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Section One Fine Works on Current Issues 1

Unit 1 Modern Technology and Life 3

Lesson One The Rise of Baidu David Barboza 3

Reading Skill One:Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words from Context Clues(Part One) 12

Lesson Two Striking a Balance between Privacy and Convenience Douglas C.Curling 20

Lesson Three To Clone or Not to Clone,Is That the Question? 28

Supplementary Reading One Strategic Cost Management 35

Unit 2 China in the Eyes of Westerners 40

Lesson Four Shanghai's Boom:A Building Frenzy Howard W.French 40

Reading Skill Two:Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words from Context Clues(Part Two) 47

Lesson Five China Competes with West in Aid to Its Neighbors Jane Perlez 53

Supplementary Reading Two Chinese New Year—A Promise of Peace and Prosperity William N.Brown 61

Unit 3 Glimpse of the West 63

Lesson Six Political Parties in the United States 63

Reading Skill Three:Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues(compounding and conversion) 69

Lesson Seven Christmas in New Zealand 76

Supplementary Reading Three Impressions of America Oscar Wilde 83

Unit 4 Wisdom in Life 88

Lesson Eight The Shadows Bruce Hutchison 88

Reading Skill Four:Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues(stems,prefixes,and suffixes):Part One 93

Lesson Nine Two Truths to Live By A lexander M.Schindler 99

Supplementary Reading Four A Simple Truth about Happiness Dennis Prager 104

Section Two English and Chinese Classics 107

Unit 5 English Essays 109

Lesson TenText 1 Of Beauty Francis Bacon 109

Text 2 Of Studies Francis Bacon 111

Reading Skill Five:Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues(stems,prefixes,and suffixes):Part Two 116

Lesson Eleven The Acorn-Gatherer Richard Jefferies 123

Supplementary Reading Five French and English G.K.Chesterton 130

Unit 6 English Poems 134

Lesson TwelvePoem 1 Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare 136

Poem 2 Song to Celia Ben Johnson 137

Poem 3 A Red,Red Rose Robert Burns 138

Reading Skill Six:Poem Appreciation 141

Supplementary Reading SixPoem 1 Counsel to Girls Robert Herrick 150

Poem 2 The Tyger William Blake 151

Poem 3 Daffodils William Wordsworth 152

Unit 7 English Fictions 153

Lesson Thirteen The Signalman Charles Dickens 153

Reading Skill Seven:Sentence Study(Part 1):Comprehension of a Sentence by Reading It in Thought Groups 169

Lesson Fourteen The Horse Dealer's Daughter D.H.Lawrence 175

Lesson Fifteen Jane Eyre(Chapter Eight,Volume Two) Charlotte Brontё 198

Supplementary Reading SevenKew Gardens(Chapter 57) Virginia Woolf 216

Unit 8 Fine Works by Chinese 222

Lesson Sixteen The Religion of Good Citizenship Gu Hongming 222

Reading Skill Eight:Sentence Study(Part 2):Comprehension of a Sentence by Structural Analysis 232

Lesson Seventeen Farewell,Old Curiosity Shop Xiao Qian 241

Appendix Keys for Reference 251