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Unit One 1

TEXT Ⅰ Two Words to Avoid,Two to Remember 1

TEXT Ⅱ The Romance of Words 8

Unit Two 16

TEXT Ⅰ The Fine Art of Putting Things Off 16

TEXT Ⅱ Gossip 25

Unit Three 33

TEXT Ⅰ Walls and Barriers 33

TEXT Ⅱ Barrier Signals 41

Unit Four 50

TEXT Ⅰ The Lady,or the Tiger?Part Ⅰ 50

TEXT Ⅱ The Princess and the Tin Box 56

Unit Five 62

TEXT Ⅰ The Lady,or the Tiger?Part Ⅱ 62

TEXT Ⅱ Mrs.Packletide's Tiger 69

Unit Six 76

TEXT Ⅰ Dull Work 76

TEXT Ⅱ Doing Chores 83

Unit Seven 89

TEXT Ⅰ Beauty 89

TEXT Ⅱ Sexism in English:A Feminist View 98

Unit Eight 105

TEXT Ⅰ Appetite 105

TEXT Ⅱ Wanting an Orange 111

Unit Nine 118

TEXT Ⅰ A Red Light for Scofflaws 118

TEXT Ⅱ Trust 126

Unit Ten 133

TEXT Ⅰ Straight-A Illiteracy 133

TEXT Ⅱ The Qualities of Good Writing 139

Unit Eleven 149

TEXT Ⅰ On Consigning Manuscripts to Floppy Discs and Archives to Oblivion 149

TEXT Ⅱ This Is Progress? 156

Unit Twelve 162

TEXT Ⅰ Grant and Lee:A Study in Contrasts 162

TEXT Ⅱ Grant and Lee 171

Unit Thirteen 179

TEXT Ⅰ Euphemism 179

TEXT Ⅱ Clutter 187

Unit Fourteen 196

TEXT Ⅰ That Astounding Creator—Nature 196

TEXT Ⅱ When the Young Have It Good 203

Unit Fifteen 212

TEXT Ⅰ Teaching as Mountaineering 212

TEXT Ⅱ A Liberal Education 221

References 228