Unit 1 Fine Arts and Music 2
Reading A Leonardo's Horse 3
Reading B A Van Gogh's Trip from the Attic to the Museum 9
Reading C The Man Who Heard His Paintbox Hiss 14
Unit 2 Mythology 20
Reading A Introduction to Mythology 21
Reading B Abraham and the Chosen People 25
Reading C Introduction of the Myths of Greece and Rome 30
Unit 3 Poetry,Drama and Fiction 34
Reading A Feeling into Words 35
Reading B An Ideal Husband（Excerpt） 40
Reading C The Romance of a Busy Broker 46
Unit 4 Architecture and National Character 52
Reading A The United States Capitol Building 53
Reading B The Colosseum：Emblem of Rome 58
Reading C The Early Church：Towards Gothic Splendour 63
Unit 5 Work Ethics 70
Reading A Why Developing a Good Work Ethic Is Essential to Career Success 71
Reading B Work Ethic 75
Reading C Eye on Ethics 81
Unit 6 Ritual and Etiquette 86
Reading A Table Manners 87
Reading B How Ramadan Works 93
Reading C Egyptian Burial 98
Unit 7 Animal Rights 103
Reading A Animal Farm 104
Reading B Animal Cruelty Must Stop 109
Reading C A Change of Heart about Animals 113
Unit 8 Environment and Ecology 119
Reading A Ten of Today's Most Important Environmental Issues 120
Reading B Environment：Endless Summer 126
Reading C Beyond Rio：Pursuing“Ecological Citizenship” 131
Unit 9 The Rise and Fall of Greco-Roman Civilization 137
Reading A 8 Innovations That Built Ancient Rome 138
Reading B Greece：Birthplace of the Modern World？ 143
Reading C The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 149
Unit 10 Renaissance 156
Reading A Renaissance Entertainment 157
Reading B Elizabethan Playhouses 161
Reading C Michelangelo's David—A Symbol of the Renaissance 165
Unit 11 The Industrial Revolution and the Advent of the Information Age 169
Reading A Steam Power during the Industrial Revolution 170
Reading B The New Information Age 174
Reading C Hard Times—ChapterⅡ 179
Unit 12 Two World Wars 185
Reading A From D-Day to VE Day 186
Reading B First Word War—US Participation 190
Reading C Life of Churchill 195
Unit 13 Education 200
Reading A How to Become a Lifelong Learner 201
Reading B MOOC Creators Criticise Courses'Lack of Creativity 206
Reading C Why a Liberal Education Creates Great Entrepreneurs 212
Unit 14 Marxism 218
Reading A Speech at the Grave of Karl Marx 219
Reading B Is Marxism Relevant in the Third World？ 222
Reading C How the“Marxists”Buried Marx 227
Unit 15 Hellenism and Hebraism 231
Reading A Hebraism and Hellenism 232
Reading B Reconciling Hellenism and Hebraism in Nineteenth Century Europe 237
Reading C On Hellenism and Hebraism 242
Unit 16 The Enlightenment Thinkers 247
Reading A The Enlightenment 248
Reading B Early Modern Europe and Enlightened Thinkers 254
Reading C Modernity in Fugue and a Fugue of Modernities 260