UNIT ONE HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE 1 Text A Children in the Balance / 1 Text B Chubby Gets a Second Look / 6 Text C The Diagnosis for Health Care / 11 UNIT TWO PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT 15 Text A Global Warming: Struggling to Save the Planet / 15 Text B Chemical Generation / 21 Text C Brazil, Alarmed, Reconsiders Policy on Climate Change / 26 UNIT THREE AGRICULTURE VS URBANIZATION 31 Text A Life on the Land / 31 Text B Urbanisation in China: China's Chicago / 37 Text C Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules / 43 UNIT FOUR US DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS 47 Text A IF Bush Ruled the World / 47 Text B Sino-US Relations: The Economic Aspect / 52 Text C All in the Families / 59 1 UNIT FIVE THE CHANGING ENGLISH LANGUAE 62 Text A Double Trouble Speak / 62 Text B The World is Englishing / 67 Text C Bible and the English Language / 72 UNIT SIX THE WAY BUSINESS OPERATES /76 Text A Young Entrepreneurs Have the Edge / 76 Text B It's What's on the Outside that Counts / 82 Text C If You Whistle a Happy Tune, Don't Call it a Jingle / 87 UNIT SEVEN LIFE GOES ON 91 Text A Why Montana Is Turning Blue / 91 Text B The Art of Unhappiness / 97 Text C Holding the Mirror Up to Vanity / 102 UNIT EIGHT THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT 106 Text A Beijing Olympics' Opening Ceremony Blends Technology and Tradition / 106 Text B Ex-Chinese Star Guides U.S. to Win in Volleyball / 111 Text C Reviving the Olympic Spirit 75 Years Later / 116 GLOSSARY / 119