Unit 1 Education .1Part A Lead-in .2News Reading Schoolchildren Fearful about Future since EUReferendum, Say Heads  2Part B Reading 4Reading 1 Will Online Learning Replace the Classroom? . 4Reading 2 No Grades, No Timetable: Berlin School TurnsTeaching Upside Down . 15Reading 3 “Hire” Education: A Vocational Model Succeeds . 22Part C Unit Assignments .28Unit 2 Science and Technology .29Part A Lead-in .30News Reading Go Humans: Lee Sedol Scores First Victory AgainstSupercomputer  30Part B Reading 33Reading 1 Navigate the Jungle of Tech Ecosystems  33Reading 2 The Robots Are Coming . 43Reading 3 The Simple, Free Solution to Asia’s Myopia Epidemic  51Part C Unit Assignments .57Unit 3 Disasters .59Part A Lead-in .60News Reading Yangtze Basin Hit by Flooding with Storms Spanning1,000 Miles  60Part B Reading 62Reading 1 Different Natural Disasters, Same Risky Human Habits  62ContentsviiiReading 2 Midwest Floods Leave Red Cross in the Red . 70Reading 3 Humans Add to Natural Disaster Risk  76Part C Unit Assignments .82Unit 4 Sports .83Part A Lead-in .84News Reading Li Jianrou Wins 500m Gold  84Part B Reading 88Reading 1 Brexit Wins: How Will British Sport Be Affected?  88Reading 2 Education the Heart of Olympics Says Rogge  99Reading 3 Grudge Match . 105Part C Unit Assignments .112Unit 5 Global Development 113Part A Lead-in .114News Reading World Health Organisation Reports Dramatic Fallin Malaria Deaths  114Part B Reading 117Reading 1 Who Owns You? . 117Reading 2 The Feelgood Factor . 126Reading 3 Woman Challenges Tradition, Brings Change toHer Kenyan Village . 132Part C Unit Assignments 139Unit 6 Environment 141Part A Lead-in 142News Reading Climate Protesters Invade UK’s Largest OpencastCoalmine . 142ixPart B Reading 145Reading 1 How Do You Junk Your Computer . 145Reading 2 Climate Change Lights the Touchpaper on Terror—WeMust Fight Them Together  156Reading 3 A Tree Grows in Kenya . 164Part C Unit Assignments .170Unit 7 Politics 171Part A Lead-in .172News Reading UK Must Be Involved in EU Anti-terrorism Measures,Says Keith Vaz  172Part B Reading 175Reading 1 Win-win Governance  175Reading 2 The New Words of War . 184Reading 3 Progress Against Corruption . 191Part C Unit Assignments .197Unit 8 Economics 199Part A Lead-in .200News Reading Tax Havens Have No Economic Justifi cation, Say TopEconomists  200Part B Reading 204Reading 1 The Problem with Profi ts  204Reading 2 Evaluating Good Corporate Citizenship . 215Reading 3 “Banker” Who Lends to the Poor Wins Nobel PeacePrize .221Part C Unit Assignments .226Key to the Exercises 227