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CHAPTER one 第一章 Language and Learning 语言和学习 1

SELECTION ONE "Native Americans,"&by Jamake Highwater 2

SELECTION TWO "Library:The Buried Treasure,"&by David B.Ellis 10

SELECTION THREE "English as a Universal Language,"&by Patricia Aburdene and John Naisbitt 16

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Attack on English 26

CHAPTER two 第二章 Danger and Daring 危险和冒险 27

SELECTION ONE "Adventu re rs of Today,"&by M.Prijic 28

SELECTION TWO "A High Dive,"&by L.P. Hartley 36

SELECTION THREE "The World We Lost,"&by Farley Mowat 44

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Courting Danger 51

CHAPTER three 第三章 Man and Woman 男人和女人 53

SELECTION ONE "For Better or Worse,Arranged Marriages Still Thrive in Japan,"&by U rban C.Lehner 54

SELECTION TWO "The Sexes:Anatomy of a Difference,"&by Signe Hammer 65

SELECTION THREE "I Want a Wife,"&by Judy Syfers 76

WHAT DO YOU THINK? How Men and Women Communicate 81

CHAPTER four 第四章 Mysteries Past and Present 古今之谜 83

SELECTION ONE "Against All Odds,"&by Richard Blodgett 84

SELECTION TWO "The Lady or theTiger?"&by Frank R.Stockton 92

SELECTION THREE "It All Started with Dragon Bones,"&by Raymond Chang and Margaret Scrogin Chang 102

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Secret of Firewalking 112

CHAPTER five 第五章 Transitions 人生转折 113

SELECTION ONE "Life Cycle Planning,"&by Grace W.Weinstein 114

SELECTION TWO "Conversations in Malaysia,"&by V.S.Naipaul 123

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Refugee Problem 129

SELECTION THREE "Grisha Has Arrived,"&by Tanya Filanovsky 130

CHAPTER six 第六章 The Mind 大脑 139

SELECTION ONE "A Memory for All Seasonings,"&by Stephen Singular 140

SELECTION TWO "Under the Skull,"&by Nigel Calder 152

SELECTION THREE "The Tell-Tale Heart,"&by Edgar Allan Poe 161

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Treatment ofMental Illness 170

TIMED READING "May's Boy,"&by Maja Penikis 171

CHAPTER Seven 第七章 Working 工作 175

SELECTION ONE "Why Ethics?"&by Robert C.Solomon and Kristine Hanson 176

SELECTION TWO "A Lifetime of Learning to Manage Effectively,"&by Ralph Z.So renson 180

SELECTION THREE "Barriers Fall for Women at Work,"&by Lisa Genasci 190

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Home Offices 202

CHAPTER eight 第八章 Breakthroughs 突破 203

SELECTION ONE "DIA's Best Featu re,"&by Christopher Brode rick 204

SELECTION TWO "Sowing the Seeds of Super Plants,"&by Sana Siwolop 212

SELECTION THREE "Science Is Dandy,But Promotion Can Be Lucrative,"&by Stephen P. Maran 220

TIMED READING "Are Computers Alive?"&by Geoff Simons 230

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Advances in Communication 232

CHAPTER nine 第九章 Art and Entertainment 艺术和娱乐 233

SELECTION ONE "The Man Who Was an Orchestra,"&by Nat Hentoff 234

SELECTION TWO "'To Paint Is to Live':Georgia O'Keeffe,1887-1986,"&by M.Prijic 241

SELECTION THREE "Chicano Poetry:The Voice of a Cultu re,"&by Deana Fernández 248

TIMED READING "Jackie Can!"&by Richard Corliss 256

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Body Decoration 261

CHAPTER ten 第十章 Ethical Questions 伦理问题 263

SELECTION ONE "Doctor's Dilemma:Treat or Let Die?"&by Abigail Trafford 264

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Choosing the Sex ofa Child 273

SELECTION TWO "Older Generation in Borneo Fighting to Retain Values of Its Native Culture,"from The Rocky Mountain News 274

SELECTION THREE "You Be the Judge,"&by John A.Ritter 279

TIMED READING "Extinction,"&by Paul and Anne Ehrlich 285

CHAPTER eleven 第十一章 Medicine 医药 289

SELECTION ONE "Best of Both Worlds,"&by Barbara Gullahorn-Holecek 290

SELECTION TWO "The Scientist-Philosophers,"&by Desmond Stewart 296

SELECTION THREE "Parents Brave Medicine's New World,"&by Nancy Ross-Flanigan 304

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Organ Transplants 314

TIMED READING "Education Doesn't Happen Only in Schools,"&by Jeffrey Zaslow 315

CHAPTER tweleve 第十二章 The Future 未来 319

SELECTION ONE "The Kremani Prophecies,"&by Milos and Mitar Tarabic 320

SELECTION TWO "Omni Future Almanac,"&edited by Robert Weil 325

SELECTION THREE "Men Are Different,"&by Alan Bloch 333

TIMED READING "The Affectionate Machine,"&by Neil Frude 336

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Back from the Future 340