Unit One 1
TEXT Ⅰ Hit the Nail on the Head 1
TEXT Ⅱ The Maker’s Eye：Revising Your Own Manuscripts 4
Unit Two 7
TEXT Ⅰ Beware the Dirty Seas 7
TEXT Ⅱ An Ugly New Footprint in the Sand 11
Unit Three 14
TEXT Ⅰ My Friend，Albert Einstein 14
TEXT Ⅱ The Monster 19
TEXT Ⅰ The Invisible Poor 22
Unit Four 22
TEXT Ⅱ ...Meanwhile，Humans Eat Pet Food 26
Unit Five 29
TEXT Ⅰ The Plug-in Drug：TV and the American Family，PartⅠ 29
TEXT Ⅱ The Plug-in Drug：TV and the American Family，PartⅡ 33
Unit Six 35
TEXT Ⅰ Preparing for College 35
TEXT Ⅱ Letter to a B Student 38
Unit Seven 41
TEXT Ⅰ Grouping the Gifted：Pro 41
TEXT Ⅱ Grouping the Gifted：Con 46
TEXT Ⅰ Why Nothing Works 49
Unit Eight 49
TEXT Ⅱ The Plot Against People 52
Unit Nine 55
TEXT Ⅰ Where Is the News Leading Us? 55
TEXT Ⅱ Should the Press Be Human? 59
Unit Ten 61
TEXT Ⅰ Things：The Throw-Away Society 61
TEXT Ⅱ The Do-It-Yourselfers 64
Unit Eleven 67
TEXT Ⅰ Cultivating a Hobby 67
TEXT Ⅱ A Debt to Dickens 70
TEXT Ⅰ The Science of Custom 72
Unit Twelve 72
TEXT Ⅱ Customs 76
Unit Thirteen 79
TEXT Ⅰ What Life Means to Me，Part Ⅰ 79
TEXT Ⅱ Graduation，Part Ⅰ 82
Unit Fourteen 85
TEXT Ⅰ What Life Means to Me，Part Ⅱ 85
TEXT Ⅱ Graduation，Part Ⅱ 90
Unit Fifteen 93
TEXT Ⅰ I Have a Dream... 93
TEXT Ⅱ The Ethics of Living Jim Crow 98
Key to the Workbook 101