目录
Unit 1 Cars: Need a Ride
Reading A Why Dont We Still Drive Steam Cars?
Reading B How Googles Robo-Cars Mean the End of
Driving As We Know It
Reading C How Biodiesel Works
Unit 2 Robot: Genesis or Apocalypse?
Reading A Nasas Robonaut 2 Scrubs Up for Space
Surgery
Reading B Quadriplegic Woman Moves Robot Arm
with Her Mind
Reading C Killer Robots: Natural Evolution, or
Abomination?
Unit 3 Space Science: Infinite Development Space
Reading A Space Technology Contributes to New
Artificial Heart
Reading B Spaceflight Business
Reading C Information Technology and Space
Exploration
Unit 4 Cyber and Digital World: an Inevitable Lifestyle
Reading A How to Build a Successful Online Business
Reading R A Place to Put Your Apps
Reading C Lost in the Cloud: How Safe Are Your
Online Possessions?
Unit 5 Medicine: Limitations and Progress
Reading A No Truth to the Fountain of Youth
Reading B Infectious Moods: How Bugs Control Your Mind
Reading C Livingwith the Enemy
Unit 6 Civil Engineering: Marking the World
Reading A Tower Bridge of London
Reading B Roads in Ancient Rome
Reading C How the Dubai Seven-Star Hotel Works
Unit 7 Domestic Appliances: Toward a Better Life
Reading A Getting in a Spin: Why Washing Machines Are No
Longer Built to Last
Reading B A Thinking Refrigerator? Smart Kitchens Are
Coming
Reading C How Air Conditioners Work
Unit 8 GPS: Tracking Your Trace
Reading A How Do GPS Receivers Work?
Reading B Precision Agriculture Becomes Mainstream in
Minnesota
Reading C GPS Tracking: an Invasion of Privacy?
Unit 9 Genetic Engineering: Playing God?
Reading A Benefits and Kisks ofGenetic Engineering
Reading B The Worlds First Genetically Modified Humans
Have Been Created- It Was Revealed Last Night?
Reading C Does Embryo Gender Selection Have a Place in
Society?
Unit 10 Food Technology: Not Only Delicious
Reading A Are Biotech Foods Safe to Eat?
Reading B Alternative Farming Methods Reap
Success in Oregon
Reading C High-pressure Processing: a Step Toward
Sustainability?
Unit 11 Digital Age: Privacy and Security
Reading A Privacy vs. Digital Age: Wheres the
Balance?
Reading B Network Security: Is New Technology
Bypassing Traditional Controls?
Reading C Strategic Impacts of the "Snowden
Incident" on International Relations
Unit 12 Pollution: New Forms, New Worries
Reading A Light Pollution: Is There a Solution?
Reading B Square Dancing: Physical Exercise or
Noise Pollution?
Reading C Information Pollution
Unit 13 Surgery: Can We ChangeEverything?
Reading A Gender Change and a Familys Undoing:
Shutesbury Womans Memoir Stirs
Controversy
Reading B Changes in Controversial Organ
Donation Method Stir Fears
Reading C Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery
Unit 14 Atomic Energy: a Double-edged Sword
Reading A Making Nuclear Power at Home
Reading B Nuclear Power CouldBlast Humans into Deep
Space
Reading C Nuclear Energy and Pest Control
Unit 15 Social Networks: Closer Than Ever
Reading A The Facebook Effect: Good or Bad for Your
Health?
Reading B First Thought, Worst Thought
Reading C Do Social Networking Sites Improve Your
Ability to Network in Real Life?
Unit 16 Health Technology: Time to Save Lives
Reading A- Controversy in Womens Imaging
Reading B Big Data Healthcare: the Pros and Cons of
Remote Patient Monitoring
Reading C New Technology and Health Care Costs - The
Case of Robot-Assisted Surgery