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前言 3

Part One 3

1.The Olympic Games 3

2.Communicating across Culturse(PartⅠ) Language Fluency and Communication 8

3.Communicating across Cultures(PatrⅡ) Culture Learning,Cross-Cultural Understanding 13

4.Hawaiian Feasts and Festivals 19

5.Our Biosphere:A World of Life 26

6.The Earth s Spreading Deserts 33

7.Living a Long Life 39

8.The Humble Spud 45

9.Advertising:The Selling of a Product 51

10.Men s Roles,Women s Roles:A Changing View 58

11.Tips on Doing Business with the Arabs 65

12.Renovating Old Buildings 70

13.The Family:Past,Present,and Future 76

14.Test Your Nutrition IQ 83

15.Interviews 90

16.People and Computers:A Working Relationship 97

17.Exploding the Myths about the American Family 105

18.Practical Readings 111

Answer Keys 122

Patr Two 127

1.Making Contact in Another Culture(Part Ⅰ) 127

2.Making Contact in Another Culture(Part Ⅱ) 135

3.Reading Requires More Than Words 143

4.New Popularity For Movies:What s behind the Comeback? 149

5.Women s Work? 155

6.Learning to Read--in College 162

7.The Soft Sell 167

8.The Good Pienic Guide 172

9.How to Give a Good Speech 179

10.Life in Death 185

11.What You Don t Know about Exercise 190

12.Harpist on Horseback(Part Ⅰ) 197

13.Harpist on Horseback(Part Ⅱ) 204

14.Fear of the Classroom 211

15.Biofeedback 216

16.Village Voice 220

17.Coping with Stress 227

18.Educational Attitudes 235

19.Practical Readings 245

Answer Keys 255

Part Three 263

1.Culture Learning(PartⅠ) 263

2.Culture Learning(PartⅡ) 271

3.Civics Gap:Alarming Challenge 279

4.The Safest City in the World 285

5.Doing Science 292

6.Life without Fuel 298

7.What Sociologists Study 305

8.New Light on Adult Life Cycles 313

9.Protein:Can You Get by without Meat? 321

10.Conversations with a Gorilla 327

11.Social Class,Language and Educational Failure 333

12.Halloween 339

13.Learning the Difference between Play and Sport 346

14.Energy Problems in Latin America 354

15.Here Come the Robots 361

16.Fat Tooth Blues(PartⅠ) 369

17.Fat Tooth Blues(PartⅡ) 378

Answer Keys 388

Part Four 395

1.Women vs.Men in the Work Force 395

2.Analogy and Memory 403

3.From the Other Side of the Generation Gap 409

4.New Tools for medical Diagnosis 416

5.Nuclear-Waste WarCry: NotHere,YouDon t 424

6.My Views on Gambling 433

7.Social Anxiety:New Focus Leads to Insights and Therapy 439

8.Doctor s Dilemma:Treat or Let Die? 447

9.Theoretical Perspectives of Societies(PartⅠ) 456

10.Theoretical Perspectives of Societies(PartⅡ) 463

11.The Healing Power of Belief 471

12.To Trust,Perchance to Buy 481

13.The Foods We Eat--Meat 489

14.Clocks that Make Us Run(PartⅠ) 496

15.Clocds that Make Us Run(PartⅡ) 508

16.The Environment of Modern Cities 519

17.Consumer Needs and Motivation 526

Answer Keys 537