目录

  • 1 Unit 1 Intellectual Property
    • 1.1 Note on the Topic
    • 1.2 Before You Read
    • 1.3 Reading
    • 1.4 Further Information
  • 2 Unit 2 Using Information Found on the Web
    • 2.1 Note on the Topic
    • 2.2 Before You Read
    • 2.3 Reading
    • 2.4 Intercultural Notes
    • 2.5 Further Information
  • 3 Unit 3 Seven Questions about Sleep
    • 3.1 Note on the Topic
    • 3.2 Before You Read
    • 3.3 Reading
    • 3.4 Further Information
  • 4 Unit 4 Becoming an Entrepreneur
    • 4.1 Note on the Topic
    • 4.2 Before You Read
    • 4.3 Reading
    • 4.4 Further Information
  • 5 Unit 5 Youth, Beauty and Health
    • 5.1 Note On The Topic
    • 5.2 Before You Read
    • 5.3 Reading
    • 5.4 Further Information
  • 6 Unit 6 Netiquette
    • 6.1 Note on the Topic
    • 6.2 Before You Read
    • 6.3 Reading
    • 6.4 Further Information
  • 7 Unit 7 Making Money
    • 7.1 Note on the Topic
    • 7.2 Before You Read
    • 7.3 Reading
    • 7.4 Further Information
  • 8 Unit 8 Genetically Modified Food
    • 8.1 Note on the Topic
    • 8.2 Before You Read
    • 8.3 Reading
    • 8.4 Further Information
  • 9 Unit 9 English Words
    • 9.1 Note On The Topic
    • 9.2 Before You Read
    • 9.3 Reading
    • 9.4 Intercultural Notes
    • 9.5 Further Information
  • 10 Unit10 Sick Buildings
    • 10.1 Note On The Topic
    • 10.2 Before You Read
    • 10.3 Reading
    • 10.4 Further Information
  • 11 Unit 11 Pop Music
    • 11.1 Note On The Topic
    • 11.2 Before You Read
    • 11.3 Reading
    • 11.4 Further Information
  • 12 Unit 12  Assessing Performance
    • 12.1 Note On The Topic
    • 12.2 Before You Read
    • 12.3 Reading
    • 12.4 Intercultural Notes
    • 12.5 Further Information
  • 13 Unit 13  Online Romance
    • 13.1 Note On The Topic
    • 13.2 Before You Read
    • 13.3 Reading
    • 13.4 Further Information
  • 14 Unit 14  Lasers
    • 14.1 Note On The Topic
    • 14.2 Before You Read
    • 14.3 Reading
    • 14.4 Further Information
  • 15 Unit 15 Cultural Flows along the Silk Road
    • 15.1 Note On The Topic
    • 15.2 Before You Read
    • 15.3 Reading
    • 15.4 Further Information
  • 16 Unit 16 Personal Identification
    • 16.1 Note On The Topic
    • 16.2 Before You Read
    • 16.3 Reading
    • 16.4 Further Information
Further Information

☆Do some further reading and report what you have learned. The following links maybe of help.

  1. “Your house can make you sick

    http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/05/real_estate/home_toxins.moneymag/index.htm?postversion=2009010613#ContentArea

  2. "32 sickened by odor, irritant in air after elevator malfunction at Rockville complex"

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/32-sickened-by-odor-irritant-in-air-after-elevator-malfunction-at-office- complex/2014/07/22/6914186a-11cc-11e4-9285-4243a40ddc97_story.html

  3. " 'Sick' building demolished"

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1688081.stm