本书在编写中融入系统的跨文化知识，培养学生在跨文化交际场景下的阅读能力。
Unit 1 Intellectual Property： Piracy in the Twenty-First Century
Unit 2 Using Information Found on the Web： Checking Is Believing
Unit 3 Seven Questions about Sleep： Live ，Online Chat with Doctors．
Unit 4 Being an Entrepreneur： Entering the Dragon's Den
Unit 5 Youth， Beauty and Health： Young People's Perceptions of Health
Unit 6 Netiquette： Saying the Right Things in Es
Unit 7 Making Money： An Ordinary Millionaire
Unit 8 Geically Modified Food： Feeding or Poisoning the World?
Unit 9 English Words： The Biggest Vocabulary in the World
Unit 10 Sick Buildings： What Makes a Building Sick?
Unit 11 Pop Music： The Beatles - A Biography
Unit 12 Assessing Performance： Examinations - Frightening or Fair?
Unit 13 Online Romance： The Perfect Online Romance?
Unit 14 Lasers： Light Swords
Unit 15 Cultural Flows along the Silk Road： Seven Myths
Unit 16 Personal Identification： VeriChips
Appendix I 课文参考译文
Appendix II Glossary
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