Unit 1 Public Speech 1 Text A I Have a Dream 3 Text B America Has Done Well 16 Text C A Transformational Technology 26 Unit 2 Success 29 Text A Success Means Never Feeling Tired 31 Text B Failure? No! Just Temporary Setbacks 40 Text C The Road to Success 47 Unit 3 Science 50 Text A Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence 52 Text B Study Suggests Math Teachers Scrap Balls and Slices 63 Text C Study: Warming Water Means Less Oxygen for Sea Life 71 Unit 4 Travel and Transportation 76 Text A Touring Europe at 200 Miles an Hour 78 Text B Horses for Courses 90 Text C Of Travel 98 Unit 5 World Economics 101 Text A Understanding Economics 103 Text B Aging Population of the World 112 Text C Strengthening the International Partnership for Effective Poverty Reduction 119 Unit 6 Love 123 Text A Love and Aloneness—Unravelling the Ego and Pride 126 Text B The Power of Love 137 Text C The Promise 142 Unit 7 Marriage and Freedom 146 Text A The Story of an Hour 148 Text B Hills Like White Elephants 158 Text C Marriage, Love and Freedom 165 Unit 8 Milton Friedman 169 Text A Milton Friedman, Economist, Dies Aged 94 172 Text B Keynes Versus Friedman: both Men Can Claim Victory 184 Text C Friedman’s Illuminating Ideas Will Continue to Live on 191 Unit 9 Reading 195 Text A Reading 197 Text B How Should One Read a Book? 206 Text C Of Study 213 Unit 10 Social Problem 216 Text A Detectives Acquitted in Bell Shooting 219 Text B Observer Investigation 229 Text C How to Buy Your 1st Home 235 Unit 11 New Technology in 21st Century 240 Text A A Future Vehicle in the Army 242 Text B Ready for the Robot Revolution 251 Text C E-Commerce Web Services: Better, Faster, Cheaper 258 Unit 12 Love of Life 262 Text A Three Days to See 264 Text B Brotherly Love 272 Text C The Essence of Charm 280 Glossary 283