Unit 1 Human CivilizationPassage 1 The City of the Future or the Future of the City 1
Passage 2 The Beauty of Britain 4
Passage 3 Language and Culture 9
Unit 2 Psychology and Mental HealthPassage 1 Don't Let Depression Ruin a Good Thing 14
Passage 2 Sleep:A Dynamic Activity 17
Passage 3 Understanding Adult Obesity 23
Unit 3 Life ExperiencesPassage 1 Clyde Snow:The Detective's Detective 29
Passage 2 What I Learned in the Shoe Store 33
Passage 3 The Secret Life of Arthur Wold 38
Unit 4 International OrganizationsPassage 1 World Health Organization 46
Passage 2 The International Federation of Red Cross 52
Passage 3 Phi Beta Kappa 58
Unit 5 HealthPassage 1 Cut Your Medical Bills IN'94 64
Passage 2 Little-known Signs of a Stroke 68
Passage 3 Five Myths about Health Care Spending 75
Unit 6 LifePassage 1 Ozzie 82
Passage 2 My Miraculous Family 86
Passage 3 The Secret Language of Success 90
Unit 7 Information TechnologyPassage 1 Net Weaver 96
Passage 2 The Second Internet Revolution 100
Passage 3 The Coming E-Commerce Boom 104
Unit 8 Social StudiesPassage 1 Getting a Better Job in Changing Times 111
Passage 2 Chicago's Drug-Busting"GOD SQUAD" 116
Passage 3 Why Don't We Have the Prisons We Need? 121
Unit 9 Social ProblemsPassage 1 Schools That Make Dreams Come True 129
Passage 2 The Grass Isn't Greener,Just the Money 134
Passage 3 Some Problems of Technological Advancement 138
Unit 10 Behavior and Mental HealthPassage 1 Polio's Back.Why Now? 142
Passage 2 The Cruelest Cut 147
Passage 3 Bill O'Reilly:He Still Doesn't Get It 151
Unit 11 Science and DevelopmentPassage 1 Is"Globalization"Helpful or Hurting? 158
Passage 2 The Whole-House Machine 162
Passage 3 Emerging Technology-Reinventing the E-Book 166
Unit 12 Economy and CulturePassage 1 Here's Health-Care Reform That Works 172
Passage 2 In the Blink of an Ear 178
Passage 3 Fraud in Science 184
Unit 13 BiographyPassage 1 A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups:Charles and Camilla's Once upon a Time 190
Passage 2 Stand-Up for Her Man 195
Passage 3 Albert Einstein 200
Unit 14 FamilyPassage 1 What Your Child Fears Most 207
Passage 2 Why Happy Families are Different 212
Passage 3 Victorian Family Life 217
Unit 15 MarriagePassage 1 Indo-Canadian"Mixed"Marriage:Context and Dilemmas 224
Passage 2 Love and Marriage—Japanese and American 229
Passage 3 Prenuptial Agreements 234
Key to Exercises 240