Unit 1 1
Part Ⅰ Communicative Practice 1
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary in Context 5
Part Ⅲ Reading Experience 9
Text A Fear and Hatred,Love and Goodness 9
Part Ⅳ Reading-Writing Link 21
Text B Love and Hatred 21
Unit 2 30
Part Ⅰ Communicative Practice 30
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary in Context 34
Part Ⅲ Reading Experience 37
Text A Hiroshima Remembered:The US Was Right 37
Part Ⅳ Reading-Writing Link 49
Text B Hiroshima Remembered:The US Was Wrong 49
Unit 3 58
Part Ⅰ Communicative Practice 58
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary in Context 62
Part Ⅲ Reading Experience 65
Text A Shaping the Future 65
Part Ⅳ Reading-Writing Link 77
Text B Arguments against Freedom 77
Unit 4 87
Part Ⅰ Communicative Practice 87
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary in Context 91
Part Ⅲ Reading Experience 94
Text A Drugs 94
Part Ⅳ Reading-Writing Link 105
Text B The Case for Slavery 105
Unit 5 113
Part Ⅰ Communicative Practice 113
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary in Context 117
Part Ⅲ Reading Experience 120
Text A Women and the Myth of Consumerism 120
Part Ⅳ Reading-Writing Link 133
Text B Femininity 133
Unit 6 143
Part Ⅰ Communicative Practice 143
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary in Context 147
Part Ⅲ Reading Experience 151
Text A Knowledge and Wisdom 151
Part Ⅳ Reading-Writing Link 164
Text B Metaphysics and Wisdom 164
Unit 7 173
Part Ⅰ Communicative Practice 173
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary in Context 177
Part Ⅲ Reading Experience 180
Text A Why We Crave Horror Movies 180
Part Ⅳ Reading-Writing Link 192
Text B The Tell-Tale Heart(simplified version) 192
Unit 8 200
Part Ⅰ Communicative Practice 200
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary in Context 204
Part Ⅲ Reading Experience 207
Text A The Myth of Sisyphus 207
Part Ⅳ Reading-Writing Link 219
Text B Listening to Boredom 219
Appendix 228
Vocabulary 228