Unit One 1
Text A The Chinese Language 1
Text B The Chinese Language 11
Unit Two 18
Text A The High-Minded Man 18
Text B Four Choices for Young People 26
Unit Three 34
Text A Needed:An International Language 34
Text B Your Speech Is Changing 46
Unit Four 53
Text A Art of Pleasing 53
Text B People and Customs in the United States 62
Unit Five 69
Text A Language,Thinking & Feeling 69
Text B How to Mark a Book 78
Unit Six 84
Text A Art and Science 84
Text B Art and Its Role in Society 93
Unit Seven 98
Text A Shakespeare,Who Wrote for All Time 98
Text B The Function of Literature 110
Unit Eight 116
Text A Tao 116
Text B Religion in American Life 128
Unit Nine 135
Text A A Speech of President Jiang Ze-min 135
Text B A Speech of President Bill Clinton 143
Unit Ten 151
Text A Intellectual Property 151
Text B Barrier to World Trade 160
Unit Eleven 168
Text A Out of the Ivory Tower 168
Text B Reinventing Undergraduate Education 179
Unit Twelve 188
Text A The Problematic Twentieth Century 188
Text B A Game of Cards 196