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Unit 1 Reading and Education 1

Modern American Universities 1

The College Experience 3

How We Should Read a Book 5

The Study of Words 8

My Books 10

Of Studies 12

Changing Roles of Public Education 14

The Revolution in American Higher Education 16

Companionship of Books 18

Unit 2 Language and Culture 20

The Americans 20

The English and the Americans 21

The English Character 23

The American Character 25

The English Humour 27

Folk Cultures 29

International Business and Cross-Cultural Communication 31

American's Way of Hospitality 33

Conservatism of the English People 35

Cultural Exchange 36

Unit 3 Ethics and Morality 39

Advice to Youth 39

Love Your Life 41

Frankness 43

On Telling Lies 44

A Beautiful Day Begins with Gratitude 46

Good Mistakes 48

If I Were a Boy Again 50

Ingredients of Courtesy 52

On Punctuality 54

What I Have Lived for 56

Unit 4 Marriage and Family 58

Home 58

Ideas of Home Have Changed 59

The American Way：Family 61

The Furthest Distance in the World 63

The Pleasant Family 65

Three Types of Parents 66

Of Parents and Children 68

Heal the Children 70

How to Achieve Happiness in Your Marr age? 72

Unit 5 Art and Literature 75

Music Is Medicine 75

A Light in Winter 77

A Swan's Song—Revien of The Chemistry of Tears 79

Man Will Prevail 81

Exhibition in Taipei Palace Museum 84

The Real Jane Austen—as Vital as Her Stories 86

The Work of Cima da Conegliano 88

William Shakespeare 90

Embracing Otherness,Embrace Myself 91

Unit 6 Dreams and Future 94

The Boys'Ambition 94

I Have a Dream 96

A Better Tomorrow 100

Ambition 101

American Dream 103

If the Dream Is Big Enough 104

Keep Your Dreams 106

Room for the Future 109

Unit 7 Entertainment and Leisure 111

Cambodian Temples under Threat 111

Cricket 113

Cycling in London—Wheel Ambition 114

Friends United：An Unlikely Comic Hit 116

Harry Potter Theme Park Opened 118

South Korean Musicians Must Export Or Starve 120

UK Music Festivals 121

The Beginning of Drama 123

The Origin of Spots 125

Unit 8 Love and Friendship 127

A New Chapter in China's History Is Being Written—Speech in Xi'an 127

Tribute to the Dog 130

About a Friend 132

Little Huckleberry's Dilemma 134

The Choice of Companion 135

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 137

Love Is Not Like Merchandise 139

The Colors of Friendship 141

Unit 9 Life and Health 144

Food and Health 144

How to Grow Old 145

How to Help People Suffering from Heat Stroke 148

On the Feeling of Immortality in Youth 150

My Story about Life and Death 152

The Art of Living 155

Three Things I Learned when My Plane Crashed 157

Youth 160

Living Beyond Limits 162

Unit 10 Human and Nature 165

A Summer Day 165

Autumn Sunset 167

First Snow 169

Glories of the Storm 171

January Wind 173

Nature 175

Summer Sunrises on the Mississippi 177

The Poetry of Late Summer 179

Population and Natural Resources 181

Unit 11 Philosophy and Ideas 183

Appetite 183

Francis Bacon on Truth 185

Learn to Live in the Present Moment 187

Life Grows in the Soil of Time 189

Life Is to Be Whole 190

The Meaning of Life 192

The Bamboo Trees 194

The World as I See It 195

True and False Simplicity 197

Unit 12 Science and Technology 199

Achievements and Setbacks in 2014 199

Scientific Theories 201

Space Exploration in China 203

The Nature of the Scientific Attitude 205

Weather Forecasting 207

A Low-Carbon Life 209

Science—a Way of Thinking 211

Science 213

The Study of Science 214

Driverless Cars 215

Unit 13 Success and Failure 217

Failure Is a Good Thing 217

Endorsement Speech on June 7,2008(excerpt) 219

How to Learn with Success 221

The Fringe Benefits of Failure 222

Rules Every Achiever Knows 225

Success Is on the Other Side 228

We Can Succeed 229

Winners Never Quit 232

Unit 14 War and Peace 234

Address to the Congress(excerpt) 234

Statement on London's Terrorist Attack(July 7th,2005) 237

Blood,Toil,Tears and Sweat 239

Choose Peace 242

Declaration of War(December 6th,1941) 245

Gettysburg Address(November 19th,1863) 247

On Acceptance Nobel Prize for Peace 249

Statement by President Bush to the Nation(September 11th,2001) 252

Take Steps to Address Gun Violence(January 19th,2013) 256

Unit 15 History and Memories 259

Duty,Honor,Country 259

Inaugural Speech(excerpt) 261

MLK Holiday Celebrate Late Civil Rights Leader 264

Now the Trumpet Summons Us Again(excerpt) 266

Scotland,Please Vote to Stay(excerpt) 268

Stories Behind a Silver Pepper Pot 271

The Space Shuttle"Challenger"Tragedy Address(28 January,1986) 273

Tribute to Diana 276