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Unit 1 The Ambivalence of Abortion 1

Close Reading The Ambivalence of Abortion 1

Further Reading Ⅰ．Putting Women Back into the Abortion Debate 11

Ⅱ．The Abortion Clinic Shootings:Why? 15

Listening One Woman's Abortion 19

Writing Nine Reasons Why Abortions Are Legal 22

Unit 2 Contested History 27

Close Reading Jefferson and the Equality of Men 27

Further Reading Ⅰ．Why I Am Optimistic About America 40

Ⅱ．I Won't Be Celebrating Columbus Day 46

Listening Japan's Revisionist History 49

Writing Jefferson,Hemings Affair Can't Be Denied 52

Unit 3 Capital Punishment 55

Close Reading Death and Justice:How Capital Punishment Affirms Life 55

Further Reading Ⅰ．The Death Penalty 67

Ⅱ．Rolling the Dice to Decide Who Dies 72

Listening Considering the Penalty for a Murderer 76

Writing Death Penalty's False Promise 79

Unit 4 Gender and the English Language 83

Close Reading Who's in Charge of the English Language? 83

Further Reading Ⅰ．Sexism in English:A 1990s Update 96

Ⅱ．Against the Theory of"Sexist Language" 107

Listening Against the Theory of"Sexist Language" 111

Writing Some Notes on Gender-Neutral Language 113

Unit 5 Images on the Screen 119

Close Reading　The Living Room 119

Further Reading Ⅰ．Not in My Living Room 138

Ⅱ．The New Hollywood Male 141

Listening The Power of the Media:Asian American Images on Television 144

Writing Hollywood Forsakes History for Events 147

Unit 6 Environmental Protection 151

Close Reading Carrying Capacity:Earth's Bottom Line 151

Further Reading Ⅰ．A Logger's Lament 159

Ⅱ．Don't Say It's Global Warming 162

Listening A Fable for Tomorrow 165

Writing Not Seeing the Forest for the Dollar Bills 168

Unit 7 Reguiating the Internet 171

Close Reading The Laws of Cyberspace:What Colleges Need to Know 171

Further Reading Ⅰ．Young Cyber Addicts 181

Ⅱ．Keep the Internet Safe for Families 185

Listening In Love Online 188

Writing The Internet Advocate 191

Unit 8 Iconic Figures 195

Close Reading The King of Narcissism 195

Further Reading Ⅰ．The Age of the Female Icon 207

Ⅱ．Banking on Sperm 212

Listening The Cosby Show:U.S.Situation Comedy 215

Writing The Age of Einstein 217

Unit 9 Sexual Harassment 221

Close Reading The Reasonable Woman Standard 221

Further Reading Ⅰ．Sex and Violence:A Perspective 229

Ⅱ．The Price of Admission:Harassment and Free Speech in the Wild,Wild West 236

Listening Sexual Harassment:A Legal Explanation 241

Writing Sandy's Story 243

Unit 10 Talk Shows 247

Close Reading Tuning in Trouble 247

Further Reading Ⅰ．Town Hall Television 259

Ⅱ．Dumbing Down:TV Talk-show Talk 266

Listening The TV Host:Oprah Winfrey 270

Writing Talk Shows 273

Unit 11 Drug Testing 277

Close Reading Symptoms of a Deeper Malaise 277

Further Reading Ⅰ．Our Current Drug Legislation:Grounds for Reconsideration 289

Ⅱ．The Case Against Drug Testing 294

Listening Why Drug Tests Flunk 300

Writing Why Drug Testing Is Needed 302

Unit 12 Rights in Question 305

Close Reading What Rights Do We Have? 305

Further Reading Ⅰ．Rights in Conflict 321

Ⅱ．What's Wrong with Animal Rights 328

Listening Refusing to Work When Conditions Are Dangerous 331

Writing From Animal Rights to Animal Liberation 333

Unit 13 The Paradox of Cloning 337

Close Reading Second Thoughts on Cloning 337

Further Reading Ⅰ．The Paradox of Cloning 345

Ⅱ．Ewegenics 351

Listening Dolly and the Cloning Controversy 355

Writing Of Headless Mice...and Men 358

Unit 14 Euthanasia 361

Close Reading A Crime of Compassion 361

Further Reading Ⅰ．Death and Dignity:A Case of Individualized Decision Making 369

Ⅱ．A Case of Assisted Suicide 375

Listening On Assisted Suicide and the Pain Relief Promotion Act 380

Writing Who Lives?Who Dies?Who Decides? 382

Unit 15 Metaphors of War 385

Close Reading　Metaphor and the Gulf War（Part Ⅰ） 385

Further Reading Ⅰ．Metaphor and the Gulf War（Part Ⅱ） 396

Ⅱ．Eleven Ways of Looking at the Gulf War 403

Listening Iraq War Lands in the Midst of Vermont's Town Hall Meetings 407

Writing Rhetorical Divisiveness in Nation-building and War:An Analysis of FDR's"Pearl Harbor Address" 410