Unit 1 History 1
Part A History's Nature 2
Part B The Splendor of the Tang 5
Part C Book Report 7
Unit 2 Religion 8
Part A What Is Religion? 9
Part B Are Science and Religion Really Enemies? 12
Part C Notice 15
Unit 3 Chinese Literature 18
Part A Su Shi and the Turn Away from the Feminine 19
Part B The Cultural Legacy—Tu Fu and the Tradition of Tu Fu 22
Part C Book Review 26
Unit 4 Management 30
Part A Understanding What Managers Do 31
Part B You—The Leader 33
Part C Résumé 36
Unit 5 Philosophy 39
Part A Why Study Philosophy? 40
Part B The Mystical Way of Chuang Tzu 43
Part C Abstract 46
Unit 6 Economy 49
Part A How the Economy as a Whole Works 50
Part B How People Interact 54
Part C Business Invitation Letter 57
Unit 7 Psychology 60
Part A Sleep Disorders 61
Part B Watch Out for the Visual Cliff! 64
Part C Questionnaire 67
Unit 8 Journalism 69
Part A Newsmaking 70
Part B Media Convergence and Complications 73
Part C Conference Newsletter 76
Unit 9 Education 77
Part A Aims!Whose Aims? 78
Part B The Liberal Arts Curriculum Aims at Distribution/Diversity for Freshmen 81
Part C Research Report 84
Unit 10 Linguistics 90
Part A Apes and Human Language 91
Part B Does Language Influence Culture? 94
Part C Recommendation Letter 96
Unit 11 Politics 98
Part A Presidential and Parliamentary Systems 99
Part B Who Votes? 101
Part C Acknowledgements 103
Unit 12 Aesthetics 105
Part A Art and Civilization 106
Part B The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 110
Part C Letters to the Editor 114
Unit 13 Western Literature 116
Part A A Defence of Poetry 117
Part B The Rambler,Number 4:On Fiction 121
Part C Preface 123
Unit 14 Logic 125
Part A Logic 126
Part B Persuade People with Deductive Reasoning 129
Part C Application Letter 132
Unit 15 Sociology 137
Part A Making Sense of the Social:Metaphors of the Social We Live By 138
Part B Social Restraint on Appetite 143
Part C Call for Papers(Presentations) 146
Unit 16 Law 148
Part A The Civil Law and Common Law Traditions 149
Part B Intellectual Property 151
Part C Academic Posters 152