Unit 1

Text A-1 Alone in the Arctic Cold

Text A-2 Memories of Afghanistan

Text B-1 The Conquest of Mt.Jolmo Lungma

Text B-2 Buzz-bombs and Doodlebugs

Unit 2

Text A-1 Atomic Cars

Text A-2 Improving Industrial Efficiency Through Robotics

Text B-1 Maglev:A New Generation in Railroad Technology

Text B-2 Letters:Obsolete Technology

Unit 3

Text A-1 The Job Hunt:How to Start a Successful Career

Text A-2 A Tale of a Successful Student Job Seeker

Text B-1 What Makes a Good Job?

Text B-2 The Kind of Work Daddy Does

Unit 4

Text A-1 Is the World Flat?

Text A-2 The World Isn't Flat-It's Networked

Text B-1 The Jeaning of America and the World

Text B-2 Americans and Food

Unit 5

Text A-1 Fast-Food Nation:Meat and Potatoes

Text A-2 Doggie Bags

Text B-1 Ad Nation

Text B-2 It's All at the Mall

Unit 6

Text A-1 Karoshi

Text A-2 The Culture of"Lead Time”

Text B-1 Pace of Life

Text B-2 The Impact of Time

Unit 7

Text A-1 Looking Back at 9/11

Text A-2 My Memories of September 11,2001

Text B-1 The Worst Scare of My Life

Text B-2 Take Care,America

Unit 8

Text A-1 Grand Canyon Crowding

Text A-2 Ecotourism

Text B-1 Working Your Way Around the World

Text B-2 Jones Beach

Appendix

Key to Comprehension Exercises