Unit 1 Myths＆Tales 1
Section A Noah's Ark 2
Section B Pandora's Box 9
Section C The Animals of Aesop 16
Section D The Fisherman and the Jinni 24
Unit 2 Moments in History 33
Section A Babylon and the Law 34
Section B The Great Days of the Arabs 42
Section C The Middle Ages 50
Section D The American Civil War 58
Unit 3 Biographies of Celebrities 67
Section A Mahatma Gandhi 68
Section B Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 77
Section C Bill Gates 85
Section D Stephen Hawking 93
Unit 4 Classics Appreciation 101
Section A The Declaration of Independence 102
Section B A Christmas Carol 111
Section C The Old Man and the Sea 120
Section D Some Curious Western Customs 128
Unit 5 Customs＆Traditions 137
Section A The Language and Culture of Switzerland 138
Section B Chinese Calligraphy:Past and Present 147
Section C The History of Valentine's Day 156
Section D The Wines of France 165
Unit 6 Cultural Geography 175
Section A Maya,the Riddle of a Lost Civilization 176
Section B The Byzantium 185
Section C Civilization of the Ancient Egypt 195
Section D The Caste System in India 205
Unit 7 Panorama of Life 215
Section A You've Got Blog 216
Section B Generation Gap?Sometimes It's Just Words 223
Section C The Debtor Generation 230
Section D Up a Tree,for the fun of It 238
Unit 8 Global Focus 245
Section A Up Goes Shenzhou,Again 246
Section B Ripple Effects of Indonesia's Geological Events 254
Section C Why Nobodies Are the Real Terrorist Threat 262
Section D Welcome to Beijing 269
Glossary 279