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Contents
Unit 1 Nuclear Power and Nuclear Radiation
……………………… 1
Part I Intensive Reading
………………………………………………… 1
Text A The Swallows of Fukushima .....................................................1
Part II Extensive Reading
……………………………………………… 15
Text B Laser Fusion, with a Difference
.............................................15
Text C Five Years On from Fukushima
.............................................21
Unit 2 Robots and Artifi cial Intelligence
…………………………… 27
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………
27
Text A Robots with Heart
...................................................................27
Part II Extensive Reading ………………………………………………
38
Text B Launch the Nanobots
.............................................................38
Text C Should We Fear Supersmart Robots?
...................................42
Unit 3 Education Research ……………………………………………
46
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………
46
Text A A New Vision for Testing
.........................................................46
Part II Extensive Reading
……………………………………………… 61
Text B The Science of Learning
........................................................61
Text C Rebooting MOOC Research
..................................................69
Unit 4 Geology and Geoscience
……………………………………… 75
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………
75
Text A The Oldest Rocks on Earth
....................................................75
Part II Extensive Reading
……………………………………………… 89
Text B Fossil GPS
.............................................................................89
Text C The Birth of the Geological Map
............................................96
Unit 5 GM Technology ……………………………………………… 100
Part I Intensive Reading
………………………………………………100
Text A Editing the Mushroom
..........................................................100
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Part II Extensive Reading
……………………………………………… 116
Text B The American Chestnut’s Genetic
Rebirth ........................... 116
Text C Saltwater Solution
................................................................124
Unit 6 Behavioral Science ……………………………………………
130
Part I Intensive Reading
………………………………………………130
Text A Good Habits, Bad Habits
......................................................130
Part II Extensive Reading
………………………………………………144
Text B Baby Talk
.............................................................................144
Text C Conquer Yourself, Conquer the World
.................................152
Unit 7 Material Science ………………………………………………
162
Part I Intensive Reading
………………………………………………162
Text A Outshining
Silicon.................................................................162
Part II Extensive Reading
………………………………………………176
Text B Beyond Graphene
................................................................176
Text C Using All Energy in a Battery
...............................................183
Unit 8 Engineering …………………………………………………… 187
Part I Intensive Reading
………………………………………………187
Text A Birth of a Rocket
...................................................................187
Part II Extensive Reading
………………………………………………201
Text B Shape-Shifting Things to Come
...........................................201
Text C Bottoms Up
..........................................................................209
Unit 9 Computer Science ……………………………………………
218
Part I Intensive Reading
………………………………………………218
Text A Extra Sensory Perception.....................................................218
Part II Extensive Reading
………………………………………………230
Text B The Search for a New Machine
...........................................230
Text C Just Add Memory
.................................................................240
Unit 10 Information Technology
……………………………………… 248
Part I Intensive Reading
………………………………………………248
Text A Mind Games
.........................................................................248
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Part II Extensive Reading
………………………………………………261
Text B The Case of Stolen Words
...................................................261
Text C The Tech Jungle
..................................................................268
Unit 11 Cyber Security …………………………………………………
271
Part I Intensive Reading
………………………………………………271
Text A Saving Big Data from Itself
...................................................271
Part II Extensive Reading
………………………………………………282
Text B How to Survive Cyberwar
....................................................282
Text C In Tech We Don’t Trust
........................................................288
Unit 12 Science and Society
………………………………………… 291
Part I Intensive Reading
………………………………………………291
Text A Our Transparent Future
........................................................291
Part II Extensive Reading
………………………………………………304
Text B Privacy and Human Behavior in the
Age of Information ......304
Text C What the ”Right to Be Forgotten”
Means for Privacy
in a Digital Age .....................................................................315
Appendix 常见数字、数字符号和数学式英语表达 …………………… 322
Answer Keys 参考答案 …………………………………………………
326