Unit One 1
1．A Good Mistake 1
2．Beyond the Tears 8
3．I Grew up in England 15
4．Telephone Tactics 22
Unit Two 28
5．Superstitions Attached to Numbers 28
6．Confidence Is Built,Not Inborn 35
7．French Manners 43
8．Andriy Shevchenko,the Lethal Weapon 51
Unit Three 59
9．Different Lies 59
10．On the Ball 65
11．Hunting for Viruses on the Amazon 71
12．Sweet Wine 77
Unit Four 83
13．My Trip to Amazon 83
14．The"Foolish"Fins and the Brazilian"Ghost Employees" 91
15．Marriage in Iran and America:A Study in Contrasts 98
16．The Body Language:Shake Hands Like A Man 105
Unit Five 113
17．Lincoln's Autobiography 113
18．Changes in America 119
19．The Balance of Nature 125
20．Sleep and Dream 131
Unit Six 137
21．American Houses 137
22．Food for Talk 143
23．Ray Kroc:A Fastfood Legend 149
24．The New Grad's Survival Guide 156
Unit Seven 164
25．A Lily in the Kitchen 164
26．Caffeine Is Changing the World 171
27．Pan 178
28．The Dreamer 184
Unit Eight 191
29．The Colors of Friendship 191
30．Hip Hop and Rap with Chinese Flair 199
31．Tying the Knot in College—for Better or for Worse 206
32．Colourful Street Life 213
Unit Nine 221
33．The American Food Habits 221
34．What's So Hot about Spices? 228
35．The Blog Phenomenon 235
36．College Science Course:Harry Potter 242
Unit Ten 249
37．Two Kinds of Reader 249
38．"Sleeping"Sharks 255
39．Accent on English 261
40．Cleaning and Mounting Stamps 267
Unit Eleven 273
41．Elements of Communication 273
42．The English Character 281
43．The Mask Forever 288
44．Two Ways of Using the Word"Culture" 295
Unit Twelve 303
45．Retiree 303
46．Salt 309
47．The First Woman Student at Geneva College 315
48．Illimitable or Limitable Resources 321
Unit Thirteen 327
49．Oxford 327
50．Cambridge 334
51．Tips for Writing Letters 341
52．Do Animals Have A Culture? 349
Unit Fourteen 356
53．The Loch Ness Monster 356
54．To Be or Not to Be A Vegetarian 364
55．Drugs Around Us 371
56．Fatal Attraction 377
Unit Fifteen 386
57．Our Values Are Determined by Our Cultures 386
58．Women Outperform Men at University,Say Academics 392
59．The Beatles 399
60．Why A Fish Has No legs 405
Unit Sixteen 412
61．Everyday Is A Gift 412
62．Family 419
63．Pollution 426
64．The Upheaval of Higher Education 434