Unit One 1
Text Coping with the Compliment 1
Further Reading Solve That Problem——with Humor 13
Speaking Skills Making and Responding to Compliments 20
Unit Two 27
Text An Image or a Mirage? 27
Further Reading Success Breeds Success 41
Speaking Skills Talking About Impressions 49
Text George s Brother 57
Unit Three 57
Further Reading The Verger 70
Speaking Skills Pursuing Objectives in Life 77
Unit Four 85
Text Acting to End a Life Is Sometimes Justified 85
Further Reading In Crisis She Rejected Plea to Expedite Dying 98
Speaking Skills Talking About Medical Ethics 104
Unit Five 111
Text The Business World as a Hunting Ground 111
Further Reading You Men Want It Both Ways! 124
Speaking Skills Talking About Sex Roles 132
Unit Six 141
Text Beauty Never Extinguished 141
Further Reading The Time to End False Rumor 153
Speaking Skills Making Comments on the Roles of Mass Media 159
Unit Seven 167
Text The Trying Twenties 167
Further Reading Predictable Crises of Adulthood 183
Speaking Skills Talking About Growing Pains of the Young People 191
Text Work in an Alienated Society 199
Unit Eight 199
Further Reading Work 214
Speaking Skills Viewing the Role of Work in Our Lives 220
Unit Nine 229
Text Whatever Happened to Privacy? 229
Further Reading Privacy and the Press:Is Nothing Sacred? 247
Speaking Skills Preserving Privacy in Our lives 255
Unit Ten 265
Text The Hidden Persuaders 265
Further Reading The New（and Still Hidden）Persuaders 279
Speaking Skills Discussing the Effects of Ads on Shopping 286