目錄
單元學習
Festivals and Customs
Unit 1 Las Fallas, a Festival with a Bang 砰!法亞節 10
Unit 2 Strange Scenes in New Orleans 紐奧良奇景 13
Unit 3 Carnival in Venice 威尼斯嘉年華 16
Unit 4 Burning Man 火燒人 19
Unit 5 Notting Hill Carnival 諾汀丘嘉年華 22
Campus and Lifestyle
Unit 6 Does Anybody Even Know Why We’re Here? 誰知道我們為什麼要在這裡? 25
Unit 7 When Learning Cultures Collide 學習文化的衝突 28
Unit 8 A Society of Doctors 醫生泛濫的社會 31
Unit 9 A Healthy Lifestyle 健康的生活方式 34
Unit 10 Get Some Science into Your Life 將科學帶入生活中 37
Leisure and Hobbies
Unit 11 River Tracers Are Walking Their Own Path 走自己的路──溯溪客 40
Unit 12 Get a Second Life 擁有你的第二人生 43
Unit 13 Recreating History 重現歷史 46
Unit 14 Training Dogs for Speed 訓練狗兒矯健身手 49
Unit 15 Make Your Own Music 創造屬於你的音樂 52
Food
Unit 16 Stinky Tofu for the Soul 深入靈魂的臭豆腐 55
Unit 17 A Local Food Movement 「在地吃」運動 58
Unit 18 The Year of the Potato 馬鈴薯年 61
Unit 19 Far beyond an Apple a Day 不只是一天一顆蘋果 64
Unit 20 Coffee for the Masses 給大眾喝的咖啡 67
Fashion
Unit 21 What Is Fashion? 時尚是什麼? 70
Unit 22 Fashion Is Relative 時尚相對論 73
Unit 23 Fashion in Speech 言語的「流行」 76
Unit 24 Fashion in Hard Economic Times 經濟不景氣中的時尚產業 79
Unit 25 Vogue Vogue雜誌 82
People
Unit 26 Steve Irwin 史提夫.爾文 85
Unit 27 David Beckham, the Man We Love to Hate 又愛又恨貝克漢 88
Unit 28 Bob Dylan, Spokesman for a Generation 世代的發言人——巴布.迪倫 91
Unit 29 Alan Greenspan, an Unlikely Hero 艾倫.葛林斯潘,其貌不揚的英雄 94
Unit 30 Stephen Hawking, an Authentic Hero 史蒂芬.霍金,正港英雄 97
Culture and Civilization
Unit 31 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國衰亡史 100
Unit 32 The Death of Popular Culture 大眾文化之死 103
Unit 33 Do Cultures Have Gender? 文化也有性別嗎? 106
Unit 34 Christmas, German Style 德國風格的聖誕節 109
Unit 35 Chasing Arête with Odysseus 與奧德塞斯一起追尋Arête 112
Travel
Unit 36 What Is San Francisco? 舊金山是什麼? 115
Unit 37 Two Wheels Good, Four Wheels Bad 兩個輪子妙妙妙,四個輪子糟糟糟 118
Unit 38 Alaska Cruise Adventures 阿拉斯加探險之旅 121
Unit 39 A Green Trip, a Green Trap 綠色之旅的陷阱 124
Unit 40 Europe on the Cheap 花小錢遊歐洲 127
Art and Music
Unit 41 Is It Art? Or a Joke? 藝術乎?笑話乎? 130
Unit 42 Andy Warhol, the King of Pop 安迪.沃荷──普普藝術之王 133
Unit 43 Vincent van Gogh 文生.梵谷 136
Unit 44 Who Owns a Song? 誰擁有歌曲? 139
Unit 45 Texas Blues 德州藍調 142
Society
Unit 46 The Death Penalty 死刑 145
Unit 47 Is Electricity Worth It? 為了電,值得嗎? 148
Unit 48 The News Is Pretty Scary 新聞真可怕 151
Unit 49 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 分手談何容易 154
Unit 50 Is Universal Education Really So Great? 普及教育真的這麼好嗎? 157
Entertainment
Unit 51 The Bright Side of the Hip-hop Nation 嘻哈之國的光明面 160
Unit 52 National Public Radio 美國全國公共廣播電台 163
Unit 53 TV and Video Games 電視和電動遊戲 166
Unit 54 Stand-up Comedy 單人喜劇表演 169
Unit 55 Gossip 八卦 172
Science and Technology
Unit 56 Hunting Typhoons 獵颱風 175
Unit 57 Will the Internet Make Us Dumb? 網路會使我們變笨嗎? 178
Unit 58 Another Symbolic Victory for AI 人工智慧再度獲得象徵性勝利 181
Unit 59 Are Electric Cars Making a Comeback? 電子車捲土重來? 184
Unit 60 Digital Music Online 線上數位音樂 187
Sports
Unit 61 Say It Ain’t So, Joe! 告訴我,喬,這不是真的! 190
Unit 62 The Price of Victory 勝利的代價 193
Unit 63 Fishing for the Truth 「釣」出真相 196
Unit 64 FIFA 國際足球總會 199
Unit 65 Power, Beauty and Death 力、美與死亡 202
Environment
Unit 66 Living without Oil 沒有石油的生活 205
Unit 67 Along Came a Spider 蜘蛛來了 208
Unit 68 The Plastiki Expedition 塑膠提基號遠征 211
Unit 69 Garbage in Paradise 天堂裡的垃圾 214
Unit 70 Alaska’s Early Summer 阿拉斯加的早夏 217
Health and Medicine
Unit 71 Ending a Pain Epidemic 終結痛苦流行病 220
Unit 72 The Hazards of Tourism 旅遊的風險 223
Unit 73 Drugs, Youth and Money 藥物、少年與金錢 226
Unit 74 A Vaccine against Fear? 預防針,防恐懼? 229
Unit 75 A New Hope for the Handicapped 身障人士的新希望 232
必考字彙 235
字彙索引 326
單元學習
Festivals and Customs
Unit 1 Las Fallas, a Festival with a Bang 砰!法亞節 10
Unit 2 Strange Scenes in New Orleans 紐奧良奇景 13
Unit 3 Carnival in Venice 威尼斯嘉年華 16
Unit 4 Burning Man 火燒人 19
Unit 5 Notting Hill Carnival 諾汀丘嘉年華 22
Campus and Lifestyle
Unit 6 Does Anybody Even Know Why We’re Here? 誰知道我們為什麼要在這裡? 25
Unit 7 When Learning Cultures Collide 學習文化的衝突 28
Unit 8 A Society of Doctors 醫生泛濫的社會 31
Unit 9 A Healthy...