Academic English 3

UNIT 1 Computers & Technology
Reading ➊ Early Adopters Fall into a Costly Trap 5
Reading ➋ The Robot’s First Law 11

UNIT 2 The Internet
Reading ➊ Listen Up, Parents! Why Children Must Be Allowed to Use the Internet 17
Reading ➋ Crowdsourcing or Mob Rule? 23

UNIT 3 Careers
Reading ➊ They Don’t Live for Work ... They Work to Live 29
Reading ➋ Breaking Free of 9 to 5 35

UNIT 4 Engineering
Reading ➊ Five Routes to the Future 41
Reading ➋ Drive My Car ... Please 47

UNIT 5 Law & Crime
Reading ➊ Lie Detectors 53
Reading ➋ Return of the Con Artist: Tips to Protect Yourself 59

UNIT 6 Psychology
Reading ➊ Horror Movies Haunt Us Long after They’re Over 65
Reading ➋ Hooray for Pessimism 71

UNIT 7 Lifestyles
Reading ➊ How I Learned to Stop Apologizing for Being Vegetarian 77
Reading ➋ Generation Boomerang: Children Who Go Back to Mom and Dad 83

UNIT 8 Human Relationships
Reading ➊ The Problems with Athletes as Role Models 89
Reading ➋ Male and Female Friendships: Shoulder-to-Shoulder vs. Face-to-Face 95

UNIT 9 Ethics
Reading ➊ Should You Give Money to Homeless People? 101
Reading ➋ How Tracking Customers In-store Will Soon Be the Norm 107

UNIT 10 Language & Literature
Reading ➊ Ever-Evolving English 113
Reading ➋ Manchester’s Sherlock Holmes 119

UNIT 11 Health & Medicine
Reading ➊ A Real Cure for Insomnia 125
Reading ➋ The Uncommon Cold 131

UNIT 12 Urban Life & Environment
Reading ➊ Buy Locally? Not If You Care about the Environment 137
Reading ➋ Urban Design: The Need for Green Spaces 143