前言 3
Part One 3
1.The Olympic Games 3
2.Communicating across Culturse(PartⅠ) Language Fluency and Communication 8
3.Communicating across Cultures(PatrⅡ) Culture Learning,Cross-Cultural Understanding 13
4.Hawaiian Feasts and Festivals 19
5.Our Biosphere:A World of Life 26
6.The Earth s Spreading Deserts 33
7.Living a Long Life 39
8.The Humble Spud 45
9.Advertising:The Selling of a Product 51
10.Men s Roles,Women s Roles:A Changing View 58
11.Tips on Doing Business with the Arabs 65
12.Renovating Old Buildings 70
13.The Family:Past,Present,and Future 76
14.Test Your Nutrition IQ 83
15.Interviews 90
16.People and Computers:A Working Relationship 97
17.Exploding the Myths about the American Family 105
18.Practical Readings 111
Answer Keys 122
Patr Two 127
1.Making Contact in Another Culture(Part Ⅰ) 127
2.Making Contact in Another Culture(Part Ⅱ) 135
3.Reading Requires More Than Words 143
4.New Popularity For Movies:What s behind the Comeback? 149
5.Women s Work? 155
6.Learning to Read--in College 162
7.The Soft Sell 167
8.The Good Pienic Guide 172
9.How to Give a Good Speech 179
10.Life in Death 185
11.What You Don t Know about Exercise 190
12.Harpist on Horseback(Part Ⅰ) 197
13.Harpist on Horseback(Part Ⅱ) 204
14.Fear of the Classroom 211
15.Biofeedback 216
16.Village Voice 220
17.Coping with Stress 227
18.Educational Attitudes 235
19.Practical Readings 245
Answer Keys 255
Part Three 263
1.Culture Learning(PartⅠ) 263
2.Culture Learning(PartⅡ) 271
3.Civics Gap:Alarming Challenge 279
4.The Safest City in the World 285
5.Doing Science 292
6.Life without Fuel 298
7.What Sociologists Study 305
8.New Light on Adult Life Cycles 313
9.Protein:Can You Get by without Meat? 321
10.Conversations with a Gorilla 327
11.Social Class,Language and Educational Failure 333
12.Halloween 339
13.Learning the Difference between Play and Sport 346
14.Energy Problems in Latin America 354
15.Here Come the Robots 361
16.Fat Tooth Blues(PartⅠ) 369
17.Fat Tooth Blues(PartⅡ) 378
Answer Keys 388
Part Four 395
1.Women vs.Men in the Work Force 395
2.Analogy and Memory 403
3.From the Other Side of the Generation Gap 409
4.New Tools for medical Diagnosis 416
5.Nuclear-Waste WarCry: NotHere,YouDon t 424
6.My Views on Gambling 433
7.Social Anxiety:New Focus Leads to Insights and Therapy 439
8.Doctor s Dilemma:Treat or Let Die? 447
9.Theoretical Perspectives of Societies(PartⅠ) 456
10.Theoretical Perspectives of Societies(PartⅡ) 463
11.The Healing Power of Belief 471
12.To Trust,Perchance to Buy 481
13.The Foods We Eat--Meat 489
14.Clocks that Make Us Run(PartⅠ) 496
15.Clocds that Make Us Run(PartⅡ) 508
16.The Environment of Modern Cities 519
17.Consumer Needs and Motivation 526
Answer Keys 537