Unit 1 World News: Up in Space

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ News reports

Part Ⅲ China s space and aeronautics industry

Part Ⅳ Mir-Russia s space glory

Unit 2 World News: International Relations

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ News reports

Part Ⅲ Speeches

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 3 World News: Economic Developments

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ News reports

Part Ⅲ China and WTO

Part Ⅳ UN business conference

Unit 4 World News: Earth and Environment

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ News reports

Part Ⅲ City recycling

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 5 Health and Medicine

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Frankenstein food or food to feed the world?

Part Ⅲ Medical emergency 911

Part Ⅳ Doctors on the Internet

Unit 6 Science and Technology

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Latest breakthroughs in technology

Part Ⅲ Nobel prize winners in physics and chemistry

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 7 Communications（Ⅰ）

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ The Internet

Part Ⅲ Digital McLuhan

Part Ⅳ Beware hackers!

Unit 8 Communications（Ⅱ）

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Experience with telephones

Part Ⅲ The future of the phone

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 9 Architecture

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Eco-conscious construction

Part Ⅲ Tomorrow s house

Part Ⅳ Housing problems

Unit 10 Tourism

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Tourism in Europe

Part Ⅲ Pole to Pole 2000

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Unit 11 Transportation （Ⅰ）

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Cross the Channel

Part Ⅲ Concorde: past and future

Part Ⅳ Southwest

Unit 12 Transportation（Ⅱ）

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Parking in Tokyo

Part Ⅲ The new trends of automobiles

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

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