争 Elizabethan 伊丽莎白(时代)的 Northwestern University 西北大学(在美国伊利诺伊州) New Words administrator n. 管理者 arcane adj. secret and mysterious 神秘的 bizarre * adj. strange, peculiar 古怪的 calendar * n. 日历；年历 e.g. Gregorian calendar 公历 campus *
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Unit 11 College Life In-Class Reading Essay I The Commencement Speech You'll Never Hear I. Word List Directions: Memorize the following words and phrases before class. You will benefit from your effort when you get the passages from your teacher and read them in class. Proper Names Brown 即Brown University布朗大学（在美国罗得岛州） Carter A. Daniel （男子名）卡特.A.丹尼尔
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Unit 10 Risks After-Class Reading PASSAGE I Health Risks New Words AIDS n. 艾滋病，即获得性免疫缺损综合症 bare * adj. plain, with no additional explanation or information 不掩饰的，直率的 e.g. Did someone tell you the bare outline (概要) of our story? catastrophic * adj. 灾难性的 costly * adj. 代价高的 e.g. The general's decision to invade was a costly mistake. de
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Unit 10 Risks In-Class Reading Risks and You I. Word List Directions: Memorize the following words and phrases before class. You will benefit from your effort when you get the passage from your teacher and read it in class. New Words accidentally * adv. by chance 意外地;偶然地 e.g. They met on the street accidentally. accordingly * adv. in a manner that is suggested by what is known or has
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Unit 9 Gender Differences After-Class Reading PASSAGE I Boys Are Teachers' Pets Proper Names Dale Spender (女子名)戴尔.斯彭德 London University Institute of Education 伦敦大学教育学院 New Words accustomed * adj. 习惯的，惯常的 e.g. I'm not accustomed to being treated like this. conclude * v. end a speech, meeting or piece of writing, or judge after some consideration 推论
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Unit 9 Gender Differences In-Class Reading Gender Roles from a Cultural Perspective I. Word List Directions: Memorize the following words and phrases before class. You will benefit from your effort when you get the passage from your teacher and read it in class. Proper Names David and Myra Sadker （人名） 戴维.赛德克和迈拉.赛德克夫妇 New Words appropriately * adv. correctly, suit
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Unit 8 Creativity After-Class Reading PASSAGE I A Long March to Creativity(I) Proper Names Benjamin (男子名)本杰明 Ellen (女子名)埃伦 Jinling Hotel 金陵饭店(南京) Nanjing 南京 Taiwan 台湾 New Words agenda * n. purpose or plan 意图，计划 e.g. She came to my house with a hidden agenda. appoint * v. 指定，确定 e.g. We shall appoint 8 o'clock as the hour to begin. atten
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Unit 8 Creativity In-Class Reading The Case for Creativity--Encouraging Children to Think I. Word List Directions: Memorize the following words and phrases before class. You will benefit from your effort when you get the passage from your teacher and read it in class. Proper Names Columbus （男子名）哥伦布（1451-1560，意大利航海家） Dick Drew （男子名）迪克.德鲁 Minnesot
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Unit 7 Music After-Class Reading PASSAGE I The Beatles[1] Proper Names Basie (男子名)巴锡 Beatles (乐队名)甲壳虫乐队 Brian Epstein (男子名)布莱恩.爱泼斯坦 Cavern 卡文(在英国利物浦市) Ella Fitzgerald (女子名)埃拉.菲茨杰拉德 George Harrison (男子名)乔治.哈里森 George Martin (男子名)乔治.马丁 Hamburg 汉堡(德国北部港市) John Lennon (男
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