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Unit 1 Myths＆Tales 1

Section A Noah's Ark 2

Section B Pandora's Box 9

Section C The Animals of Aesop 16

Section D The Fisherman and the Jinni 24

Unit 2 Moments in History 33

Section A Babylon and the Law 34

Section B The Great Days of the Arabs 42

Section C The Middle Ages 50

Section D The American Civil War 58

Unit 3 Biographies of Celebrities 67

Section A Mahatma Gandhi 68

Section B Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 77

Section C Bill Gates 85

Section D Stephen Hawking 93

Unit 4 Classics Appreciation 101

Section A The Declaration of Independence 102

Section B A Christmas Carol 111

Section C The Old Man and the Sea 120

Section D Some Curious Western Customs 128

Unit 5 Customs＆Traditions 137

Section A The Language and Culture of Switzerland 138

Section B Chinese Calligraphy:Past and Present 147

Section C The History of Valentine's Day 156

Section D The Wines of France 165

Unit 6 Cultural Geography 175

Section A Maya,the Riddle of a Lost Civilization 176

Section B The Byzantium 185

Section C Civilization of the Ancient Egypt 195

Section D The Caste System in India 205

Unit 7 Panorama of Life 215

Section A You've Got Blog 216

Section B Generation Gap?Sometimes It's Just Words 223

Section C The Debtor Generation 230

Section D Up a Tree,for the fun of It 238

Unit 8 Global Focus 245

Section A Up Goes Shenzhou,Again 246

Section B Ripple Effects of Indonesia's Geological Events 254

Section C Why Nobodies Are the Real Terrorist Threat 262

Section D Welcome to Beijing 269

Glossary 279