Unit One 1
TEXT Ⅰ Hit the Nail on the Head 1
TEXT Ⅱ The Maker’s Eye：Revising Your Own Manuscripts 8
Unit Two 16
TEXT Ⅰ Beware the Dirty Seas 16
TEXT Ⅱ An Ugly New Footprint in the Sand 22
Unit Three 29
TEXT Ⅰ My Friend，Albert Einstein 29
TEXT Ⅱ The Monster 37
TEXT Ⅰ The Invisible Poor 45
Unit Four 45
TEXT Ⅱ ...Meanwhile，Humans Eat Pet Food 52
Unit Five 58
TEXT Ⅰ The Plug-in Drug：TV and the American Family，Part Ⅰ 58
TEXT Ⅱ The Plug-in Drug：TV and the American Family，Part Ⅱ 65
Unit Six 72
TEXT Ⅰ Preparing for College 72
TEXT Ⅱ Letter to a B Student 79
Unit Seven 86
TEXT Ⅰ Grouping the Gifted：Pro 86
TEXT Ⅱ Grouping the Gifted：Con 91
TEXT Ⅰ Why Nothing Works 97
Unit Eight 97
TEXT Ⅱ The Plot Against People 103
Unit Nine 108
TEXT Ⅰ Where Is the News Leading Us? 108
TEXT Ⅱ Should the Press Be Human? 113
Unit Ten 120
TEXT Ⅰ Things：The Throw-Away Society 120
TEXT Ⅱ The Do-It-Yourselfers 127
Unit Eleven 134
TEXT Ⅰ Cultivating a Hobby 134
TEXT Ⅱ A Debt to Dickens 139
TEXT Ⅰ The Science of Custom 146
Unit Twelve 146
TEXT Ⅱ Customs 152
Unit Thirteen 158
TEXT Ⅰ What Life Means to Me，Part Ⅰ 158
TEXT Ⅱ Graduation，Part Ⅰ 165
Unit Fourteen 174
TEXT Ⅰ What Life Means to Me，Part Ⅱ 174
TEXT Ⅱ Graduation，Part Ⅱ 182
Unit Fifteen 190
TEXT Ⅰ I Have a Dream... 190
TEXT Ⅱ The Ethics of Living Jim Crow 200
References 210