This is a multi-skills textbook that deals with current and future scientific topics such as ‘sleep in animals’, ‘clean energy’, ‘black holes’, ‘flying cars’ and ‘the Hayabusa spacecraft’. The contents cover the four fields of living organisms, the environment, future technology and cutting-edge space technology. In addition to the reading texts, the book contains exercises to improve writing and speaking skills. At the end of each chapter there is related information as well as exercises to promote discussion. The teacher’s manual contains a mini-test for each unit, mid-term tests, and a final exam.

Contents

Fast Asleep?
All Gone?
Beeing and Nothingness
As Clever as Us?
Life in the Oceans
Powering Our World
Hot, Powerful, and Clean
Keep on Running
Where Are All the Trees?
Too Hot to Live?
Reading Anywhere
Controlling Everything
Easy Payments
Let’s All Pay
Where Do You Want to Fly Today?
Flying Tonight
Off to the Asteroids
Going Beyond
The Red Planet
Casting a Shadow
（Total 20 Units）