CHAPTER one 第一章 Language and Learning 语言和学习 1
SELECTION ONE "Native Americans,"&by Jamake Highwater 2
SELECTION TWO "Library:The Buried Treasure,"&by David B.Ellis 10
SELECTION THREE "English as a Universal Language,"&by Patricia Aburdene and John Naisbitt 16
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Attack on English 26
CHAPTER two 第二章 Danger and Daring 危险和冒险 27
SELECTION ONE "Adventu re rs of Today,"&by M.Prijic 28
SELECTION TWO "A High Dive,"&by L.P. Hartley 36
SELECTION THREE "The World We Lost,"&by Farley Mowat 44
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Courting Danger 51
CHAPTER three 第三章 Man and Woman 男人和女人 53
SELECTION ONE "For Better or Worse,Arranged Marriages Still Thrive in Japan,"&by U rban C.Lehner 54
SELECTION TWO "The Sexes:Anatomy of a Difference,"&by Signe Hammer 65
SELECTION THREE "I Want a Wife,"&by Judy Syfers 76
WHAT DO YOU THINK? How Men and Women Communicate 81
CHAPTER four 第四章 Mysteries Past and Present 古今之谜 83
SELECTION ONE "Against All Odds,"&by Richard Blodgett 84
SELECTION TWO "The Lady or theTiger?"&by Frank R.Stockton 92
SELECTION THREE "It All Started with Dragon Bones,"&by Raymond Chang and Margaret Scrogin Chang 102
WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Secret of Firewalking 112
CHAPTER five 第五章 Transitions 人生转折 113
SELECTION ONE "Life Cycle Planning,"&by Grace W.Weinstein 114
SELECTION TWO "Conversations in Malaysia,"&by V.S.Naipaul 123
WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Refugee Problem 129
SELECTION THREE "Grisha Has Arrived,"&by Tanya Filanovsky 130
CHAPTER six 第六章 The Mind 大脑 139
SELECTION ONE "A Memory for All Seasonings,"&by Stephen Singular 140
SELECTION TWO "Under the Skull,"&by Nigel Calder 152
SELECTION THREE "The Tell-Tale Heart,"&by Edgar Allan Poe 161
WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Treatment ofMental Illness 170
TIMED READING "May's Boy,"&by Maja Penikis 171
CHAPTER Seven 第七章 Working 工作 175
SELECTION ONE "Why Ethics?"&by Robert C.Solomon and Kristine Hanson 176
SELECTION TWO "A Lifetime of Learning to Manage Effectively,"&by Ralph Z.So renson 180
SELECTION THREE "Barriers Fall for Women at Work,"&by Lisa Genasci 190
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Home Offices 202
CHAPTER eight 第八章 Breakthroughs 突破 203
SELECTION ONE "DIA's Best Featu re,"&by Christopher Brode rick 204
SELECTION TWO "Sowing the Seeds of Super Plants,"&by Sana Siwolop 212
SELECTION THREE "Science Is Dandy,But Promotion Can Be Lucrative,"&by Stephen P. Maran 220
TIMED READING "Are Computers Alive?"&by Geoff Simons 230
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Advances in Communication 232
CHAPTER nine 第九章 Art and Entertainment 艺术和娱乐 233
SELECTION ONE "The Man Who Was an Orchestra,"&by Nat Hentoff 234
SELECTION TWO "'To Paint Is to Live':Georgia O'Keeffe,1887-1986,"&by M.Prijic 241
SELECTION THREE "Chicano Poetry:The Voice of a Cultu re,"&by Deana Fernández 248
TIMED READING "Jackie Can!"&by Richard Corliss 256
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Body Decoration 261
CHAPTER ten 第十章 Ethical Questions 伦理问题 263
SELECTION ONE "Doctor's Dilemma:Treat or Let Die?"&by Abigail Trafford 264
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Choosing the Sex ofa Child 273
SELECTION TWO "Older Generation in Borneo Fighting to Retain Values of Its Native Culture,"from The Rocky Mountain News 274
SELECTION THREE "You Be the Judge,"&by John A.Ritter 279
TIMED READING "Extinction,"&by Paul and Anne Ehrlich 285
CHAPTER eleven 第十一章 Medicine 医药 289
SELECTION ONE "Best of Both Worlds,"&by Barbara Gullahorn-Holecek 290
SELECTION TWO "The Scientist-Philosophers,"&by Desmond Stewart 296
SELECTION THREE "Parents Brave Medicine's New World,"&by Nancy Ross-Flanigan 304
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Organ Transplants 314
TIMED READING "Education Doesn't Happen Only in Schools,"&by Jeffrey Zaslow 315
CHAPTER tweleve 第十二章 The Future 未来 319
SELECTION ONE "The Kremani Prophecies,"&by Milos and Mitar Tarabic 320
SELECTION TWO "Omni Future Almanac,"&edited by Robert Weil 325
SELECTION THREE "Men Are Different,"&by Alan Bloch 333
TIMED READING "The Affectionate Machine,"&by Neil Frude 336
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Back from the Future 340