Unit One 1
Text A Ideas Come First 1
Text B Tomorrow's Internet 11
Basic Writing How to Write an Exposition 21
Unit Two 25
Text A I Have a Dream 25
Text B The Egalitarian Error 33
Basic Writing How to Write an Argumentation 40
Unit Three 42
Text A The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American 42
Text B U. S. House of Representatives 53
Basic Writing How to Write a Summary 59
Unit Four 66
Text A The Price of a Happy Marriage 66
Text B Why Don't We Complain? 77
Basic Writing How to Write an Abstract of a Science Paper 86
Unit Five 92
Text A A Letter Against Genetic Engineering 92
Text B The Gene Dream 103
Basic Writing How to Write a Resume 111
Unit Six 114
Text A Pain Is Not the Ultimate Enemy 114
Text B The Nuclear Winter 125
Basic Writing How to Write Letters 134
Unit Seven 137
Text A The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 137
Text B My Friend, Albert Einstein 146
Basic Writing How to Write a Narrative 156
Unit Eight 161
Text A On the Fear of Death 161
Text B The Way to Rainy Mountain 170
Basic Writing How to Write a Research Paper 179
Unit Nine 184
Text A The Changing Year 184
Text B The Gift of Wilderness 193
Basic Writing How to Write a Description 201
Unit Ten 205
Text A Lucidity, Simplicity, Euphony 205
Text B Variety and Style in Language 216
Basic Writing How to Write a Memo 223
Supplementary Readings 227
1 On China's Role in the World Henry Kissinger 227
2 Is a Race of Roberts Possible? David O. Woodbury 233
3 The Science of Custom Rutl Benedict 239
4 After Twenty Years O. Henry 247
5 History of International Trade Paul G. Keai 252