Book One 1
Unit One 1
Text A Secrets of A Students 1
Text B Bittersweet Memories 7
Unit Two 14
Text A Conversational Ballgames 14
Text B English as a Universal Language 19
Unit Three 25
Text A Stevie Wonder:Sunshine in the Shadow 25
Text B We Are What We Think We Are 31
Unit Four 37
Text A The Wastwoman 37
Text B A Good Name 42
Text A The Language of Compromise 48
Unit Five 48
Text B Easy Ways to Avoid an Argument 50
Unit Six 56
Text A Nerds and Geeks 56
Text B Our Changing Lifestyle: Trends and Fads 63
Unit Seven 66
Text A I Became Her Target 66
Text B Firm,Fair,and Friendly 70
Unit Eight 75
Text A Foreword 75
Text B Smart Machines: Our Tireless Helpers 83
Unit Nine 88
Text A Hothouse Earth 88
Text B The Population Problem: Everybody s Baby 95
Text A Cloning: Good Science or Baaaad Idea 102
Text B Internet Helps Solve a Medical Mystery 108
Unit One 115
Text A Winston Churchill-His Other Life 115
Book Two 115
Text B Little Sister of the Poor 121
Unit Two 128
Text A Why They Excel 128
Text B Methods of Education: East and West 137
Unit Three 139
Text A The Tale of a Cultural Translator 139
Text B A Multicultural Person 145
Unit Four 150
Text A Turning Failure into Success 150
Text B Failure?No!Just Temporary Setbacks 158
Unit Five 163
Text A Holding Onto a Dream 163
Text B The Soft Sell 168
Unit Six 171
Text A A Brief History of Stephen Hawking 171
Text B Inventor of the Future 176
Unit Seven 179
Text A Thinking: A Neglected Art 179
Text B How to Teach Your Child to Think 183
Unit Eight 185
Text A Unwritten Rules 185
Text B A Traffic Light Is a Brainless Machine 190
Unit Nine 192
Text A Get Ready for Some Wild Weather 192
Text B Study Finds Good Effects of EI Ni?o 199
Unit Ten 201
Text A The Next 30 Years 201
Text B Our Forecasts 30 Years Later 207
Book Three 212
Unit One 212
Text A How I Got Smart 212
Text B Coming of Age 216
Unit Two 221
Text A The Titanic Puzzle Should a good feminist accept priority seating on a lifeboat? 221
Text B Unjust Desserts 226
Unit Three 228
Text A The Sense of Wonder 228
Text B The Innocent Eye 234
Unit Four 237
Text A College Pressures 237
Text B College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening? 241
Text A The ABCs of the U.S.A America Seen with European Eyes 245
Unit Five 245
Text B American Values and Assumptions 250
Unit Six 254
Text A Every 23 Minutes 254
Text B Needed: A License to Drink 258
Unit Seven 263
Text A So What s So Bad About Being So-So? 263
Text B Stripping Down to Bare Happiness 267
Unit Eight 270
Text A The Highs of Low Technology 270
Text B Why I m Not Going to Buy a Computer 274
Unit Nine 276
Text A Space Politics 276
Text B Message to the Unknown 278
Unit Ten 281
Text A Plain Talk About Handling Stress 281
Text B Energy Walks 285
Unit One 288
Text A Who Is Great? 288
Book Four 288
Text B How to Be a Leader 292
Unit Two 296
Text A The Gratitude We Need 296
Text B Why Manners Matter 301
Unit Three 307
Text A How to Change Your Point of View 307
Text B Lateral and Vertical Thinking 311
Unit Four 315
Text A How to Become Gifted 315
Text B The Truth About College Teachers 318
Unit Five 324
Text A Prison Studies 324
Text B Reading for Life 328
Unit Six 331
Text A The EQ Factor 331
Text B What s Your Emotional IQ? 336
Unit Seven 339
Text A Running a Successful Company :Ten Rules that Worked for Me 339
Text B The Jeaning of America-and the World 342
Unit Eight 348
Text A My Father s Son 348
Text B An Open Letter to a Young Person with an Enemy 352
Unit Nine 355
Text A The West s Debt to China 355
Text B Introduction（Part 1） 360
Unit Ten 365
Text A My Graduation Speech 365
Text B The Four Marks of Leadership 370
Unit Ten 1012