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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 Chestnuts 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 Dont 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