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PassageTwoGalileoGalilei 5
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PassageOneCultureFacesEducationQuestions 13
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PassageTwoFarmetsSacrificetoEducateYouth 18
PassageThreeCollegeReformsGiveStudentsWiderChoice 23
PassageOneTraditionsandHolidays 28
PassageTwoOther American Holidays 31
PassageThreeFolk-LifeFestival:TheCelebrationofHands 36
PassageOneMotionPictures 40
PassageTwoThe AmericanMusical 44
PassageThreeSoapOperas 48
PassageOneALiteraryInheritance 54
PassageTwoCreation 61
PassageOneTheHandsomeandDeformedLeg 69
PassageTwoTheEphemera——AnEmblemofHuman 72
PassageThreeThreeDaystoSee 76
PassageOneTheTransferredGhost 82
PassageTwoShame 89
PassageOneSeconddhandBookstores 94
PassageTwoCommunicatingwithYourself 99
PassageThreeHowtoGetAlongwithAmericans 103
PassageOneWomenandtheVote 108
PassageTwoStateOutlinesWomen sRightsandRoles 113
PassageOneABriefHistoryoftheInternationalMonetarySystem 120
PassageTwoChinaintheMarketPlace 125
PassageOneSoccerHysteriaGripsFans 133
PassageTwoPenaltyShootoutEndsupinCupRecordforBrazil 138
PassageThreeBrazilGetRed-CarpetReception 141
PassageOneSolarPowerVersusNuclearEnergy 146
PassageTwoComputers 151
PassageThreeEthnology 156
PassageOne ThreeKindsofDiscipline 161
PassageTwoWhenDoesOldAgeBegin? 166
PassageOneSpeciesofStudents 171
PassageTwoOurEducationalSystem 179
PassageOne TheTextofJiang sCallforReunification(Ⅰ) 183
PassageTwoTheTextofJiang sCallforReunification(Ⅱ) 187
PassageThreeIHaveaDream 192
PassageOneTheQuestionIs,WhatIsaFamily,Anyway? 199
PassageTwoTheSplit-LevelAmericanFamily 203
PassageThreeTheConsequencesofModernizationforFamily 209