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Unit 1 School
Text A The Many Costs of Campus Carry
Text B All Against One: Why Being Picked On in a Japanese School is Espely Traumatic
Text C Chinese Maths Textbooks to Be Translated for UK Schools
Unit 2 Technology
Text A Why No Job Is Safe from the Rise of the Robots
Text B Doctors Are Saving Lives with VR
Text C What Will the Car of 2040 Be Like?
Unit 3 Medicine
Text A Human Cases of Bird Flu Are Surging, Alarming Public Health Offis
Text B Fitness Bracetets May Warn of Serious Illness
Text C Chocolate Linked to Decreased Risk of Irregular Heart Rhythm
Unit 4 Politics
Text A "Poke in the Eye". Will Nuclear Test Force Chinese Rethink on North Korea?
Text B Californians Strongly Oppose Trump——and 53% Say State's Members of Congress Should "Never" Work with Him
Text C Congress Eyes China as It Struggles to Find a North Korea Solution
Unit 5 Sports
Text A Hollywood Helps Keep the Concussion Conversation Going, Which Helps All Athletes
Text B Why Is So Much Racist Nonsense Peddled in Sports Coverage?
Text C Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Winter Olympics
Unit 6 Entertainment
Text A Fashion Bible Vogue Vows to Ban Underweight and Underage Models
Text B Review: The Odd Life of Timothy Green Is Odd Indeed
Text C Hollywood Leaders Put Aside Rivalries to Take on the Industry's Lack of Women
Unit 7 Food
Text A Why What We Think about Eating Is So Often Wrong
Text B Amazon Enhances Research on Pre-made Meals, but Will Home Cooks Buy Them?
Text C Edible Pond Scum (绿藻) Could Be the Next Trendy Superfood .
Unit 8 Economy
Text A Bitcoin Forever
Text B Ripping You Off ... One Penny at a Time
Text C Market Green